A National Risk Assessment for Ireland 2017

This National Risk Assessment was created after consulting with experts across a wide range of sectors and disciplines.

The Risk Assessment:

• underpins the Strategic Emergency Management (SEM): National Structures and Framework developed by the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning (GFT)

• contributes to creating a shared understanding of the national-level challenges to be addressed;

• builds on the significant inter-agency work completed at the local and regional levels under the provisions of the “Framework for Major Emergency Management’

• allows for the comparison and prioritisation of risks against pre-agreed criteria

• provides the basis for establishing priorities with regard to risk mitigation

• establishes the baseline for assessing national risk management capability

• ensures compliance with the EU Civil Protection Mechanism’s requirement to develop effective and coherent approaches to prevention of and preparedness for emergencies

• informs the development of enhanced national and community resilience