Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group

3:10 pm

Ms Julie Sinnamon:

There has been quite active interaction over the past two years with the Department and the Defence Forces on all of the actions set out and the timelines set. That feeds into the detailed implementation plan, strategic framework and dates. Pushing to see what is possible on all of those dates is a key role in being demanding on the system and using the other members. The membership of the oversight group is made-up of senior figures from the various Government Departments and an external chair. With both the Defence Forces and the Department of Defence, we are going through action by action on why something is not happening and what needs to happen to ensure that it does. The fact that 33 out of 105 actions have been completed at this stage with another 13 actions to be completed before the end of the year indicates active engagement with the total group and various parts of the group independently. I am satisfied the oversight group is achieving its objectives.

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