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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not know where to start on this. I have been raising this issue for a long time in this Chamber. There is no ethical component to the purchasing of weapons from Israel or any other country that is at war. Given the slaughter that is happening in Gaza and the history of Israeli actions in respect of Palestine, there should never have been any purchasing of any equipment for the Defence...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Further to that, a related matter is the services provided by Ireland to the Israel Defense Forces. Since 2018, six members of the IDF have trained at the United Nations Training School Ireland or under NATO's Partnership for Peace. It is abhorrent that Ireland has facilitated the training of members of the IDF over the past 13 years, throughout which Palestinians were subjected to brutal...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Micheál Martin: First, Deputy Carthy's point relates to a later question, if I am not mistaken.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: It relates to Question No. 9.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Micheál Martin: I am referring to the point about training. It is a United Nations training programme, and we do not get to choose which members of the United Nations get to participate on a United Nations training programme. That was the situation there. The Deputies can colour these positions and put a sort of a spin on them, but my understanding is clear that members of-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: Would the Tánaiste do it with Russia? Would he have our troops training with Russian troops?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Micheál Martin: I am just making the point it is open to countries to apply if there are United Nations training programmes. We do not get to decide who is or is not a member of the United Nations, although we can have a say in it if there are votes and so on. To respond to Deputy Ó Snodaigh, again, the trade law is there with respect to public procurement and tendering. I certainly have...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is good that the Tánaiste has reservations, but reservations do not lead to the suspension of all trade with Israel and, in particular, any trade from Ireland to Israel in the form of dual-use goods. In the case of this question, it is to do with trade between us and Israeli companies where defence companies, such as Aeronautics Defense Systems, the company we bought from which the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: I concur with Deputy Ó Snodaigh. There is an onus. It is not acceptable that we would hide behind either EU or UN rules and say that because these are the rules, we are just going to allow ourselves to become complicit in what is an elaborate and extensive Israeli war machine. It is imperative the Tánaiste give a commitment that he is doing everything he can to disentangle...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Micheál Martin: Again, the principle of competitive tendering for Government contracts is used by the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. Deputy Carthy knows that and Deputy Ó Snodaigh knows that. It is an EU law requirement and is in accordance with the defence and security directive. I do not know whether the Deputies are saying explicitly that we should simply break the law-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In this case, yes.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Micheál Martin: They said we should campaign. I do not think we are not in a position to do that, although we have written to the EU with Spain. Ours are the two countries in the EU that have written to the EU in respect of the trade association agreement with Israel, and Ireland has said we want a review and examination of that in the context of our view on Israel's non-compliance with the human rights...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to list the military equipment, munitions and hardware purchased from Israeli-based or Israeli-owned defence companies in each of the past ten years; the current contracts that are awaiting delivery over the next five years; and the value of each. [13274/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Matt Carthy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagements between his Department and-or the Defence Forces with the Israeli Defence Forces or other Israeli bodies since January 2023; and if proposals for further engagements are currently under consideration or review. [13158/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the purchase by the Department of Defence of military equipment, munitions and hardware from Israeli-based or owned defence companies in the past ten years and whether those contracts are ongoing or any future contracts are pending.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 9 together. I am advised that my Department has had no engagement with the Israel Defence Forces or other Israeli state bodies since January 2023. Similarly, the Defence Forces have had no engagements during this timeframe, save any arising as part of an overall deployment of the 12 Defence Forces officers serving with the United Nations Truce...