Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Update on Civil Defence: Discussion

Ms Emer Dalton:

There is European training in which Civil Defence officers participate on an individual level. There is no such training currently at national level. There is a focus on training nationally with the other principal response agencies, PRAs. There is significant collaboration with the National Ambulance Service and An Garda Síochána, for example. That is where there is a lot of joint training sessions, as well as with the Defence Forces.