Results 81-100 of 189 for operation sophia

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (3 Oct 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 353 personnel, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria with 128 personnel and the Naval Service EU Naval Mission (Operation Sophia) with 61 personnel. The UNIFIL mission in Lebanon continues to represent Ireland's largest overseas deployment and on 22 May 2018 the Government approved the continued...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (3 Oct 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...Forces personnel are currently deployed are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria and EU Naval Mission EUNAVFORMED (Operation Sophia). An additional deployment of approximately 106 Defence Forces personnel to the UNIFIL mission for the 12 month period November 2018 to November 2019 has recently been approved....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Strength (3 Oct 2018)

Clare Daly: ...and Minister for Defence if the Naval Service has sufficient capacity in terms of personnel to fulfil its sea fisheries protection duties as well as maintaining the participation of a ship in Operation Sophia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (3 Oct 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)with 353 personnel, the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria with 128 personnel and the Naval Service EU Naval Mission (Operation Sophia) with 61 personnel. Full details of all personnel currently serving overseas are shown in the tabular statement beneath. The UNIFIL mission in Lebanon continues to represent...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (26 Sep 2018)

Helen McEntee: ...of the biggest challenges. I agree that we are removed from it to some extent, but we do not think we should remove ourselves from the conversation and the support and solidarity we provide in co-operation with member states. The dynamic has changed slightly. The number of illegal migrants coming through the European border has decreased by approximately 95% since its peak a few years...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Sep 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Martin Heydon: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia’s operational headquarters in Rome. [37817/18]

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...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...on one question. In response to the migration crisis, Irish naval vessels have been deployed in the Mediterranean, originally simply on search and rescue missions. Later they have become part of Operation Sophia. The Taoiseach is aware there has been very serious and significant criticism of Operation Sophia by Médecins sans Frontières, which has indicated that migrants are...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2018)

Gabrielle McFadden: ...which we all know. We all know about the occasions such as the storms during the year where the Army comes in to help, the wonderful work that it does in the United Nations peacekeeping and on Operation Sophia. We all know all of these things and we do not want a speech about how wonderful the Army is. We want a proper debate on what the Department of Defence should be doing to look...

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 3 other results 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,...

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Helen McEntee: ...decreased by 95% since 2015. However, we are absolutely dedicated to helping those migrants who are in sincere need of our support and to working with member states and hosts. We have demonstrated that by our involvement in Operation Sophia to tackle illegal smuggling. Our sailors have rescued more than 17,000 people at sea who might otherwise have drowned. We also accepted migrants...

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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...bilaterally between Spain and the UK. In conclusion, I welcomed Spain’s humane response to the migrants aboard the Aquarius and referred to the involvement of the Irish navy in search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean. I also held a bilateral meeting with the new Italian Foreign Minister, Enzo Moavero Milanesi. The discussion focused mostly on migration, and in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Data (28 Jun 2018) See 1 other result from this answer

Séamus Healy: 94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which a Naval Service vessel participating in Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Sea transferred migrants and refugees from an Irish vessel to another vessel at sea; the number transferred in each case; the national designation of the ship to which they were transferred in each case; the port at which the...

Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Kehoe: ...na hÉireann, specifically those in our Naval Service, whose actions have saved more than 17,500 lives in the Mediterranean Sea in recent years. They continue to perform vital functions as part of Operation Sophia. I commend them on their professionalism and service to our great country. The European Council is expected to take decisions on strengthening external border controls and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Papal Visit (27 Jun 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...European Union. No country on its own can deal with migration. Countries that act unilaterally simply pass the problems and difficulties on to the next country. We need a European approach. That involves co-operation with the source countries and transit countries to reduce the push factors. People are leaving countries because they are unsafe, because they are badly governed and...

Other Questions: EU Budgets (26 Jun 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...were not spending and allocating resources. I have no issue whatsoever defending every penny we spend on our Defence Forces' members and equipment. It is like somebody coming in here today saying that in Operation Sophia we gave migrants over to the Libyan coastguard. The individual concerned had hardly got an explanation when he was gone. He said he got a reply to a question on it....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (26 Jun 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...contingent by increasing Ireland's contribution to UNIFIL for a 12-month period - up to November 2019 - while we source an alternative partner. The Naval Service vessel LÉ Samuel Beckettis currently deployed as part of Operation Sophia, the Common Security and Defence Policy, CSDP, operation in the Mediterranean. It will be replaced by LÉ James Joycein July. The Naval...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2018) See 2 other results from this debate

Séamus Healy: ...Libyan coastguard and, through the coastguard, the Libyan Government, which is torturing migrants in these camps. The Taoiseach is Minister for Defence and, as such, he is responsible for this area of operations. In a parliamentary reply recently I was told that 139 suspected people smugglers or traffickers had been apprehended under Operation Sophia and that 545 boats were taken from...