Parliamentary questions

268. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence the State agencies within her Department that have made provision for the pension auto-enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14405/26]

269. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Defence if she will ensure a local procurement requirement is implemented during the Government’s negotiations on Ireland’s military radar system with the French Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14529/26]

270. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the number of outsourced services in the Defence Forces and the plans to bring them back in-house; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14547/26]

271. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 13 January 2026, when the information regarding the mean wait time for security clearance to be granted to reservists in the Defence Forces for each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive; and the number of applications for security clearances for reservists in each of those years will be available [1…

272. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence if she will publish the regeneration plans for the Naval Service and Air Corps that she has committed to progressing this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14943/26]

273. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence is she will publish the Capability Development Programme 2028 to 2032, and also the programme to 2040; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14944/26]

274. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence if the NDP 2030 allocation for the armoured fleet replacement programme will be used to replace the Mowag Piranha; if it is envisioned that the Mowags will be replaced in the next NDP allocation; when she envisages the programme will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14966/26]

275. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the way her Department will put in place an accelerated programme of naval vessel replacement in 2028, as highlighted in the Updated Detailed Implementation Plan for the Commission of the Defence Forces given no capital funding has been allocated out to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14968/26]

276. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence her views on a request for a tenant purchase of a house owned by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15009/26]

277. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made towards implementing the Programme for Government's commitment to introduce a new management system for the Curragh Plains; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15059/26]

278. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence in light of the annual establishment of illegal encampments on the Curragh Plains in late Spring early Summer, the strategies in place to prohibit these encampments occurring again in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15060/26]

279. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Defence to outline the proposals she is implementing in relation to recruitment in Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15148/26]

280. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence to provide an update on the progress of a project (details supplied); when the ship will be delivered following a proposed public tender competition for a multi-role vessel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15153/26]

281. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 4 February 2026, the actual number of ex-Army personnel subject to abatement at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15209/26]

212. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Defence if she will outline each section of enacted legislation, where the responsibility lies in the Minister to commence that section, that has not been commenced; if she will outline each section of enacted legislation which provides for the making of regulations by the Minister that have not been made by the Minister; if she will outline all s…

213. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Defence her views on the recruitment of a person (details supplied) to the Defence Forces; the vetting procedures involved in light of their guilty plea and conviction for a violent assault; if the Defence Forces were aware of their guilty plea and conviction for violent assault prior to their recruitment to the Defence Forces; if not, then …

214. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Defence the reason a person who served in the Army from 1975 to1997 as a soldier (details supplied) will not receive their 1916 Commemoration medal given that they served for 22 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13623/26]

215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the estimated average cost to the Exchequer of recruiting, inducting and training a General Service Recruit in the Permanent Defence Forces, broken down by Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the total estimated cost of recruits who did not complete training in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the estimated cost of personnel who left the Per…

216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether her Department has set formal annual retention targets for the Permanent Defence Forces; if so, the specific percentage attrition ceiling or numerical retention target set for each service; the key performance indicators used to measure retention; and the most recent performance against each of those indicators [13750/26]

217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether service-specific retention targets have been set for the Naval Service and Air Corps in light of previous staffing pressures; the projected staffing levels required to meet full operational capacity in each service; and whether current recruitment and retention trends are sufficient to meet those projected requirements over the next th…

218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the number of recruits discharged by purchase in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the average length of service at exit for such personnel; and the estimated financial impact on the Defence Vote arising from voluntary early departures within two years of induction [13752/26]

219. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence her views on ensuring that defence investments in the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework fully respect national competences and Ireland's specific choices regarding neutrality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13824/26]

220. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the opportunities for Ireland to participate in dual-use technology developments, such as drones and AI, under the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13825/26]

221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether changes to eligibility criteria for recruitment into the Permanent Defence Forces are under consideration; whether non-citizen eligibility expansion is being examined; and to outline the policy rationale for any such proposals. [13867/26]

222. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 4 November 2025, the progress to date in developing a National Maritime Security Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13942/26]