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:

I beg the Deputy's pardon. I misheard what she said. It is a reasonable achievement in the six months under which it was flagged, from July. We started in September. The report and the update will be positive in terms of the achievement of those actions at this point.

In fairness, on the question asked by Senator Clonan, I have not been familiar with the request he directly put. I am more than happy to consider that request and discuss it with him but it is not appropriate for me to respond immediately. Doing so would be reactive. I am willing to meet him to discuss what exactly he is asking me to apologise for and to detail it out at that point, if that is satisfactory to him.