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Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: No, he did not say that. You cannot say that. He said he would take every one as it comes, look at it and decide then.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: He said he would take everything you are bringing forward to us and we would look at it. We are looking at it------

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: We are having a bit of a back-and-forth.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: The Minister has encouraged debate.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I again state our objections to the process by which the Tánaiste is seeking approval from the Houses of the Oireachtas for involvement in military missions. This is at a time the people of Ireland want to remain militarily neutral. This is at a time people are traumatised by the high-tech savagery being inflicted on Palestine with the full support of the EU under Commission President,...

Tackling All Forms of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: We stand here month after month, year after year talking about dead women, raped women, murdered women and beaten women. Each time, we say “Never again, this is it now, no more. This is a watershed moment”. Then the beating, murdering and raping happens again and we do all this all over again, as girls and women’s names become hashtags or are carried on placards at...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: This is to ask the Minister for Defence if he intends to bring forward proposals to abolish the triple-lock neutrality protection.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: The triple-lock protection of our neutrality is the cornerstone of Irish foreign policy. That is a fact.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: It is our independent foreign policy, a legacy of Ireland working for a nuclear non-proliferation, humanitarianism, contributing to the drafting of the convention of human rights and fundamental freedoms, peacekeeping and our proud record as our United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon, Congo, Chad, South Sudan and elsewhere. Yet eight months ago, the Minister instructed officials to prepare...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I would love if the Minister could be honest with the people and if he would put it to the people in the form of a referendum and to enshrine our neutrality in the Constitution. The Minister stood on a platform of protecting the triple lock in his last manifesto. Irish people are proud of our military neutrality. They are not embarrassed by some of the invited guests in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: We are at a critical juncture with the Defence Forces in terms of how allegations of abuse are dealt with. The Tánaiste has to take the bull by the horns. Morale in the Defence Forces is very low. I cannot imagine what it is like for ordinary, decent, professional soldiers in the Defence Forces who serve with honour and pride to feel like they are constantly under attack and that the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I ask the Minister the number of occasions since January 2020 when a superior officer in the Defence forces provided a statement in support of a defendant to a civilian trial in respect of an allegation of a violent crime and whether he proposes to introduce measures to address this issue.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: The State came to a standstill with disgust and disbelief last week when a member of the Defence Forces walked free from court following the brutal assault on Natasha O'Brien. Another man had his career protected while another woman was failed by the State. I am glad to see the DPP has appealed the sentence. I do not want to give the Ceann Comhairle a heart attack or anything like that but...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: That is what it came across as.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I am not a military lawyer or anything like that but after listening to the conversations, I know the officer was not there to give a glowing reference. However, that is what it felt like to the victim. Members of the Defence Forces have been through such a tough time lately with the disclosures from the Women of Honour. There is a bit of a knee-jerk reaction coming from inside and outside...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: Yes. I wish to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will propose measures to ensure that members of the Defence Forces who have been convicted of violent assaults cannot continue to serve.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: Reports that a naval officer remains in the Defence Forces almost a year after pleading guilty to a serious assault on a woman shows a bit of a pattern. The Tánaiste will forgive the Women of Honour for nodding their heads and saying, "I told you so". The time for learning lessons is over. It is the time to show what can be done. I wish to take this opportunity to salute Natasha...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: Those of us who have had children in college know what a money pit third level education can be. I would advise anybody watching with small children to start saving now. When they have to go away to college and digs, that is when the rent cruelty and the risk often happen, which is what we are trying to prevent with these provisions. I commend my comrade an Teachta Mairéad Farrell on...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I welcome the Tánaiste. I also wish to be associated with his words on Private Seán Rooney. Ar dheis Dé go raibh sé. I have a few questions for the Tánaiste on the UN report. How many Defence Forces personnel served abroad as part of the United Nations mandated missions in 2019 and 2023? How many does the Tánaiste expect to serve abroad in 2024 and 2025?