Minister for Defence Simon Coveney has said a judge-led independent review into sexual abuse and bullying allegations in the Defence Forces will be set up.
He said it will be focused on how to bring about change where it is needed.
Reacting to the announcement of the independent review, the Women of Honour said they are hugely disappointed and feel their concerns were not listened to following a meeting with Mr Coveney this afternoon.
In a statement, the group said they are "deeply disillusioned by the Minister for Defence and his officials in response to the range of issues we have raised with respect to the Defence Forces".
Mr Coveney did not rule out a Commission of Inquiry into historical allegations of abuse in the future and said these cases are not being ignored.
The minister said an interim report would be submitted to him within six months with a final report expected within nine months.
The Women of Honour said they do not take any solace from the possibility of a Commission of Inquiry in the future as they believe it should be addressed now.
The group has consistently expressed concern with the draft terms of a review into allegations of sexism, bullying, sexual assault and rape within the Defence Forces.
They have described some of the proposals as "shocking" and a conflict of interest and are calling for a Commission of Investigation to be set up instead.
They had argued that with the proposed review there would be no investigative process, no statutory basis and no true independence with the setting of the terms of reference and appointment of the review panel decided by the minister's department.
The Women of Honour group said it left the meeting with Mr Coveney.
They said that the minister "still refuses to commit to a statutory inquiry", instead insisting on "proposing a weak administrative review".
"We walked out after an hour as the minister said he was not prepared to change his position."
"As a group, we will not participate in the minister's review as it is pointless and shameful. In effect, he is proposing a review that would see his own department review itself, progressing in a manner that would heavily bias any process before it even begins," said the statement.
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The group said they now intend to take the matter up with the Taoiseach.
Earlier today, a member of the Women of Honour group described the review proposed by the Department of Defence as nothing more than a "paper exercise that has been done before".
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Retired Army Captain Diane Byrne said the rules under which the review would operate and the appointment of the panel would come from Mr Coveney's office.
This, she said, is a conflict of interest.
Ms Byrne said that the proposed review lacks the statutory powers that are really needed to get into the details of the problem, and cannot compel witnesses or documents.
She added that the group wants an investigation into what happens after someone raises a complaint.
"It's looking at the policies and procedures and the incidents themselves but what we're looking at and talking about is much bigger than that," she said.
Ms Byrne said: "It is talking about what comes afterwards. If you raise a complaint in this organisation, you know it has resulted in countless times in prolonged bullying afterwards, isolation, exclusion, career advancement, it's an abuse of power and what we're asking for is an investigation into what happens after."
She called for an independently appointed person to oversee the review, adding that she is unaware of anyone who is satisfied with the proposals.
The only thing that will make any meaningful change here is something that really gets under the hood of the problem, she said.
"The Defence Forces, you must understand is as an ultimate power, it has its own laws, its own rules.
"It investigates itself. And it's an archaic system that needs to need to change," she said.
