Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 2 July 2024
Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion
3:15 pm
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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We have a major logistics investment in a plane with strategic lift capability. I think we should have it by next year. It is a C295 but it is a variation of it which will enable us to carry out strategic lifts of citizens out of crisis areas. We have two C295s already. There is a third major investment coming and it should be ready and available to us next year.