Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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172. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he plans to appoint a chair to the consultative forum on international security policy; if so, if he will outline a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25662/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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In line with similar national processes, an independent Chairperson was selected to chair the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy.

The Chair was appointed having regard to the remit of the Consultative Forum and, consequently, to the competencies, skills and experience required to conduct same.

Louise Richardson DBE, the highly-respected President of the Carnegie Corporation and former vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, has agreed to take on the important role.

I am confident that Ms. Richardson, who is a native of County Waterford, and a distinguished political scientist with a strong expertise in security policy in her own right, will play a hugely positive role in chairing and overseeing the discussions.