232. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the details of the vacant buildings owned by his Department or by agencies under the remit of his Department in Dublin 2, 4, 6, and 6W, including, the address and size in square meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57107/25]
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233. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence given the investment of over €230 million in two new maritime surveillance aircraft for the Air Corps delivered in 2024, the targets that have been set by his Department and military command for a minimum level of surveillance flying hours per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57166/25]
234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence since the retirement of the King Air 200, multi-engine flight training in the Air Corps has been outsourced to civilian flight schools, if he intends continuing with this policy; if not, if there will be efforts to bring multi-engine conversion and airline pilot standards multi crew coordination courses back in-house; if this will feature as part of any…
235. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence given the approval of the master plan for the infrastructural development of Casement Aerodrome, when these plans will be published; if they will be resourced as part of voted budget or funds set aside under the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57168/25]
236. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence given the Air Corps has previously employed the armed PC9 as an air interceptor for high profile security events such as the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and given recent personnel issues in the Air Cops, if the Air Corps presently has trained pilots to employ the PC9 in this armed role; if it will feature as a part of security arrangements for the upcom…
237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence given the recent investment of over €350 million in aircraft for the Air Corps (details supplied), if he is satisfied that sufficient hangar space exists in Casement Aerodrome to protect these aircrafts from the corrosive moist Irish climate; if not, when additional hangar space will come online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57170/25]
238. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 36, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57199/25]
239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the details of all reports, including consultancy reports commissioned by his Department from 1 January 2024 to date in 2025, that could be categorised as not for external publication or marked for internal use only; the cost of each report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57287/25]
172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56446/25]
56. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what contexts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55694/25]
57. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital expenditure on Columb Barracks, Mullingar by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025. [55780/25]
58. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total expenditure by his Department for Columb Barracks, Mullingar, excluding capital; and a breakdown of the expenditure. [55781/25]
223. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total number of vessels that were found to have unlawfully entered Irish territorial waters or the States exclusive economic zone in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54660/25]
224. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the Defence Force’s expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of each social media advertising campaign, in each of the years 2023 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54678/25]
225. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of Reserve Defence Forces Recruitment Campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54680/25]
226. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 18 February 2025, the progress which has been made regarding a review of the findings of the Study Group on Defence Forces Standards of Colour Deficiency being carried out by the military authorities; if they have engaged with his Department on the matter; and when they will engage with the Defence F…
227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made by his Department on the future of Nenagh Military Barracks since his Department met with this Deputy and Deputy Ryan O'Meara along with local councillors on the issue. [54872/25]
228. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the exclusion of Defence Forces members from WRC remedies under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 is intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54892/25]
229. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; name and address of the awarded contractor/s…
230. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this requirement is met. [55072/25]
231. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 7 October 2025, the number of patrols by both Naval Service assets and Air Corps maritime patrol aircraft, by month, since February 2022, in tabular form. [55131/25]
232. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to be released by…
233. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 disclosures are set out for his Department…
106. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of external consultancy contracts entered into by his Department in the past five years, including the original estimated cost, the final cost, and the reasoning for contracting this work rather than using internal resources. [54325/25]
152. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the measures Ireland has in place in the event of a drone attack being launched in Irish air space by another State or third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54061/25]