Defence policy and support to the Defence Forces

What this means

• The Department of Defence is an Irish government department responsible for defence policy and supporting the armed forces of the state.[source]
• It helps the Minister for Defence shape defence policy and handles the administration, organisation, and resourcing of the Defence Forces.[source]
• Its legal basis comes from the Defence Act 1954 and the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, which set out its powers and responsibilities.[source]
• The department currently has 2 implementing commitments, meaning it is actively working to deliver specific agreed actions in this area.[source]
• Accountability matters here because the department controls how public money is spent on national security and how Ireland's military is run.[source]

Direct impact (3)

• duty held by body
  Department of DefenceBody
• implements mandate via commitment
  Achieve Level of Ambition 2 for the Defence ForcesCommitment
• implements mandate via commitment
  Deliver a primary radar capability for Irish airspaceCommitment

Indirect impact (1)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Defence2-hop via dept-defence
  Helen McEnteeOfficeholder