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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Today marks a full year since the announcement of the appointment of Ms Bríd O'Flaherty as chairperson of the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing age. It is almost six years since the then Minister for Health announced the inquiry in November 2020. Why is the inquiry yet to commence? Thousands of women in Ireland were...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Six years on; it has to get started.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Apologies have been received from Deputy Ó Laoghaire and Deputy Crowe is substituting for him. The joint committee will receive a briefing from the senior Department of Defence and Defence Forces' management in respect of recent Air Corps developments. I welcome on behalf of the committee Ms Jacqui McCrum, Secretary General and Ms Clare Tiernan, assistant secretary, Department of...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Mulcahy. I will invite members to contribute and ask questions. I will give each member seven minutes for the opening round. I will be fairly strict on time. I have five speakers already, namely Deputy Callaghan, Senator Gallagher, Deputies Smith and Crowe and Senator Craughwell.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Time is up, Deputy.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agaibh. I will leave it at that if that is okay. If there are any outstanding questions they may be addressed within other replies. I call Senator Craughwell.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Senator Craughwell, I remind you the report I think you are referring to is an unpublished report, so neither the secretariat or other members would have had sight of it.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: If you could just phrase your questions-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: If I can intervene, Senator, I want to confirm whether that letter is in the public domain.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Go raibh maith agat, a Sheanadóir. I allowed you a bit of extra time because of the two interventions I made. We move to Senator Clonan.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Senator Wilson has the next slot, after which I will ask him to take the Chair for a short period.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I ask the Leas-Chathaoirleach to take the Chair for the second round. Only Senator Craughwell has indicated so far, but the Leas-Chathaoirleach will take any other indications. Members will have five minutes each in this round.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I believe this will be Senator Craughwell's third time to contribute. We will allow him one minute.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I am calling time now. On behalf of the committee I thank the witnesses for their time and the material they circulated to the committee in advance of today's meeting. We will take them up on their offer to visit. We hope this is the first of many engagements we will have with the witnesses to assist in the work they are doing. I thank them for the work they are doing and they can be...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: The joint committee is meeting today in public session to continue with its pre-legislative scrutiny of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025. On behalf of the committee I welcome Professor Ben Tonra from University College Dublin, Mr. Joe Noonan, solicitor, and Mr. Ciarán Murphy, former assistant secretary of the Department of Defence. The witnesses are with us today to discuss the...
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: We would like to have him here.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I have to call-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I remind Senator Cloonan-----