1. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of persons in employment in County Meath for each of the past ten years. [4460/25]
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2. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if his Department collates statistics on the number of SMEs that have closed down in County Mayo in the past five years; and if so, to outline the figures that reveal how many SMEs closed in Mayo over each of the past five years. [6361/25]
3. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach for an update on the legislative programme. [7685/25]
4. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how he will ensure adequate funding for the Defence Forces in line with the report of the commission on the Defence Forces. [6102/25]
5. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on a proposed fire station closure at the Curragh Camp; to provide an update on the provision of living quarters for enlisted members in the Curragh Camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6504/25]
6. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to discuss health and safety measures in the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6440/25]
7. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline the proposal to remove the triple lock protection for approving overseas deployment of Irish troops; the protections to be put in place to ensure the integrity of Irish peacekeeping operations is maintained in the absence of UN approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6399/25]
8. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to discuss the need to ensure increased recruitment to the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6439/25]
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the proposed changes to the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6071/25]
10. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence in the context of Storm Éowyn, the specific protocols and contingency plans in place to ensure Defence Forces assistance in future natural disasters; the criteria that are used to determine Defence Forces deployment in such emergency situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6069/25]
11. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline his proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6108/25]
12. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital works projects currently under way at Stephens Barracks, Kilkenny; the estimated cost of each of these projects; when each project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6091/25]
13. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an overview of the procurement of additional assets for the Air Corps and the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/25]
14. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on whether there is a need to enhance the community use of the playing pitches at Cathal Brugha Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6099/25]
15. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is considering any changes to the triple-lock mechanism, which currently requires UN Security Council approval alongside Government and Dáil approval, for the deployment of Irish Defence Forces overseas; whether any proposed changes are solely intended to ensure that future peacekeeping missions are not unduly hindered by geopolitical deadloc…
16. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of active and inactive members of each of the branches of the Defence Forces, for each of the past 20 years, and the establishment numbers which is the target number for the Defence Forces in those years. [5286/25]
17. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the Institute for Peace Support and Leadership training in the Curragh proposed in the 2015 White Paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6068/25]
18. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the efforts being made to establish a unit of the Naval Reserve in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5786/25]
19. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the current involvement of Irish Defence Forces personnel in UNIFIL missions in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5944/25]
20. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the strength of the Defence Forces in each respective year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6083/25]
21. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the progress of the Defence Forces tribunal; the details of the resources allocated to the tribunal; the number of support and administrative staff appointed to the tribunal; the details of the legal supports, if any, provided to people making submissions to the tribunal; the cost to date of the tribunal; and if he will make a …
22. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the ways in which Ireland has cooperated and collaborated with NATO since it became a member of Partnership for Peace in 1999; to detail chronologically the escalating relationship between Ireland and NATO since that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6079/25]
23. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Defence Forces; the current number within each service; and his targets for recruitment, by year, for 2025 to 2030. [5746/25]
24. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for the up-to-date position on safeguarding measures to protect any threat of damage to vital subterranean and submarine infrastructure in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6062/25]
25. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he expects the report by the Defence Forces in relation to the suitability for renovation of the derelict homes owned by his Department at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6098/25]