Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have outlined the eight projects that we are currently involved in, and I outlined that we joined four more. I met with the chief executive officer last year when he came to Dublin. We have established a capability development unit, which goes back to Deputy O'Sullivan's question, to deal with the expanded capability of the Defence Forces as per the Commission on Defence Forces. This unit gives us the capacity of structures to develop and expand within our Department. We can focus on what the EDA and other international institutions can offer to support our capability development. It is very much up to us about where we want to utilise the expertise within the European Defence Agency, to get the right equipment, the right weaponry, and to make sure that we have the optimal interoperability with others with whom we might serve on peacekeeping missions.

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