16. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence if she would consider the use of EU SAFE loans to amortise the costs of defence investment over the 30-year life of the equipment, as is done in other EU states, including France and Spain. [74566/26]
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219. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence her views on ensuring that defence investments in the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework fully respect national competences and Ireland's specific choices regarding neutrality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13824/26]
220. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the opportunities for Ireland to participate in dual-use technology developments, such as drones and AI, under the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13825/26]
225. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Defence considering that Ireland is a net contributor to the EU budget and as an increasing proportion of the next Multiannual Financial Framework is allocated to defence and security-related programmes, the strategy that is in place to position Irish SMEs and indigenous firms to participate in and repatriate EU defence funding through the development of Irish defence …
185. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 18 November 2025, the engagement her Department has had at EU Council level regarding the derogations from the Habitats Directive and the Water Framework Directive within the European Defence Industry Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68875/25]
235. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Defence the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the so-called 'crisis mechanism' within the European Defence Industrial Programme which would allow basic protections within the Working Time Directive to be suspended for arms companies, allowing them to override core workers' rights provisions of EU law; and if he will make a statemen…