Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff

Mr. Se?n Clancy:

The high-level action plan contained 38 actions. That was a reasonable share of the totality of 130 recommendations in the timeframe in which we tried to deliver those actions. They were identified in the context of those that could be delivered in a shorter timeframe in order to create momentum but also with regard to the critical enablers that were required. It is important to remember that no resources were allocated for the implementation of the high-level action plan in 2022. Rather, that was to commence in 2023. All these things influenced it. As I mentioned in my opening remarks, a high-level action plan update is being prepared for the Tánaiste and will be published shortly, before the implementation plan itself.