38 Mr. Nealon asked the Minister for Defence if the newly elected Army Representative Association will be responsible for drawing up their own constitution or if it will be drawn up in consultation with his Department or the Defence Forces' headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

The question of constitutions for the representative associations to be established in accordance with the provisions of the Defence (Amendment) Act, 1990 is one of the matters which no doubt will arise in the discussions which, I expect, will take place shortly between the elected representatives of members of the Permanent Defence Force and representatives of my Department.