National Risk Assessment 2023 – Public Consultation

The National Risk Assessment – Draft List of Strategic Risks, along with details on the public consultation process, is below.

First published in 2014, the National Risk Assessment provides an opportunity to identify and discuss significant risks that may arise for Ireland over the short, medium and long term. The most recent National Risk Assessment, covering 2021/22, was published in December 2021.

Since its inception, the National Risk Assessment has provided a systematic overview of national-level risks and has drawn attention, at an early stage, to the importance of phenomena such as the UK’s departure from the EU, housing shortages, as well as pandemics.

The National Risk Assessment aims to provide a systematic overview of strategic risks facing the country to serve as the basis for political and public discussion and deliberation about their implications.

Links to previous reports can be found here.

Stakeholders are asked to assess whether the draft risks identified accurately represent the major risks facing the country, whether there are any significant risks that should be added, or whether any of the proposed risks do not warrant inclusion.

On conclusion of this consultation, the proposed risks will be reviewed, with further consideration by Government Departments and agencies, ahead of finalisation of the National Risk Assessment 2023 – Overview of Strategic Risks.

Consultation views can be returned through an online survey NRA 2023 or by email to nra@taoiseach.gov.ie. The public consultation will be open until Friday the 17th of February 2023.

Please note that while information from submissions received is posted on www.gov.ie after the public consultation is completed, private individuals' information will not be shared. However, submissions will be subject to Freedom of Information and therefore may be disclosed to third parties.

The full list of proposed strategic risks for Ireland for 2023 are:

Geopolitical risks

Disruption of multilateral system

Future direction of the European Union

Ireland’s relationship, post-Brexit, with the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

Armed conflict, terrorism and hybrid threats

Economic risks

Inflation

Disruption to a secure and sustainable energy supply

Ireland’s enterprise mix

Changes to international trading relationships

Public finances and the financial system

Supply chain and capacity constraints

Societal risks

Social cohesion

Housing and sustainable development

Migration and integration

Demographic change

Digital exclusion

Environmental risks

Climate change

Biodiversity loss

Extreme weather events and other natural disasters

Pandemics

Antimicrobial resistance

Food safety and Security

Technological risks

Data flows, storage and security

Disruptive technology

Cybersecurity

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Threats

The consultation document can be found here: