Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Senator that he will have those figures as soon as is humanly possible, but that does not take away from the overall response. There are two other areas to underline our agreed position on this. A high-level action plan setting out the Government's response to the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces was approved and a high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach, has been established to oversee its implementation.An independently chaired implementation oversight group has also been established to monitor the implementation of the recommendations approved by the Government. That group has met on three occasions. These are all key parts of ensuring we have a Reserve Defence Force that continues to be viable and one that is growing and can play a much greater role not just in the daily activities of our Defence Forces but also in life more generally across the State.