The Commission on the Defence Forces public consultation commenced on 22 January 2021, with an initial closing date of 5 March 2021 for the receipt of submissions. This was later extended to 19 March 2021 due to the significant level of interest and requests to have more time provided. A small number of submissions were received after the extended closing date and these have also been taken into account by the Commission.
All submissions are now published below, together with an initial report on the public consultation. For ease of reference, submissions have been grouped into the following categories:
- Government Departments and Agencies
- Representative Associations and Trade Unions
- Political Parties and Public Representatives
- Business and Interest Groups
- Academics
- Individuals
Confidential and personal information has been redacted from the published submissions.
Government Departments and Agencies
Commissioners of Irish Lights
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Dept of Enterprise Trade & Employment
Dept of Environment, Climate & Communications (National Cyber Security Centre)
Dept of Public Expenditure and Reform
Dept of Transport (Air Accident Investigation Unit)
Dept of Transport (Irish Coast Guard)
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority
Department of Foreign Affairs
Representative Associations and Trade Unions
Political Parties and Public Representatives
Athlone Fianna Fáil Chomhairle Ceantair
Cllrs Declan Meenagh and Joe Costello
Cllrs Niall Dennehy and Pat English
Councillor Group (Clare, Tipperary and Limerick)
Independent Cllrs Cork Co Co
Moate Fianna Fáil Chomhairle Ceantair
Northern and Western Regional Assembly
Senator Gerard Craughwell
Workers' Party of Ireland
Business and Interest Groups
Horse Sport Ireland Director of Breeding & Programmes
Horse Sport Ireland Interim Chair
Irish Chamber of Shipping
Irish Chapter World Beyond War
Irish Environmental Network
Irish Institute of Master Mariners
Irish whale and dolphin group
Leonardo submission to IDF
Marine Renewables Industry Association
Nautical institute of Ireland
PANA peace & neutrality alliance
Port of Galway Sea Scouts
Quakers Dublin monthly meeting
Quakers Ireland yearly meeting
Athlone Community Development Association
Atlantic Economic Corridor Business Group
Authentic Energy Management Services
Embassy France (via Military Attaché)
Atheist Ireland Evangelical Alliance of Ireland and Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Academics
Carlow Institute of Technology
Dr Ian Speller Maynooth University
Dr Kyriakos Kourousis University of Limerick
Dr Shirley Graham George Washington University
Professor Andrew Cottey UCC
UCC Security Defence Medicine
Williams O'Neill Queens Belfast
Individuals
Initial Report on Public Consultation
Initial Report on Public Consultation
