Government ‘scanning the horizon’ for future risks

The Government has a duty to ensure that the ill fortunes which Ireland has experienced never reoccur, Taoiseach Enda Kenny said yesterday as he launched this year’s National Risk Assessment programme.

The annual assessment sets out a draft list of strategic risks which Ireland faces, with a view to stimulating public debate on them and what the appropriate responses should be.

“We must do this by being open to the future, scanning the horizon to ensure that we are quick to detect any event that could undo us if left unchecked,” he said.