Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

The 1939 order, which is pursuant to the Red Cross Act 1938, sets out the basis on which the society shall be governed. It provides that there shall be a central council which elects the powers of the society, organises the society and controls and manages the affairs of the society. Membership of the central council is by way of an appointment by the Government or election in accordance with the rules of the society. The central council, in turn, elects, on an annual basis, an executive committee which normally meets ten times a year. It is quite clear, as I read it-----

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