Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste was saying to accept the recommendations of the IRG. What I took from what the Tánaiste said there was that he felt that - I am talking about amendment No. 6, which I tabled - having representatives from the Defence Forces representative groups on the EOB in an ex officio capacity would be as if the external oversight group would not be able to handle that. We had a great meeting with them. If the Tánaiste wants the Secretary General on it to work in an ex officio capacity, it comes across as a bit of a slight on the representative groups of the Defence Forces for the Tánaiste to say they should not be on it in an ex officio capacity as well.

I live in Kildare. I have many friends who are members of the Defence Forces. It is a bit of a slight on them as well and their representative group what the Tánaiste is trying to imply by not taking our amendment in the spirit in which it is intended and trying to act as if we are trying to discredit the external oversight body, because we are not. I ask the Tánaiste not to pretend we are.

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