6. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to potential overreach and undermining of the sovereignty of EU Member States by the European Commission under Article 41.2 of the Treaty on European Union which requires expenditure from the Union budget for the purposes of operations with a military or defence implication are prohibited without unanimity at the Counc…
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226. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming, and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [36990/25]
227. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his Department’s expenditure on beauticians, make-up artists or hairdressing professionals, stylists or personal shoppers, specifying if such expenditure was on a contract or retainer fee basis, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [37010/25]
228. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37028/25]
229. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or grade of those availing of training for example minister, secretary general, principal officer and so on. [37045/25]
230. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his Department's expenditure on media consultancy in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the consultancy firms involved; and the nature of each contract, in tabular form. [37063/25]
231. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has sanctioned the expenditure of €299,000 excluding VAT to convert artillery towing Land Rovers from diesel to electric power; if such vehicles, if converted may be suitable for use in towing gun carriages at military funerals; if there are any other perceived advantages in such conversions, whether there are any further plans f…
232. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 29 April 2025, the outcome of the consultant’s report cited; whether he will make this report public; the steps his Department is taking to retrofit or otherwise bring vacant married quarters previously used by the Defence Forces owned by his Department back into use as accommodation; and if he will make…
233. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number of purchase orders excluded because the…
234. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the procedures to be followed in order for Ireland to commit to the security action for Europe regulation further to his announcement on 27 June 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37712/25]
235. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence where the military archives for the past 50 years are held; if they are accessible to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37793/25]
236. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that Nenagh Military Barracks is maintained and a plan is put in place for its future. [37879/25]
149. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the nature of the work in digitising the Military Service Pensions Collection; the total number of records to be digitised; the total number outstanding; and the time expected to complete the task. [36958/25]
18. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 24 June 2025, the full amount paid to the private security firm mentioned in his reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36320/25]
19. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on his Department’s work in conjunction with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on the establishment of a national security authority. [36394/25]
20. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on his Department’s work in conjunction with the Department of the Taoiseach, on the development of the national security analysis centre’s national security strategy statement. [36396/25]
21. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces has engaged in static guard and cash escorts for the Central Bank in each of the past four years. [36397/25]
22. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the work of the Joint Task Force on Drug Interdiction. [36398/25]
23. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces continues to provide security on campus at any prisons across Ireland. [36399/25]
24. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the planned withdrawal of tasking the Defence Forces from the provision of static security at a premises (details supplied). [36400/25]
198. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was discontinued during its term and fo…
199. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Force Regulations made by him under the Defence Acts 1954 to 2015 are not laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas or included in the electronic Irish Statute Book or made public, whether pursuant to section 3 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1947 or otherwise; if the Defence Force Regulations have been expressed to be secret …
15. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 19 March 2025, he will set out the steps that have been taken to date to implement the Programme for Government to introduce a new management system for the Curragh Plains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/25]
16. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, having regard to the expeditious manner in which he and his Department dispersed earlier encampments this year on the Curragh Plains, his Department will move with equal alacrity to seek the removal of the current very large illegal encampment now relocated to the Rathbride Road, including a number of vehicles, caravans, and campervans with F…
17. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total cost incurred by his Department from 2020 in clean-ups of the Curagh Plains following illegal encampments; any legal costs incurred; for an indication of the man hours required to deal with the situation on the part of employees of the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34606/25]