297. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence to provide an overview of the AI policy in place within her Department; if AI has been incorporated into any work streams; if AI is ever used in reply to parliamentary questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58657/26]
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298. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence if she uses personal emails for Government business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58675/26]
299. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Defence the current availability of Air Corps aircraft and personnel to assist the emergency services in responding to major forest and wildfires; whether Air Corps operations in support of firefighting efforts are restricted to daylight hours; her views on reports that Air Corps aircraft arrive at fire scenes at approximately 10 a.m. and cease operations at approxima…
300. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Defence for an update on the implementation of the Strategic Framework for the Transformation of the Defence Forces; the measures completed to date; those currently underway; the expected timeline for the remaining measures; the impact of the programme on Defence Forces operational capability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59136/26]
301. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Defence the measures being taken by her Department to protect critical subsea infrastructure, including undersea communications cables and energy interconnectors, within Ireland's maritime area; any additional capabilities planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59137/26]
302. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces are incorporating artificial intelligence technologies into operational planning, intelligence analysis and cybersecurity activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59141/26]
303. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence if she will provide an update on peacekeeping operations involving members of the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59152/26]
304. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence the engagement her Department has had with the UN authorities in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59153/26]
305. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence whether she is considering updating Army Pensions Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59154/26]
306. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence the plans for the improvement of the pay and conditions in the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59155/26]
307. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence if she will provide an update on recruitment and retention within the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59156/26]
308. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence if she will provide an update on the resourcing and recruitment needed to achieve LOA2; if she will provide a timeline for this in the form of year on year targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59157/26]
309. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service ships which are operational and currently able to patrol Irish waters; the plans to put more in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59159/26]
310. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to ensure this State has adequate personnel to staff Naval Service ships and adequately patrol Irish waters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59160/26]
311. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the 100 non-governmental organisations that received the highest levels of public funding in the most recent year for which figures are available; the amount received by each organisation; and the Department, agency or public body from which the funding originated. [59491/26]
312. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants and other public monies provided directly or indirectly to non-governmental organisations headquartered outside the State in each year from 2020 to date; and if she will provide a list of each organisation, its country of registration and the amounts paid. [59509/26]
313. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants, service-level agreement funding and other public monies provided to non-governmental organisations in each year from 2020 to date; and if she will provide a list of the recipient organisations; and the amount paid to each organisation in each year. [59526/26]
116. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Defence to outline her proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; when she intends to bring forward a Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54261/26]
117. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence if her Department is satisfied with the level of support being provided by the Department to witnesses from the Women of Honour participating in the Defence Forces tribunal, with particular regard to one-to-one support provided before, during and after testifying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54533/26]
118. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Defence further to recent Dáil debates, her views on past health and safety measures in the Air Corps; the actions she intends to take to support former aircraft maintenance and ancillary personnel; whether she intends to ensure that their medical needs are met; and the other supports that can be offered to the category affected as a whole. [54263/26]
119. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence to provide an update on recruitment numbers for the Defence Forces as of July 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54380/26]
120. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Defence if she will examine extending the EU victims directive (details supplied) to cases that are prosecuted by the military police or the Director of Military Prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54260/26]
121. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the role she envisages for the Defence Forces in international peacekeeping and peace support operations over the next decade; the likely contribution of Ireland to future United Nations and European Union missions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54553/26]
122. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding any formal agreements in place with any other EU country and the UK to ensure that there are sufficient defence and security mechanisms in place during Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52705/26]
123. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence to list the current UN peacekeeping missions around the world for which a request for Irish participation was made by the UN authorities and the reason Ireland is not participating in them, given that the ending of Ireland's role in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, means that th…