Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the public consultations held by his Department in 2018 and to date in 2019; the date on which such consultations were held by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50445/19]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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On the 15 October 2018, I announced a series of eight regional consultation meetings for Civil Defence volunteers. The meetings were held in each Major Emergency Management region between 24 October and 28 November, 2018. The objective of these meetings was to allow Civil Defence volunteers have their say on the future direction of Civil Defence in Ireland.

Details of the dates and the locations in which the consultation meetings took place in are provided in the following table.

These eight consultation meetings were the only public consultations held by my Department in the period covered by the Deputy's question.