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Contact Numbers of Key Personnel Contact numbers of key personnel Department of Defence TITLE NAME MOBILE OFFICE (DIR) Secretary General Maurice Quinn Assistant Secretary Des Dowling Assistant Secretary Ciaran Murphy Assistant Secretary Robert Mooney Director Clare Tiernan Secretary to Management Board Teresa Hynes Private Sec. to Secretary General Linda Butler PO C&A Branch Stephen Hall PO Contracts Branch Fiona Lafferty PO Property Branch Jason Kearney PO ISDP Branch Bernadette Maguire PO ISDP (Brussels) Barry Conroy PO Facilities Management Branch David Lawler PO Legislation Branch Billy Tuohy PO Executive Branch Margaret Stanley PO Finance - Pensions & Pay Admin Michael O’Boyle PO Finance Branch Gerry Groarke PO Planning & Organisation Branch Cathal Duffy PO Communications and Project Brigitta O’Doherty Management Branch PO ICT Branch Michael Byrne PO ICT Branch David Byrne PO Litigation Branch Ann Price PO Capability (People) Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh Development & Support Branch PO DF Personnel Policy Branch Carol Bourke PO Office of Emergency Planning James Ryan PO HR Branch Ronan Mulhall PO PSPC Project Management Aileen Nolan Office PO Civil Defence Branch David Buckley Legal Advisor Eunice Friel Press Officer Jane Nolan 1 Defence Forces TITLE NAME MOBILE OFFICE (DIR) Vice Admiral Chief of Staff Mark Mellett Major General Deputy Chief of Staff (Ops.) Anthony McKenna Major General Deputy Chief of Staff (Sp.) Sean Clancy Brigadier General Assistant Chief of Staff Adrian O Murchú General Officer Commanding Brigadier General Air Corps Rory O'Connor Flag Officer Commanding Commodore Naval Service Michael Malone General Officer Commanding Brigadier General 1 Brigade Patrick Flynn General Officer Commanding Brigadier General 2 Brigade Tony Cudmore General Officer Commanding Brigadier General Defence Forces Training Centre David Dignam 2 Contents 1. The Minister for Defence and the Department of Defence ......................... 6 1.1 The Minister .................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 The Minister of State ...................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Statutory framework for the Department and the Defence Forces ......................... 6 1.4 The Management Board ................................................................................................. 8 1.5 Strategic Management Committee ............................................................................... 8 1.6 Priorities List ................................................................................................................... 8 1.7 Role of civil element of the Department ...................................................................... 8 1.8 Role of Internal Audit and the Audit Committee ....................................................... 9 1.9 Strategic Risk Committee ............................................................................................ 10 1.10 Risk Management Committee ..................................................................................... 11 1.11 Minister's Office and Special Advisers ....................................................................... 11 1.12 Defence Forces Organisation ...................................................................................... 11 1.13 Roles of the Defence Forces......................................................................................... 13 1.14 Defence Enterprise Committee ................................................................................... 15 2. White Paper on Defence .......................................................................................... 17 2.1 Background .................................................................................................................... 17 2.2 Key Provisions ............................................................................................................... 17 2.3 New Initiatives .............................................................................................................. 19 2.4 Implementation ............................................................................................................ 20 2.5 White Paper on Defence - Update 2019 .................................................................... 21 3. National and International Security .................................................................. 26 3.1 Cabinet Committee on Security .................................................................................. 26 3.2 National Security Committee ...................................................................................... 26 3.3 National Security Analysis Centre .............................................................................. 26 3.4 Domestic Security/Aid to the Civil Power ................................................................. 27 3.5 Aid to the Civil Authority and other tasks ................................................................. 28 3.6 International Security and Defence Policy ................................................................ 29 3.7 Brexit .............................................................................................................................. 36 4. Human Resources in the Defence Forces ........................................................ 37 4.1 Overall strength ............................................................................................................. 37 4.2 Recruitment and Retention ......................................................................................... 37 4.3 Public Service Pay Commission (PSPC) Report ....................................................... 38 4.4 High Level Implementation Plan ............................................................................... 39 4.5 Equality, Gender and Diversity ................................................................................... 40 4.6 Independent Monitoring Group ................................................................................. 40 4.7 Defence Forces Climate Survey ................................................................................... 41 4.8 Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 ................................................................... 41 5. Defence Funding ......................................................................................................... 43 5.1 Vote 35 (Army Pensions) ............................................................................................. 43 5.2 Vote 36 (Defence) ......................................................................................................... 45 5.3 Shared Services ............................................................................................................. 46 6. Emergency Planning ................................................................................................. 47 6.1 Government Task Force on Emergency Planning .................................................... 47 6.2 Office of Emergency Planning ..................................................................................... 47 6.3 Framework for Major Emergency Management ...................................................... 47 6.4 National Risk Assessment ........................................................................................... 47 3 7. Defence Forces Equipment .................................................................................... 49 7.1 Naval Service Vessel Replacement Programme ....................................................... 49 7.2 Air Corps’ Fleet Replacement Programme ................................................................ 49 7.3 Army Equipment Investment Projects ...................................................................... 50 7.4 Equipment Development Plan .................................................................................... 50 7.5 High Level Planning and Procurement Group ......................................................... 51 7.6 Climate Action Plan ...................................................................................................... 51 8. Conciliation and Arbitration ................................................................................. 53 8.1 Defence Forces Pay and Industrial Relations ........................................................... 53 8.2 Military Service Allowance (MSA) .............................................................................. 54 8.3 Representative Associations ........................................................................................ 55 8.4 Conciliation and Arbitration (C&A) Scheme ............................................................ 56 8.5 Industrial relations process for PDF representative associations ......................... 56 8.6 Current C&A issues ....................................................................................................... 57 9. Litigation ....................................................................................................................... 61 9.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 61 9.2 State Claims Agency ...................................................................................................... 61 9.3 Lariam ............................................................................................................................
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