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Overview of Department of Defence and the Defence Forces (2982 words) |
 | The Defence Act, 1954 (which is the principal statute providing for the regulation of the Defence Forces) provides that it shall be lawful for the Government to raise and maintain Defence Forces. |
| Section 17 of the Defence Act, 1954 provides that, under the direction of the President, the military command of and all executive functions and administrative powers in relation to the Defence Forces, including the power to delegate command and authority are exercised by the Government through and by the Minister for Defence. |
| The effect of this arrangement is to have the Chief of Staff responsible for the performance of the Defence Forces and the sole reporting officer to the Minister in respect of the discharge of military staff duties at Defence Forces Headquarters. |
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Irish Defence Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (863 words) |
| The Irish Defence Forces are the army, navy and air force of the Republic of Ireland. |
| The Defence Forces trace their origins to the Irish Volunteers founded in 1913. |
| The Defence Forces strongly object to this usage [1]. |
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