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
Dr. Margaret Stanley:
On the positive side, focus and attention are being given to this issue. We know the new strategy is being developed. We know the Government is encouraging more co-ordinated action between Departments. We are working more closely with our near neighbours in our maritime area, and with our colleagues in the European Union, to consider how we can all work together to face this threat, for example, by developing new legal solutions for what is happening with the shadow fleet and others. Many actions are being taken at various levels, nationally and internationally, to consider how to deal with this and how to improve the situation.