Dáil debates
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Defence Forces
8:50 pm
Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source
I do not want to draw this out. I am trying to work it out in my head as well. The Tánaiste shared the draft terms of reference with everybody. The Women of Honour came back with their suggestions on them, which included 15 grounds that an inquiry should investigate, and asked for openness and full transparency.
We know, very publicly, that Women of Honour came back with its suggestions on the draft terms of reference, which included approximately 15 grounds that an inquiry should investigate, and asked for open and full transparency. Did other groups the Government shared this with also come back with suggested changes, different types of terms of reference, or additional terms of reference to those of the Government? I am trying to find out how expansive the Government's structures are, when the origins of the inquiry into the culture of the Defence Forces stems from the exposé Women of Honour did on that culture. How far-reaching has the Government's structure been in setting up the terms of reference?
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