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- Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I do not accept the Deputy's assertions and I definitely do not accept his assertion that Operation Sophia is a military operation. I accept that we are part of a different mission now. We were part of Operation Pontus, which was independent of ourselves, and we are now part of the EU-mandated mission. This mission operates under the triple lock and went through Government and the...
- Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)
Paul Kehoe: ...that these lives are not lost. I assure Deputy Smith that we are still saving the lives of migrants. It was stated in the House that we would not save the lives of migrants once we entered into Operation Sophia. The opposite has happened. We are still saving lives.
- Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)
Paul Kehoe: ...not get far? They are losing their lives on unseaworthy vessels. That is one of the reasons we are training the Libyan coast guard. It is to stop some of these unseaworthy vessels. As part of Operation Sophia we intercept some of these unseaworthy vessels. I take the views of Deputy Daly fully on board. Having said that, I reiterate that the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign...
- Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: I have more than supplementary questions, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The Minister of State will be aware that a House of Lords inquiry found that Operation Sophia failed to meet the objective of its mandate to disrupt the business model of people smuggling. Some smugglers were arrested and some boats have been destroyed but the people being caught are well down the food chain. It is like...
- Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: ..., including all the lives lost, were linked to that war and the incredible damage NATO and western powers did. Does the Minister accept it was a mistake? Does the Minister accept that Operation Sophia is now a military-focused operation? It was different and we used to play a different role but it is now a military-focused operation, designed more to keep people out than to save lives.
- Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 30 and 32 together. The European Union common security and defence policy Operation Sophia against human smugglers and traffickers is one element of an EU comprehensive approach to the migration crisis in the south central Mediterranean. Operation Sophia was launched in June 2015 as part of the European Union's broader action to provide a comprehensive...
- Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)
Clare Daly: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the LÉ Niamh will redeploy as part of Operation Sophia following its return from deployment on 20 December 2017. [3348/18]
- Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)
Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Defence Forces involvement with Operation Sophia; the status of the LÉ Niamh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3364/18]