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Disaster Reduction Con Dec 23
All Island Disaster Risk Reduction Conference

Featured stories

  • Tánaiste Reviews Irish Troops heading for service with UNIFIL
    Tánaiste Reviews Irish Troops heading for service with UNIFIL

    Members of the 123rd Infantry Battalion will deploy to Lebanon on UNIFIL peacekeeping mission

  • Increase in Patrol Duty Allowance for the Naval Service
    Increase in Patrol Duty Allowance for the Naval Service

    Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Mícheál Martin TD announces increase to Patrol Duty Allowance paid ...

  • Tánaiste welcomes rollout of private secondary medical care to enlisted personnel
    Tánaiste welcomes rollout of private secondary medical care to enlisted personnel

    This will be of great benefit to all personnel in the Permanent Defence Force

Publications

  • Detailed Implementation Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces 2023

    21 November 2023

  • Department of Defence and Defence Forces Strategy Statement 2023 - 2026

    10 October 2023

  • Strategic Framework 2023

    26 September 2023

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Press releases

  • All Island Disaster Risk Reduction Conference

    1 December 2023

  • Tánaiste Micheál Martin launches 'A Very Hard Struggle - Lives in the Military Service Pensions ...

    23 November 2023

  • Tánaiste welcomes publication of Detailed Implementation Plan for Report of the Commission on the ...

    21 November 2023

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Speeches

  • Tánaiste's address at Review of the 123rd Infantry Battalion, Kilkenny

    31 October 2023

  • Speech by Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin at the launch of the Be Winter Ready Campaign ...

    18 October 2023

  • Speech by Minister of State Jack Chambers at the launch of the Be Winter Ready Campaign 2023-2024

    18 October 2023

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Policies

  • Defence
  • White Paper on Defence
  • High-level goal at the Department of Defence

Ministers

  • Image: Micheál Martin
    Micheál Martin

    Tánaiste,  Minister for Defence,  Minister for Foreign Affairs

  • Image: Peter Burke
    Peter Burke

    Minister of State with responsibility for EU Affairs

Senior management

  • Jacqui McCrum

    Secretary General of the Department of Defence

  • Clare Tiernan

    Assistant Secretary for Defence Capability (People)

  • Aileen Nolan

    Assistant Secretary Corporate Affairs

  • Bernie Maguire

    Assistant Secretary for Defence & Security Policy International & National

  • Eamonn Murtagh

    Assistant Secretary for Strategic Change & Capability Development

  • Jason Kearney

    Director of Emergency, Operations and Infrastructure Oversight

  • Cathal Duffy

    Acting Assistant Secretary, IRG Implementation Division

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Contacts

Head Office, Department of Defence

Address:
Head Office, Department of Defence, Station Road, Newbridge , Co. Kildare , W12 AD93
Website:
www.gov.ie/defence
Email:
info@defence.ie
Phone number:
045 492000

Department of Defence (Galway)

Address:
Department of Defence, Áras an tSáile, Renmore , Galway , H91 AN2E
Website:
www.gov.ie/defence
Email:
info@defence.ie
Phone number:
091 743700

Civil Defence

Address:
Civil Defence, Benamore , Roscrea , E53 CY80
Website:
www.civildefence.ie
Email:
civildefence@defence.ie
Phone number:
0505 25310

Office of Emergency Planning

Address:
Office of Emergency Planning, National Emergency Coordination Centre, Agriculture House (2 East), Kildare Street , Dublin 2 , D02 WK12
Website:
www.emergencyplanning.ie
Email:
oep@defence.ie
Phone number:
01 2373800

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