47. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on his engagements with regard to the impact his proposed removal of the triple lock neutrality protection will have on Irish neutrality. [60472/25]
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50. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on whether NATO warships carrying out drills with the Naval Service compromises Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59245/25]
230. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the plans with regard to the triple lock; and if this will be retained. [52687/25]
7. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to clarify the precise change to the triple lock that recently announced legislation will result in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48880/25]
11. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans for the triple lock given recent comments by the Minister for Health and by other members of the Government proposing to scrap or undermine it, despite it being the expressed will of the people to retain it. [48759/25]
12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he plans to remove the triple lock by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49151/25]
39. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of the Government’s decision to remove the triple lock; if the UN General Assembly can sanction peacekeeping missions by bypassing a veto at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49268/25]
55. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the proposed changes to the triple lock will impact Ireland's policy of being militarily neutral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48881/25]
2. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the human rights monitoring mechanism, if any, planned for missions without a UN mandate in light of the proposed removal of the triple lock, given the potential lack human rights monitoring at UN level in missions without a UN mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31235/25]
4. 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. [31322/25]
8. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the basis on which the decision has been taken to legislate for the removal of the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31260/25]
12. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he accepts that abolishing the triple lock was not necessary to release humanitarian deployments or secure the evacuation of Irish citizens abroad, as heard at a recent meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Defence and National Security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30282/25]
24. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has considered the concerns raised by academics and Defence Forces personnel (details supplied) regarding the proposed removal or amendment of the triple lock mechanism; the way in which such changes would impact Ireland’s long-standing policy of military neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30707/25]
30. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline his Department's understanding of the distinction between 'peacekeeping' and 'peace-enforcement' missions under the UN framework; how this will be reflected in the amending legislation he is bringing forward with respect to the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30078/25]
31. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the avenues that will be available to the people of Ireland to oppose the sending of Irish troops on “coalitions of the willing” if the triple lock is abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31228/25]
33. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the State will be in violation of international law if it abolishes the triple lock and does not withdraw Ireland’s national declaration to the Nice treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31231/25]
43. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on legislation he is bringing forward with respect to the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30079/25]
45. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline those situations where he wishes to deploy Defence Forces personnel where he has been precluded from doing so by the triple lock; and if he will outline those overseas missions which Ireland has withdrawn from since 2020. [31297/25]
48. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the proposed changes to the triple lock will impact on Ireland’s policy of being militarily neutral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30705/25]
51. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the general scheme of the defence (amendment) Bill 2025 removes, rather than reforms, the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31229/25]
55. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has undertaken, or plans to undertake, any formal consultation with current or former members of the Defence Forces regarding the proposed removal of the triple lock mechanism; the reason their perspectives are not being directly sought on a matter that could significantly affect overseas deployment policy; and if he will make a s…
69. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason, under the Government’s proposed changes to the triple lock, adherence to the principles of the UN Charter and international law underpin deployment of troops instead of adherence to the UN Charter and international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31238/25]
71. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the general scheme of the defence (amendment) Bill 2025 enables Irish troops to be sent abroad as part of an international force that has not been approved by the UN and is not a peacekeeping, peace enforcement or conflict prevention force. [31230/25]
72. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline the consideration he has given and the engagements he has had regarding the impact the repeal of the triple lock neutrality protection would have on Ireland’s neutrality. [31296/25]
78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a UN General Assembly resolution that endorses, supports, approves or otherwise sanctions an international force or body satisfies the legal requirements of the triple lock, irrespective of whether a UN General Assembly resolution is legally binding in an international law context or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31227/25]