Written answers

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

Department of Defence

National Emergency Plan

Photo of Patricia RyanPatricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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291. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the next meeting of the national emergency co-ordination committee will take place; the number of meetings held in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34378/21]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I chair the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning which coordinates emergency management policy across Government Departments and Agencies. Key areas of work include critical entity resilience, risk management and emergency communications. I convened four meetings of the Government Task Force in 2020 and have chaired two meetings so far in 2021. A further meeting is scheduled to take place next month.

The Deputy may wish to note that a National Emergency Coordination Group is convened at the request of a Government Department in response to a threatened or ongoing national-level emergency in the area of responsibility of that Department. It is chaired by the Minister or senior official of that Department. There have been no meetings of the National Emergency Coordination Committee for the period 2020 to date.

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