Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I hope my questions for the Taoiseach are in order. The first concerns the Defence (Amendment) Bill and Civil Defence. A number of different directives have been issued to Civil Defence which are conflicting in terms of what its members can do. They can no longer use the blue flashing lights but when they are called out to accidents to help the gardaí or ambulance staff they have to use those lights. Those directives are conflicting, and the Taoiseach might examine them under the Defence (Amendment) Bill because they are getting different-----

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