Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I understand that sentiment and I understand people wanting to know the status of the report and the direction of travel in terms of thought and recommendations. The independent review group itself asked that the interim report would not be published, because its work is not complete. Publishing, therefore, or making publicly available work that has not concluded or been finalised is something it was concerned about. We do not have much longer to wait, and in a few weeks we will have the full report. I hope to be able to act on that quickly. I expect the report will respond with the seriousness we would expect to the stories the group has been hearing and the evidence it has collected. I encourage all interested parties to interact with the independent review group to ensure it will get as complete a picture as possible in order that it can make recommendations that can allow the Defence Forces to move forward and the Government to make the appropriate decisions. I said at the start of this process that the independent review group was not going to be the start and the end of the process. The group is going to map out the course of actions we should take on foot of the evidence it has looked at, and I hope to be able to move to that phase as soon as we get the report and I bring it to the Government.

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