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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: ...thing that this Bill will put it on a statutory basis. That was one of the key recommendations of the IRG which I will come to in a minute. It creates a statutory framework for the Minister for Defence to grant consent to the Permanent Defence Forces representative associations to associate with the ICTU. I fully support what Deputy Howlin said earlier about that and the reservations he...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Catherine Connolly: .... If there is no condemnation of what is an openly genocidal approach to Gaza with genocidal killing, then we are going to lose our credibility. I am most unhappy about that because our strength is in our neutrality and being able to speak truth to power. The Taoiseach goes on to sympathise with those who have lost lives, not in Gaza, mind you, so it is important to read the speech. He...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Catherine Connolly: ...believe would have been 59 years to the day since day two of the siege of Jadotville in 1961. As many Deputies have done, and we raised this issue with the Taoiseach and the previous Minister for Defence, I ask the Minister to re-examine that event. This is a time when we need true heroes and people to look up to. On this occasion, those heroes happen to be all men, and I have no...

Public Service Pay Commission Report on the Permanent Defence Force: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Connolly: ...action by the Government and I am struck by the Minister of State's statement that there are no quick fixes to the current challenges. I would not be looking for a fix but rather recognition of the Defence Forces as an essential part of our democracy. These forces keep the peace at home and abroad, and in that context to say there are no quick fixes is insulting. This is the third...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (26 Feb 2019)

Catherine Connolly: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the reserve Defence Forces; the full complement Defence Forces Reserve; the status of the recruitment campaign for the reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9406/19]