Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 January 2014
608. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Defence the number of submissions his Department received on the publication of the Green Paper on Defence in 2013; if he will provide a full list of the persons and organisations from whom these submissions came; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1218/14]
View answerThe Green Paper on Defence, which was published in July 2013, initiated a public consultation process which will inform the development of the next White Paper on Defence. A total of 122 submissions were received. A full list of the persons and organisations from whom these submissions were received is attached herewith.
I do not propose to publish the submissions at present. They form part of the ongoing deliberative process in the preparation of the White Paper on Defence and are subject to normal data protection and Freedom of Information considerations.
As part of the consultative process, a number of people who made written submissions have met with civil and military staff of the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. These meetings are ongoing.
The White Paper on Defence is due to be completed and submitted to Government for approval later this year.
List of the persons and organisations from whom submissions were received .
Mr. John Morris
Mr. Tony Brown
Mr. Peter Savage
Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre (Narcotics) MAOC (N)
Mr. John B. Dillon
Mr. Mark Egan
Syncreon Transport & Forwarding, Ireland
Mr. Maurice Ball
Captain Noel Carey (Retired)
The Irish Maritime Forum (x 2)
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Ms. Elizabeth Smith
Mr. Damien Gaumont
Mr. Declan Fleming
Mr. Andy McSharry
Mr. Robert Gilbey
Mr. John Kelly
Mr. Seamus Wall
Mr. Hugh Conlon
Mr. Paul Murphy
Mr. Charles E. Breslin
Mr. David France
Mr. Christopher Dorman-O’Gowan
Mr. Eoin B. Scarlett
British Irish Chamber of Commerce
Ms. Margaretta D’arcy
The Nautical Institute (Ireland Branch)
Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA)
Commander (GS) Pasi Staff
Professor Stephen Cusack
Mr. Jack Kavanagh
Port of Cork Company
Mr. Tom McBennett
Mr. Brian Ahern
Mr. Brian O’ Neill
Mr. Joseph Doherty
Halpin Centre for Research & Innovation at NMCI
Association of Retired Commissioned Officers (ARCO)
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention, NUI Maynooth
Dr. Ian Speller, NUI Maynooth
Fishing for Justice
Col. Dorcha Lee, (Retired)
Mr. Barry Foley
Messrs. Sean A. Flood, Michael Murphy, Seamus O’Carroll, Peter McKenna and Harry Whelehan. (Collective submission)
National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)
The Irish Institute of Master Mariners
Mr. Conor Galvin
Commodore Frank Lynch (Retired)
Mr. Anthony Gurnee
Mr. Peter Kennedy
Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women
Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA), Atlantic Ocean Energy Alliance (OEA) and National Offshore Wind Association of Ireland (Collective submission)
Commander Brian Fitzgerald
Mr. Pat Sweeney
Maritime Institute of Ireland
Councillor Jim Finucane
European Fisheries Control Agency
Mr. Michael McGrath, T.D.
Mr. Liam Nolan
Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association (RDFRA) Naval Service Reserve Committee
Comdt. Michael Rowan (Retired)
Flying in Ireland magazine
Mr. John Maguire
Mr. Raymond Molony
Espion Group
Mr. Charles J. Lawn
The Mobile & Marine Research Centre (MMRRC), University of Limerick
Mr. Timothy F. Murphy
National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI)
Mr. Brian Cassidy
County Manager, Cork County Council
Mr. John Treacy
Engineer’s Ireland
Dr. Aoife O’Donoghue
Mr. Philip Kennedy
Fianna Fáil
Mr. Gerard O Halloran
Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster, (IMERC)
Irish United Nations Veterans Association (IUNVA)
Dr. Brendan Flynn, NUI Galway
Dr. Kiran Sarma, NUI Galway
Dr. Paul O’Connor, NUI Galway
Professor Ray Murphy, NUI Galway
Dr. Anthony Grehan, NUI Galway
Institute of Technology, Carlow
Mr. Arnaud Disant
Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd
Sinn Féin
The Federation of Irish Fishermen
Irish Planning Institute
Mr. Liam Kenny
Irish Chamber of Shipping
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA)
Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA)
Mr. Ger O’Connor
Coastal and Marine Research Centre, University College Cork
Commissioners of Irish Lights
Mr. Horst Siedschlag
Mr. Neville Keery
Mr. James Bourke
Lt. Col. Peter G. Gibbons (Retired)
Mr. Jim Forde
Mr. Michael Kennelly
Pride of Ireland Trust
Mr. Edward J. Jacob
D’Amico Tankers Ltd.
Dr. Geoff King, Director, Pre-Hospital, Emergency Care Council
Mr. Eddie Mulligan
Civil Defence Officers Association
Dublin Port Company
Mr. Paul MacDonald
Mountain Rescue Ireland
Irish National Committee of the Blue Shield
Mr. Donal Burke
Lord Mayor of Cork
Permanent Defence Force Other Ranks Representative Association (PDFORRA)
Representative Association of Commissioned Officers (RACO)
Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association (RDFRA)
Irish Ports Association (affiliate of IBEC)
Mr. Peter Thomas Conlon
