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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Museum Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Mary Butler: ..., the LÉ Eithne, LÉ Orla and LÉ Ciara, should be progressed as soon as practicable. In effect, these three ships had reached the end of their working lives and were not in a condition for continued operations. As the Deputy is aware, LÉ Eithne was originally constructed in Verolme Dockyard in Cork and was completed in 1984 as a helicopter patrol vessel. She was the...

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the opportunity to participate in the debate. I will start with context and numbers. Since search and rescue, SAR, under Operation Sophia was ended in March 2019, 8,059 people have gone missing in the Mediterranean. If we take a slightly longer period, 26,377 migrants are missing in the Mediterranean as of 19 April 2014. Some 619 people are missing to date, including 58...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...by a range of factors including adverse weather conditions and unscheduled maintenance, as well as staffing issues. At any one time the Naval Service can have a number of ships that are on active operations around the Irish EEZ whilst a number of others are undergoing routine resupply, maintenance and down time for ships companies. The high level of non-fisheries patrol days 2016-2018...

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (20 Oct 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...Senator Higgins on similar issues to this following the Second Stage debate. At the outset it is important to clarify that the purpose of section 2 is to provide for the delegation of a level of operational control to the force commander of international UN forces. The legislation simply provides for the current de facto position. The Senator's amendment would neuter the effect of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2021)

James Browne: Any involvement by the State in international humanitarian search-and-rescue missions and operations, including the involvement of the Naval Service, is done in co-operation with our EU partners and in the context of our UN missions. The Naval Service's involvement in the Mediterranean was as part of Operation Pontus and Operation Sophia. The Naval Service has not been deployed to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Cormac Devlin: ...also glad that he raised the 75th anniversary of our Naval Service. It is important to acknowledge the great work undertaken by our Naval Service and the wider Defence Forces. The Minister mentioned Operation Pontus in the Mediterranean, for which the LÉ Eithneand the Naval Service were awarded freedom of entry to the county, and how the EU awarded our Defence Forces in 2015 for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (22 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...and support for the primary role of the United Nations, in the maintenance of international peace and security, is expressed in Ireland's long-standing tradition of participating in UN peacekeeping operations. This commitment is also expressed in our engagement in the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Details of overseas Missions where Defence Forces personnel have served...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (11 Jul 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...is also to consider the potential deployability of the full range of Defence Forces' capabilities including Army, Air Corps and Naval Service capabilities and assets on peace support and crisis management operations. The specific actions contained in the White Paper are being carried out on a phased basis over the period of the White Paper.  Implementation on a phased basis is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...together. I am very concerned about the situation in the Mediterranean. Tackling the scourge of people trafficking and saving lives at sea is a priority for Ireland and we have been active in operations to tackle people-trafficking in the Mediterranean since 2015, first through Operation Pontus, a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Italy. Since 2017 Ireland has been a full member...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...of State said and I hope I am not making it up. My next question is about the new headquarters which I assume has been set up at this stage as it was announced in 2017. There is strategic level operational planning and conduct of the European Union's non-executive military missions. They are the training missions in central Africa, Mali and Somalia. Are Irish troops committed to them...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (29 Jan 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...by the recent reports of 170 migrants missing in the Mediterranean Sea. Any death at sea is tragic.   Saving lives at sea is a priority for Ireland and for this reason we have been active in operations to tackle people-trafficking in the Mediterranean since 2015, first through Operation Pontus, a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Italy running in parallel to Operation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018) See 4 other results from this debate

Paul Kehoe: ...conditions for the exact people to whom the Deputy referred. That is a known fact which the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, has stated in the House. Operation Sophia is only one element of the European Union's response. We in Ireland are playing our part, as is every other member state. On the point made by Deputy Ó Snodaigh, migrants...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018) See 2 other results from this debate

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...the Defence Forces, like every organisation, is engaging in some planning in the background. Many people take significant pride in the work done by the Defence Forces overseas, in particular with UNIFIL, Operation Pontus and Operation Sophia. Recently, when the LÉ James Joycereturned to Ireland, it was commented that it was not involved in as many rescues on this occasion. We did...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2018)

Clare Daly: ...Staff, on which I asked the Tánaiste to comment. The crisis was admitted to me by personnel in freedom of information requests over the summer. The Tánaiste went off on a tangent in speaking about Operation Pontus when I specifically asked about Operation Sophia which, interestingly enough, resulted in the rescue of less than half the number rescued in 82 days that the LE...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (3 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...Union and its Member States to put a stop to the unnecessary deaths in the Mediterranean. Ireland has been active in Search and Rescue missions in the Mediterranean since 2015, first through Operation Pontus, a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Italy running in parallel to Operation Sophia. Ireland has been a full member of Operation Sophia since 2017. Since 2015, Irish naval vessels...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (7 Sep 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ..., I asked that the matter be further investigated. I am now advised by the Naval Service that the pictures supplied were actually taken on board LÉNiamhduring the time it was rescuing migrants under Operation Pontus. I am also advised that the wristband displayed in the photograph provided was applied by Naval Service personnel on board the L.É. Niamh. I am further advised that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Migration Crisis (7 Sep 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...Union and its Member States to put a stop to the unnecessary deaths in the Mediterranean. Ireland has been active in Search and Rescue missions in the Mediterranean since 2015, first through Operation Pontus, a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Italy running in parallel to Operation Sophia. Ireland has been a full member of Operation Sophia since 2017. Since 2015, Irish naval vessels...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Search and Rescue Missions in Mediterranean and Migration Crisis: Médecins Sans Frontières (5 Jul 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

...It is crucial that we put the lives of the men, women and children we assist every day at sea above politics. MSF appeared before the committee one year ago, before the decision was made to end the humanitarian Operation Pontus. The men and women of the Irish Naval Service have shown great professionalism and compassion saving lives as part of Operation Sophia. It should be noted,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (3 Jul 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Irish Naval Service vessels were first deployed as part of 'Operation Pontus' in May 2015 to assist the Italian authorities with the migrant crisis. This was a humanitarian search and rescue mission conducted in accordance with a bilateral agreement with the Italian authorities and in accordance with the applicable international conventions on the rescue of persons in distress at sea. ...

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)

Helen McEntee: ...trust fund for Africa, to which Ireland has agreed to double its contribution this year, from €3 million to €6 million; agreeing a plan to relocate migrants from Italy and Greece across the Union; launching Operation Sophia to disrupt people smuggling in the Mediterranean; and providing continuous financial assistance to countries hosting large numbers of migrants. Of...