Mr. Stephen O'Shea:

I will comment on our engagement with the issue and our potential plans on it.

One of the things we try to do as an organisation, outside of the polling work, is to explain priorities and developments at an EU level to an Irish audience in a simple and accessible way. As defence has become more of a priority at EU level over the past six or seven months, but also prior to that, we have noticed more engagement from our members on the issue. For example, we published an explainer policy document on the publication of the strategic compass by the institutions last spring. The general point is that as defence shoots up the European agenda, it will naturally become a feature of our work to explain what is happening at an EU level to an Irish audience.