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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)
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...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: When the change from Operation Pontus to Operation Sophia took place, I and other Deputies warned the Minister of State that it was shifting away from a humanitarian mission to one of policing and imposing the EU's fortress Europe attitude in the Mediterranean. This has been borne out by the figures provided by the Minister of State, that the LÉ James Joycereturned after 100 days at...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)
Paul Kehoe: ...2014 and has reported that the number of migrants arriving by sea has continued to drop. The numbers arriving in 2018 are the lowest since the crisis began. Those are not our figures. As part of Operation Sophia, Ireland is working closely as part of the 27 EU member States making a contribution to addressing some of the root causes of migration and human trafficking as well as...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)
Paul Kehoe: ...100% that it is a military mission, but it is also a UN mandated mission. When we joined PESCO, which I brought to Cabinet and to the House. Members of this House voted democratically to join Operation Sophia. It totally changed the mission in which we were participating under Operation Pontus. Operation Sophia specifically seeks to counter human trafficking and smuggling in the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the LÉ James Joycereturning from duties of 16 weeks in the Mediterranean without saving a single life and the terms of the mission in the Mediterranean under Operation Sophia, compared with the original mission, Operation Pontus, which was a humanitarian mission. The fact that no life was saved shows the shift away from the humanitarian mission that was...