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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Employment (CE) materials grant is a contribution towards the running costs of the scheme and covers consumable services and materials necessary for the effective operation of the CE project. Materials funding is provided to CE sponsoring authorities in accordance with their requirements, where necessary and is paid on agreed and receipted expenditure only. The following are...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (17 Nov 2020)

Simon Coveney: EUNAVFOR MED Operation IRINI, the UN mandated EU Naval mission in the eastern Mediterranean, was launched on the 31st of March 2020 with an initial mandate running until the 31st of March 2021. The Operation's core task is the implementation of the UN arms embargo through the use of aerial, satellite and maritime assets in accordance with UNSCR 1970 (2011) and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Common Security and Defence Policy (15 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...peacekeeping and conflict prevention missions and to strengthen international security in accordance with the principles of the UN Charter.  The EU is currently involved in 17 CSDP missions and operations, of these six are military, and 11 are civilian. Ireland is an active participant in both civilian and military CSDP Missions, with civilian deployments a matter for the...

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...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2020)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...relatives who serve or have served in the Defence Forces and there is a huge sense of pride felt by the entire nation when we see them playing vital roles in international peacekeeping and rescue operations such as Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean and capacity building in post-war states. In recent times, we have felt that pride and gratitude much closer to home because we are seeing...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (5 Mar 2020)

Paul Kehoe: ...UNDOF 60th Infantry Group (Camp Faouar - Bravo side)  129  MINUSMA (Irish Defence Forces Task Unit) Mali  13  Total 521  UN MANDATED MISSIONS EUFOR (EU-led Operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina) 5  EUTM Mali (EU-Led Training Mission) ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (17 Dec 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Tommy Broughan: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when Ireland will withdraw from Operation Sophia and return to search and rescue missions in view of the continuing deaths of refugees and migrants in the seas around Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52646/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Leo Varadkar: However, we do support the permanent structured co-operation, PESCO, to which we have signed up. This House voted by a very clear majority in favour of Ireland joining PESCO. That involves security co-operation and there is lots of scope for greater EU security co-operation. Operation Sophia, under which our navy participates in operations in the Mediterranean is one example, as is the EU...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Helen McEntee: ...of our parts. It is important that as a Union we work together to ensure that those who are geographically at the forefront of this are supported. As a country, we have tried to do this through Operation Sophia and by opting-in to taking 4,000 migrants although we are not at that number yet. We will continue, where we can, to take in as many as we can. On the particular issue, my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Oct 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Coveney: ...political dialogue, and called for an immediate ceasefire and the protection of civilians, including migrants and refugees. At the March Foreign Affairs Council, I called for a continuation of the full mandate of Operation Sophia to allow time for the outstanding issues around disembarkation to be addressed without disruption to the critical humanitarian work of the mission in which the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions Data (24 Sep 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...Ireland in UNIFIL from November 2019. It is proposed that Hungarian personnel would also deploy as part of the Polish contingent. With regard to the deployment of Defence personnel to new military operations overseas, Government and Dáil approval was received in June of this year for the deployment of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Forces to participate in MINUSMA, the United...

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...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Leo Varadkar: ...and are being invested in again and upgraded. There has been an expansion of UN missions overseas and also EU missions, including the EU training mission in Mali. We have also participated in the Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean and a decision was taken recently to deploy the Army Ranger Wing in Mali under the MINUSMA programme. In recent years, under the Minister of State's...

Seanad: Defence Matters: Statements (9 Jul 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...purchase of such weaponry, not only through the general sense of the European Defence Fund but through specific joint procurement projects under PESCO? Will the Minister indicate the safeguards under PESCO? On Operation Sophia I will quote the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe. When I challenged him back in 2017 on Ireland's move away from bilateral search and rescue to Operation Sophia,...

Other Questions: Human Rights (18 Jun 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...are concerns about physical and sexual abuse of both adults and children in many of those camps. It is appalling. I do not believe that the EU's response in relation to what is now left of Operation Sophia is good enough. That we no longer have EU ships in the Mediterranean focused on search and rescue is not good enough but we could not get agreement on the continuation of Operation...

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...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...work punishingly long hours in unenviable conditions but they get little in return. Deputy Clare Daly highlighted recently that a member of the Defence Forces, who had just returned from deployment in Operation Sophia, worked a 12-hour day at sea, seven days a week, with two or three 24-hour duties thrown in. He worked approximately 80 hours a week for an extra €125 on top of his...

Defence Forces Service with the United Nations: Motion (16 May 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Brendan Ryan: ...in Lebanon, the Golan Heights, Western Sahara, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Mali and they continue to serve with distinction in the Mediterranean as part of Operation Sophia. We are proud of the work we do, the lives we protect and the peace and security we provide. As stated in the report's conclusions, this is a very practical expression of the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019) See 3 other results from this debate

Paul Kehoe: ...the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006. In commending the motion I will outline some of the key aspects of Ireland’s involvement with the United Nations in 2017 and 2018. Irish troops were first deployed on UN peacekeeping operations in 1958 and not a day has passed since without Irish participation in UN peace support operations. This is a unique record, of which we can all be very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...is applied across Dublin which, I understand, will be extended across the country. We need to make sure that there is a consistency of service delivery across the family hubs. They are currently operated by Focus Ireland, Crosscare, Good Shepherd, Peter McVerry Trust, Respond, The Salvation Army and Sophia housing, all of which are good organisations that the State is partnering with...