Ms Jacqui McCrum:

I will start on the recommendations of the Commission on the Defence Forces. When that report was published in 2022, there were 130 recommendations, 43 of which have been completed to date. The others are a work in progress. We do have a detailed implementation plan, which is being revised. The Tánaiste hopes to publish that in the near future. The establishment of a defence attaché network is one of those recommendations. There has been some work done to date. We have engaged with our military colleagues and the Department of foreign affairs. An attaché network can be set up as either civilian or military and that is being reviewed as well. In the meantime, all I can tell the committee is that the plan is there. We are planning to have all of the recommendations completed by 2028 and some of them will be completed well in advance of that. It is one of many priorities we have. It is being worked on.