On the publication of the Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces, ARCO welcomes the Government’s decision to implement the Report’s 13 recommendations.
Following the publication of the Independent Review Group’s report, the Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Seán Clancy commended the bravery of the men and women both serving and retired in coming forward, sharing their difficult lived experiences. The Chief of Staff and the General Staff accepted the findings of the Report. “I am confident and determined that together we can build a better Defence Forces for the future. We must and we will do more”.
Reacting to the publication of the report, Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Micheál Martin said: “This report is a watershed moment. While it correctly acknowledges the high regard in which the Defence Forces is held, and its decades of peacekeeping roles, it nonetheless signals the critical need for fundamental and immediate cultural change which goes to the very heart of issues relating to dignity and mutual respect.”
Government Press Release, and the IRG’s Report: https://lnkd.in/e4XYFNwE
