Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of this is to inquire into the entire culture in the Defence Forces in the context of sexual assault in particular and abuse, and to examine all the recommendations that came from the IRG. The latter recommended a statutory inquiry covering a range of issues, especially the degree to which the complaints system in the Defence Forces was effective or not in respect of complaints of abuse and a range of other matters, including reprisals and so on. That is the purpose of the statutory inquiry. Everybody in the Defence Forces has a stake in this.

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