Parliamentary questions

123. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of known unauthorised incursions into Irish territorial waters by military vessels of other States during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; if such matters have been raised with the States concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3406/25]

124. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the numbers of personnel leaving the Army in advance of their contract ending, each year from 2014 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3426/25]

125. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, by rank, currently serving in the Army; the current target figure for Army personnel across each rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3427/25]

126. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the numbers of personnel leaving the Naval Service in advance of their contract ending, each year from 2014 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3428/25]

127. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, by rank, currently serving in the Naval Service; the current target figure for Naval Service personnel across each rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3429/25]

128. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the LÉ Aoibhinn has reached full operational capability; the number of crew required for her deployment; whether that complement of personnel is in place; and the range of duties that she will carry out during 2025. [3430/25]

129. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the LÉ Gobnait will reach full operational capability; the number of crew required for her deployment; whether that complement of personnel is in place; and the range of duties that she will carry out during 2025. [3431/25]

130. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, by rank, currently serving in the Air Corps; the current target figure for Air Corps personnel across each rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3432/25]

131. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the numbers of personnel leaving the Air Corps in advance of their contract ending, each year from 2014 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3433/25]

132. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what plans, if any, his Department has for four homes owned by his Department at 17, 18, 23 and 24 Grosvenor Lodge, Rathmines, Dublin 6; if he is aware that these premises are active files for Dublin City Council’s derelict sites unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3462/25]

133. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the measures his Department is taking to encourage civil servants in his Department to take or avail of special leave or career breaks, or other forms of leave to encourage and facilitate Ireland's 2026 EU Presidency, the Government "Career for EU" jobs strategy, and the Department's Gaeilge-Irish language policy and…

113. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and grade, and by length of career break; the number of civil servants in his Department and in agencies under the aegis of his Department who were on career break for longer…

114. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies, by month and by grade, in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46204/24]

115. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an assurance that no civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years where there is a suitable vacancy in their home Department or agency; that, where a civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years on account of there being no suitable vacancy in their home Department o…

116. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of WTE civilian tailors employed by his Department but based in military barracks in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46308/24]

117. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there are plans to purchase dock landing ships for the Naval Service. [46388/24]

118. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank, required to fully crew LÉ George Bernard Shaw, LÉ Gobnait and LÉ Aoibhinn naval ships. [46389/24]

119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will consider an alternative to the Ishihara test, given that it is not used in other countries such as the US and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46488/24]

120. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on any recent interaction there has been between the Government and the United Nations in relation to the death of an Irish peacekeeper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46696/24]

121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the investigation being carried out into the death in Lebanon of an Irish Defence Forces member of UNIFIL (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46697/24]

122. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under his remit since 1 November 2024. [46923/24]

123. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the specific steps he has taken to ensure the total prevention of illegal encampments taking place across the Curragh Plains in 2025 (details supplied); the costs incurred by his Department in dealing with the incursions and the inevitable clean ups that are necessary in the aftermath; and if he will make a statement on the m…

124. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of females currently qualified as pilots within the Air Corps; and the number of females currently in training to become qualified pilots within the Air Corps. [1409/25]

125. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if his/her Department has used AI, including large language models, in the preparation of legislation or…

126. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he, or any officials in his Department, have received any official reports or briefings from agencies of the State since 2015, outlining concerns about any members or former members of the Oireachtas being engaged in espionage or activities that could be deemed to compromise the security of the State; and if he will make a st…