222. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Defence the funding allocated in the Defence Sectoral National Development Plan for expanding and integrating Army drone capability; the expected timeline for achieving enhanced operational capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12373/26]
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223. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if the UN in the past ten years has requested Ireland to enhance its participation in UN peace-keeping missions, or partake in additional missions; the nature of the request, size, scope, location; and when. [12470/26]
224. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel required under level of ambition 2; the current establishment figure; and the current number within each service. [12473/26]
225. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Defence her response to the recent findings of the European Committee of Social Rights against the Government for not paying members of the Defence Forces premiums for public holidays and overtime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12001/26]
226. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Defence if she will provide an update on the Implementation Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12485/26]
227. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Defence the threat level to our maritime security; and the plans in place to defend against this threat. [12371/26]
228. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Defence the actions she has taken to resolve the issue whereby 85% of Defence Force buildings in Cork are uninhabitable. [12458/26]
229. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence whether her Department has conducted any research or analysis on the impact of the abolition of the supplementary pension for members of the Defence Forces on recruitment and retention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12513/26]
230. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Defence if she will confirm that adequate planning, advance notice and operational coordination have been provided to the Defence Forces in respect of Ireland’s upcoming EU Presidency; if she is satisfied that sufficient personnel, funding and logistical resources will be in place to support all related security and ceremonial requirements; and if she will make a stat…
231. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the way her Department will close the gap between the current strength of the Defence Forces and the establishment strength of the Defence Forces, with a 2000 personnel shortfall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12526/26]
232. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the steps being taken to increase the Reserve Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12456/26]
233. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Defence if she will report on her engagements with regard to the impact the proposed removal of the triple lock neutrality protection will have on Irish neutrality. [12475/26]
234. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach the amount expended by his Department and by each agency for which he is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications companies or consultants in 2025; the expected costs for 2026, in tabular form. [11361/26]
235. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form. [11806/26]
236. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent on funding NGOs by his Department, in each of the years since 2022, in tabular form. [11824/26]
237. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the assessments that are carried out to determine the level of Exchequer funding that any NGO receives from his Department on an annual basis. [11842/26]
238. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the position regarding any direct lobbying he has received from any NGO in relation to his annual funding. [11868/26]
239. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if there is a canteen in his Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish origin. [11190/26]
240. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Taoiseach when the National Risk Assessment 2025 will go to Cabinet; when it will be published on the Government website. [11892/26]
241. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Taoiseach when the National Risk Assessment for 2026 will go to Cabinet; when it will be published on the Government website. [11893/26]
242. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Taoiseach the reason his Department published no National Risk Assessment in 2025, despite obvious increased economic, geopolitical and environmental risks internationally and domestically last year; when it is anticipated that the National Risk Assessment for 2025 will be published; if the Risk Assessment for 2026 is also being prepared. [11933/26]
243. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach to outline which specific actions in the Climate Action Plan 2025 are currently assessed as at risk or delayed; and the remedial measures being taken to address these delays. [11938/26]
244. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the person or body that carries out the assessment. [11967/26]
245. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Taoiseach when the consultative and iterative process for the National Risk Assessment for 2025 took place. [12126/26]
246. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Taoiseach when the consultative and iterative process for the National Risk Assessment for 2026 will take place. [12127/26]