Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have no problem with updating the committee in the second quarter of next year on the implementation of the White Paper.

As the Deputy understands, this is an important document for the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces for the future. A great deal of work went into the White Paper and I would be delighted to do what the Deputy asked. I, the Department and the Defence Forces also intend to brief the representative organisations, Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association, PDFORRA, and the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association, RDFRA, on all the actions in the White Paper. We have specifically targeted 88 actions. I have no problem in updating the committee on this and I assure the Deputy that I have no problem in terms of the Dáil with respect to the annual report of the Department of Defence and keeping the associations up to date on exactly what we are at on the 88 initiatives.

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