Ms Bernie Maguire:

There is not a rush, as such. This has been ongoing since 2023, when the then Tánaiste and current Taoiseach, Deputy Martin, instructed officials to start looking at this issue. Both the triple lock and the numbers we can deploy overseas were a big focus during the consultative forum on international security policy in June 2023. Those two matters were included in the report by Professor Dame Louise Richardson. The then Tánaiste, when he brought this matter before the Dáil in late 2023, agreed that he would bring forward changes to the triple lock. The work has been ongoing. There is no rush, as such.