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:

Yes, it has. If memory serves, this was at the end of 2020. A group worked for the following year and developed the response to the WRC on this issue. I am just recalling it now. We put in place the training specifically identified in that regard, and this is now embedded in our training before any interview boards, etc., required. The assistant chief of staff attended an interview training course where this would have been embedded. It was a full-day course. This process has, therefore, started and has been implemented. A full report is ongoing in respect of trying to develop the response to the WRC.