343. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the status of the scheme; if there are any plans to return the payment to its original status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23708/25]
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344. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an overview on the recent acquisition of Airbus H145M helicopters and the capabilities he expects them to provide to the Defence Forces. [23731/25]
345. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the extent of Israeli designed or produced military technology included in the recently purchased Airbus H145M helicopters, and if these helicopters have the capability to use the Israeli-made Spike anti-tank guided missile. [23732/25]
346. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has examined the possibility of using Spike anti-tank guided missiles on the recently purchased Airbus H145M helicopters, and if he has plans to acquire these missiles. [23733/25]
347. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if it is the policy of the State to purchase military equipment from other militarily neutral states; if this policy has been revised in recent years; and his views on the state's procedures and priorities in acquiring foreign military equipment. [23734/25]
348. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will commit to a public plebiscite on the question of the removal of the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23745/25]
349. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23810/25]
350. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23828/25]
351. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities or regional entiti…
352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this practice is monitored …
353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23883/25]
354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of state funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive review of NGO fu…
355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details supplied). [23919/25]
356. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administrative expenses ar…
357. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis. (details supplied). [23955/25]
358. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of pilots within the Air Corps that went to the US for specialist military flying training courses in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the names of the courses attended and duration of these courses, per year, in tabular form. [24270/25]
359. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Army will be launched in quarter three 2025. [24271/25]
360. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if Casement Aerodrome has the necessary parking stands and length of runaway required for Airbus A380 type of aircrafts to use then aerodrome. [24272/25]
361. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in implementing the long service increments, contained in the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24313/25]
362. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many lance corporal ranked positions have been created in 2023, 2024, and 2025 year to date, in tabular form; what other retention tools have been deployed over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24314/25]
152. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will consider the introduction of service commitment schemes to retain key specialist functions within the Defence Forces and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18075/25]
153. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the planned negotiations for a radar detection system; the expected cost of the system; a timeline for the delivery of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23068/25]
154. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline, further to recent Dáil debates, his views on past health and safety measures in the Air Corps, and potential engagements with interested groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18076/25]
155. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a peacekeeping mission deployment has ever been unable to proceed due to the lack of agreement of the UN General Assembly, as provided for in the in the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, since the introduction of the triple lock following the Nice and Lisbon treaties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/25]
156. 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. [18077/25]