Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

National Maritime Security Strategy: Department of Defence

2:00 am

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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I ask Dr. Stanley to take that on board in developing the strategy. The need for more personnel might be happening at the same time as demands on other very important sectors such as renewables and so on. They could be competing for the same skills to expand capacity.

There is more and more discussion of the danger of hybrid threats, such as physical interference combined with cyber threats. They are being co-ordinated. Could Dr. Stanley offer a comment on her assessment of the danger of hybrid maritime threats to Irish infrastructure and Irish civil administration?