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- Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)
Paul Kehoe: Earlier this year, following discussions with the Defence Forces general staff, I asked the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Naval Service Flag Officer to visit the headquarters for Operation Sophia to meet the commanding officer and report back to me. The subsequent advice and recommendation received from the Defence Forces general staff was that we should participate in Operation Sophia, the...
- Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)
Paul Kehoe: From an operational and logistical perspective the timing of the transfer of Naval Service operations in the Mediterranean to Operation Sophia, the Government has directed that this will take place at an appropriate juncture, which I will decide, based on advice from the Department and the Defence Forces. I believe that Ireland joining with the 25 other member states already contributing to...
- Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)
Lisa Chambers: Fianna Fail will be supporting this motion. I acknowledge that the motion is coming to the House on the advice and recommendation of the Defence Forces and is fully supported by them. Operation Sophia is part of a wider EU response to the migration crisis and we fully support that. It is worth remembering that Ireland only operates in UN-mandated missions and Operation Sophia is UN...
- Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...to section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960, as applied by section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, the deployment of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force to serve as part of EUNAVFOR MED - Operation Sophia, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2312 (2016) and UN Security Council Resolution 2357 (2017), and subject to renewal of the UN...
- Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)
Paul Kehoe: ...2 of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960, as applied by section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, the deployment of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force to serve as part of EUNAVFOR MED - Operation Sophia, and in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2312 (2016) and UN Security Council Resolution 2357 (2017), and subject to renewal of the UN...