Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What I did not mention previously in terms of capital investment next year was the actual physical build investment in the Defence Forces training camp at the Curragh, the development of a student facility in Galway, along with facilities improvements and accommodation upgrades in multiple different barracks locations. I should mention that.

What happened with Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 is still under investigation. Clearly, those two pipelines have been the source of a lot of political focus in the months since the war began. What we have seen was clearly deliberate sabotage of both pipelines and, from what we can see, it was done by a state actor because we do not believe that a non-state actor would have the capacity to do it. That is worrying. We do not have the full details of that and we probably will not have them for another while. We should not necessarily jump to the conclusion that every piece of cable and pipeline infrastructure in the EU and on the Continent of Europe is at risk. However, we need to be aware of that concern. That is why my Department and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications have had discussions with each other and with Gas Networks Ireland and EirGrid in relation to that infrastructure and how we may be able to respond to increased security concerns or risks linked to that.

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