Reference was made to the Naval Service reorganisation. The Naval Service underwent a period of examination in the Pricewaterhouse report on the Defence Forces. That report was followed by the White Paper on defence. Policy arising out of those reviews was matched by a Naval Service strategy contained in a two-part plan. Part one dealt with meeting Ireland's defence policy needs at sea and a naval strategy and plan of action for the future. Part two was the Naval Service value for money implementation plan. The plan was endorsed by the Minister for Defence and the Naval Service and is now well advanced. This ambitious plan is designed to implement the effectiveness and efficiency recommendations made by Pricewaterhouse and it builds on the Government decision that the Naval Service will be the State's principal seagoing agency with a general responsibility to meet contingent and actual maritime defence requirements. The Government's desire for increased efficiency and greater effectiveness is fully embraced in the plan, as it is a requirement to be held to demonstrate the State's sovereignty at sea. The plan is also underpinned by a number of strategies.