Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 15:

In page 6, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 3 of Act of 2006 (Despatch of contingent or member of the Permanent Defence Force for external service for purposes other than service with International United Nations Force)

14. Section 3 of the Act of 2006 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of "Subject to subsection (3), a contingent or member of the Defence Forces" for "A contingent or member of the Permanent Defence Force", and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

"(3) A member of the Reserve Defence Force—

(a) shall not be despatched under subsection (1), unless the member has consented to the despatch in accordance with section 86A or 91A, as the case may be, of the Principal Act, and

(b) shall not be despatched for any purpose specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (1).".".

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