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Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Department of Defence

Research and Development

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Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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154. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will list the ongoing research commissioned under the remit of his Department through the North-South Ministerial Council, Shared Island Initiative or through other all-island arrangements; if he will outline the research that has been completed; the date of publication of the research since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56909/23]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has assisted in the development of a stream of research funding associated with the All-Island Disaster Risk Reduction conference series. This annual conference, which began in 2022, is organised by my Department and its purpose is to encourage North South linkages relating to disaster risk reduction.

At the inaugural conference in 2022, funding of €60,000 was announced for research to explore cross-border aspects of emergency planning and cooperation, specifically relating to public safety messaging to border communities. The Table below outlines the projects that are being funded as a result of this research call and their publication dates.

At this year’s conference, I announced a second round of research funding valued at €60,000 with closing dates for applications for this round set for 26 January 2024.

Research Title Objectives Expected Publication Date
Communicating for Impact: Public Safety Messaging for Border Communities
  1. Identify and analyse the current sources of safety information used by border communities
  2. Establish the level of trust which the public place in the key sources of public safety messages and the factors which influence this trust
  3. Propose a Model of Good Practice for consistency in All Island Safety Messaging
  4. Disseminate the findings from the project to relevant stakeholders on the island of Ireland and to the academic community.
 May, 2025
Advancing a focused Cross-Border Approach to Public Messaging in Emergency Management
  1. Identify how public safety messaging is currently delivered (digital, hard copy, social media, etc.) and to what extent this differs on either side of the border;
  2. From case study, propose how safety messaging could be improved through a co-creation process involving citizen panels.
 February 2024

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