The White Paper on Defence was published in February 2000. The drafting of the Defence White Paper was informed by a public consultation process which offered members of the public and other interested parties an opportunity to submit their views. A total of 46 submissions were received as part of that consultation process. A list of the organisations and persons who made submissions to the White Paper consultation process is set out as follows:
Aviation Ireland
Chief Fire Officers’ Association
Civil Defence Officers’ Association
County and City Managers’ Association
Defence Studies Group
Department of Finance
Fassaroe Sporting Club
General Council of County Councils
GOAL
Green Party
Institute of Engineers of Ireland
Irish Medical Organisation
Maritime Institute of Ireland
Nautical Institute
Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (PDFORRA)
Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO)
Reserve Defence Force Representative Association (RDFRA)
Tralee Urban District Council
Workers Party
Mr. Michael J. Baynes
Mr. Noel Bourke
Col. S. B. Condon (Retired)
Mr. Andrew Convery
Mr. Edmund Cooney
Mr. Noel Coughlan
Mr. Hugh Crawford
Mr. Jim Desmond
Mr. Paddy Donnelly
Col. E. Doyle (Retired)
Mr. Brian Gillen
Mr. Gerard Humphries BL and Mr. Ciaran Craven BL
CS J. Kearns
Professor Patrick Keatinge
Comdt. S. Kielty
Lt. Brendan J. McDonald
Mr. John McGinley
Lt. Cdr. Mark Mellett
Comdt. J. Moriarty
Major General M.J. Murphy (Retired)
Mr. David J. Murnaghan
Sgt. Ger O’Connor
Col. John F. O’Connor (Retired)
Mr. Caoimhin O’Donnchu
Col. T. O’Neill (Retired)
Mr. John Rochford, Mr. Michael Sheehan and Mr. Chris Flynn
Comdt. Alan Woolhead