Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces
The Commission has endeavoured to structure its report in a logical manner, starting with the security and threat context, and the national policy framed in response to that context, then going on to offer a vision and detailed recommendations on the future Defence Forces that is needed to cope with these threats and fulfill the roles envisaged by Government policy. Chapter 2 presents a short outline of the current security and threat environment; Chapter 3 summarises current Defence policy as set out in the White Paper 2015 and the White Paper Update 2019; Chapter 4 sets out the Commission's reflections on some key contextual issues in relation to the main roles of the Defence Forces; Chapter 5 sets out a high level vision for the future Defence Forces and considers the critically important issue of the level of ambition for the Defence Forces, which is returned to in subsequent chapters; Chapters 6, 7 and 8 deal respectively with the capabilities, structures and staffing of the Defence Forces, and primarily the Permanent Defence Force, as required by the TOR; Chapter 9 deals specifically with Reserve Defence Force structures, capabilities and staffing; Chapter 10 addresses the key matters of funding and staffing the Defence Forces of the future; Chapter 11 sets out final conclusions and comments on implementation
eBook, English, 2022
Commission on the Defence Forces, [Dublin], 2022