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

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024. I condemn the way this Government has treated legislation and the legislative process throughout its time in Government. At the Business Committee last week I highlighted that neither the Bill nor pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill were published despite the fact it was due for debate this week....

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

Thomas Gould: I remember standing outside Collins Barracks in Cork with wives, partners, mothers and children who were fighting to improve the terms and conditions of their husbands, partners and loved ones in the Defence Forces because they did not have the ability to do it themselves. I know that is the core of this Bill but it does not go far enough. Members of the Defence Forces must be listened to...

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

Peter Fitzpatrick: As a former member of the Defence Forces, I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. On the back of key recommendations of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces and the statutory inquiry into systemic failures in dealing with individual complaints, including sexual misconduct, the creation of an external oversight body was...

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

Richard Boyd Barrett: I welcome the members of Fórsa in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council who are visiting. They might be interested to know we are discussing trade union-related matters, but this time with respect to members of our Defence Forces. The Bill seeks to allow them to associate with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. “Allowed to associate with” is an interesting phrase...

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

Catherine Connolly: Comhlacht Formhaoirsithe Seachtrach. Níl sé ró-dheacair.

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

Brendan Howlin: Deacair go leor.

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

Catherine Connolly: Níl.

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

Brendan Howlin: Níl sé deacair dóibh siúd a bhfuil an Ghaeilge go líofa acu.

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

Catherine Connolly: Le beagáinín cleachtadh, beidh sé i bhfad níos éasca.

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

Brendan Howlin: Mar Leas-Cheann Comhairle, tá Gaeilge líofa agat ach níl an caighdeán sin ag formhór na ndaoine-----

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

Catherine Connolly: Fós.

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

Dara Calleary: Níl siad ar a dturas teanga.

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

Patrick Costello: A minor frustration in relation to this Bill is that it is yet another amendment of an Act that has been amended and amended. It would have been in everybody's interests to produce a consolidated version of the various amended Defence Acts and produce a clear piece of legislation instead of one needing six or seven Acts to try to understand what is going on. We certainly have a habit in...

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

Catherine Connolly: Go maith.

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

Brendan Howlin: I would say it will be something that will be repeated daily by everybody. This new entity is to be responsible for overseeing and monitoring the human resources of the Defence Forces and reporting to the Minister, as the body deems appropriate. Its duties are set out in the new section 322 on page 14 of the Bill. This includes "the recruitment of members of the Defence Forces", which is a...

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

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I concur with my party colleagues. We support much of what is in the legislation and we all want the Defence Forces to be fit for purpose, but issues have been laid out by Deputies Cronin and Ward, the latter of whom spoke about his family’s connection to the Defence Forces and the fact pay and conditions have always been an issue. It is dreadful that we have not yet dealt with that,...

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

Brendan Howlin: Legislation on the Defence Forces, in general, being debated in this House is a rare occurrence. I cannot recall many occasions when the time of the House has been occupied by this issue, and maybe that will give us an indication it is an area of public policy that has not been focused on enough over the years. It goes to the heart of why the Defence Forces are so undermanned at the moment....

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

Micheál Martin: That is no secret.

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

Réada Cronin: -----while providing the minimum permissible Dáil debate on those topics. The Tánaiste published this Bill prior to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence having published its pre-legislative scrutiny report. He has no basis for excluding certain posts from membership of representative associations, and, as he dropped it as a legislative initiative, I ask him now to...

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

Mark Ward: Many aspects of this Bill are welcome. However, following on from report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, it seems that the Government is determined to squander this opportunity. Poor pay and conditions in the Defence Forces are not a new phenomenon. I speak as the son of a former Defence Forces veteran. My father spent 25 years serving this country at home and abroad. I saw...