Air Corps

552. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the average duration of these courses with the Royal Air Force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24815/26]

553. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence if pilots undergoing training with the Royal Air Force required additional conversion training to the EC-135 helicopter upon their return to Ireland (details supplied); if so, the amount of training; the additional cost before final qualification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24816/26]

554. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence if any other undertaking, facility or understanding was reached with the Royal Air Force as part of the transaction in addition to the financial cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24817/26]

555. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the number of student pilots of the Air Corps who have undergone basic initial pilot flying training in Ireland in the last 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24819/26]

556. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence in terms of basic initial pilot flying training courses conducted in the Irish Air Corps in Ireland over the last 20 years, the individual average cost of training a student pilot to a qualification standard, only to include the actual provision of flight and ground lessons and not salaries or subsistence; and if she will make a statement …

557. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the number of pilots who have been converted to fly helicopters in the Irish Air Corps since 1963, when the Air Corps first commenced helicopter operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24822/26]

558. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence how many pilots who have been converted to fly helicopters in the Irish Air Corps were trained in the last 20 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24823/26]

559. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence in terms of basic helicopter courses conducted in the Irish Air Corps here in Ireland over the last 20 years, the individual average training cost of converting a pilot to fly helicopters (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24824/26]

560. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the number of hours of flight training included in the syllabus of training for a basic helicopter conversion course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24825/26]

561. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the individual capital cost (inclusive of VAT) of the procurement of the current service training helicopter, the Eurocopter EC-135, there being two in service since around 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24826/26]

562. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the total capital cost, inclusive of VAT, of the procurement of the four Airbus H145 helicopters scheduled for delivery in 2027/2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24827/26]

563. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the hourly running cost for an EC-135 helicopter as was most recently calculated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24828/26]

564. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Defence the projected hourly running cost of the H145 helicopter scheduled for delivery in 2027/2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24829/26]

267. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence if and when she intends to advance plans to join the European Air Transport Command; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22225/26]

268. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence if she could provide details of the last five class intakes detailing the number of Air Corps pilot cadetships offered and commenced and the number of Air Corps apprentice places offered and commenced, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22226/26]

269. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps pilot retirements in the past five years; the number of young officer pilot graduations in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22227/26]

270. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps aircraft technician retirements over the past five years; the number of apprentice aircraft technician graduations in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22228/26]

173. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if the State Claims Agency Risk Management section on behalf of the Management Liaison Group carried out annual audits of the Air Corps Health and Safety procedures and so on during the period 2006-2016; if it still carries out such audits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21292/26]

174. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if the State Claims Agency Risk Management Liaison group discussed the annual audits of the Air Corps Health and Safety procedures when they were produced; the outcomes of each audit; and the make up of the SCA/Defence Forces Liaison Group in the years since 2006. [21293/26]

176. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 26 February 2026, whether she was including the former members of the Air Corps when she indicated in her reply that there would be “additional stakeholder engagement, in relation to the report she is expecting this month into mortality rates of serving or former members of the Air Corps, incl…

177. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence whether her Department has been misled for at least 22 years in relation to the health and safety regime in the Air Corps' Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnell, County Dublin (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21302/26]

156. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence to outline Ireland’s Air Corps defence capabilities and assets; to compare it with five years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18448/26]

163. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the super medium helicopter programme; when a model will be selected given that the programme is now two years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18939/26]

168. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the date on which Government approval was granted for the procurement of the Falcon 6X aircraft; whether a formal memorandum was submitted to Government; and whether a cost-benefit or options appraisal accompanied that submission. [20283/26]

169. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether alternative aircraft types were assessed during the procurement process for the Falcon 6X strategic reach aircraft; the number of aircraft types evaluated; and whether a formal options appraisal document exists. [20284/26]