Defence attachés in key Irish embassies not included in Government action plan

The 2015 White Paper on Defence said: “The Commission believes that international liaison and co-operation between the Defence Forces and the armed forces of other countries should be enhanced and strengthened with the immediate creation of a Defence Attaché network.”

Calls by the Commission on the Defence Forces (CDF) for the "immediate" creation of a network of Defence Forces attachés in key Irish embassies abroad are not included in the Government’s action plan, it has been confirmed.

The Department of Defence told the Irish Examiner that this proposal, while in the report, was not one of the CDF's actual 130 recommendations.