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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Minister for Defence
- Introduced
- 25 Apr 2024
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Establishes statutory External Oversight Body for Defence Forces to oversee and monitor human resources management and advise the Minister for Defence.
- Allows Minister for Defence to authorise Defence Forces representative associations to associate with Irish Congress of Trade Unions, with power to impose conditions.
- Makes miscellaneous technical amendments to Defence Act 1954: removes pay regulation requirements, clarifies drug testing authority, broadens prosecutor appointments, protects 'Óglaigh na hÉireann' term.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil25 Apr 2024
- Second Stage33rd Dáil25 Apr 2024
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil23 May 2024
- Report Stage33rd Dáil12 Jun 2024
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil12 Jun 2024
- Second Stage26th Seanad12 Jun 2024
- Committee Stage26th Seanad3 Jul 2024
- Report Stage26th Seanad9 Jul 2024
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad9 Jul 2024
- Enacted17 Jul 2024
Debates
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