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

The Deputy cannot have it both ways, though. When the independent review was published, he was the first in here asking if I was going to accept its recommendations. I have accepted its recommendations in respect of the external oversight body. There was a very clear communication made to me that previous attempts at this did not work and had not worked. There is no point in coming into the House and condemning all of what was covered by the IRG independent review report and then not acting on what the report has laid out in terms of recommendations. It was a key recommendation that there would be an external oversight body. I have met with the body on a number of occasions. There needs to be a transformation of culture within our Defence Forces. It has to happen. There is a lot of work under way now in terms of doing that. The modus operandi the Deputy proposes would not achieve that.

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