page_title: Structure of the Irish Defence Forces
section_title: Naval Operations Command
hierarchical_section_title: Structure of the Irish Defence Forces / Chief of Staff / Naval Service / Naval Operations Command
caption_attribution_description: English: The Irish Naval Service ship LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) on naval exercise maneuvers in 2014.
context_page_description: This article represents the structure of the Irish Defence Forces as of May 2020:
context_section_description: Naval Operations Command is the command component of the Irish Naval Service responsible for all day-to-day activities of the service, both at sea and on shore. 
  Naval Operations Command, at Haulbowline Naval Base
  Operations Command Headquarters
  Fleet Operational Readiness Standards and Training
  LÉ Eithne (P31), LÉ Orla (P41) (in operational reserve), LÉ Ciara (P42), LÉ Róisín (P51), LÉ Niamh (P52), LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61), LÉ James Joyce (P62), LÉ William Butler Yeats (P63), and LÉ George Bernard Shaw (P64)
  Intelligence and Fishery Section
  Naval Intelligence Cell
  Navigation Cell
  Naval Computer Centre
  Fisheries Monitoring Centre
  Vessel Monitoring System
  Fishery Protection System - Lirguard
  Fishery Information System
  Fishery Geographic System
  Fishery Legislative System
  Electronic Recording and Reporting System
  Shore Operations
  Headquarters Section
  Naval Service Operations Room
  Naval Service Reserve Staff
  Naval Base Communications Centre
  Operations Security Section
  Naval Service Diving Section
  Harbour Master Naval Base
  Boat Transport
caption: LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) underway
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