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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: I have been Minister for Defence for over a year. I am determined to establish a tribunal of inquiry, on foot of the independent review group. The Government recently approved the terms of reference for a tribunal of inquiry, pursuant to the provisions of the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921. The tribunal will examine the effectiveness of the complaints processes in the Defence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Tánaiste for the update. Have all members, as well as the necessary administrative and backup staff, been appointed? I gather from the answer that work has not yet begun at the tribunal. The Tánaiste said that in due course he will sign a statutory instrument. When will the tribunal actually start its work? The Tánaiste has confirmed verbally that if people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: I made it clear in the Dáil on numerous occasions that the terms of reference cover anybody who did not make a formal complaint to the complaints processes coming before the tribunal and that people can have their issues addressed. In terms of why they would not have, many people felt they were deterred by the complaints processes which existed. Within a week or two, I hope to be in a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Tánaiste. I know he has confirmed some things, but they were not in the terms of reference.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: They were. We can go back to that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: That is why we keep asking these important questions. I looked at the terms of reference. I and other colleagues have raised this issue and the Tánaiste verbally confirmed the terms of reference, which is good. I do not want to repeat what I have said, but this is important. The independent review group told us that neither men nor women were safe. That was a staggering statement....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (21 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: Again, there is no ambiguity, nor should there be any, in respect of that issue. I made that abundantly clear at the time the relevant motions came before the House. The issues being covered by the tribunal are very serious, but we have already acted in respect of many of the recommendations of the independent review group, whose conclusions were quite shocking. Any incident of sexual...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Defence Forces

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...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: That commitment might count for more if the Tánaiste had not just spent the preceding two minutes defending the positions as they currently stand. In respect of the external oversight body, if the Secretary General of the Department of Defence can sit on that body in an ex officio capacity, it makes now sense that there would be a reluctance to allow representative bodies to also be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: The latter point is provided for. I have made that point. No representative body would be presented in any shape or form from representing their members or articulating on issues pertaining to their members, and indeed they have not been. That is not going to be the position. It is in reference to the broader issues of political commentary that I said I would reflect on the legislation...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Matt Carthy: The Tánaiste is correct that RACO does not agree with him; neither do any of the other representative organisations. Crucially, neither does the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, whose representatives gave evidence to the joint committee that they are unaware of a single other individual in the State who is precluded by legislation from joining a representative organisation. That...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy cannot have it both ways, though. When the independent review was published, he was the first in here asking if I was going to accept its recommendations. I have accepted its recommendations in respect of the external oversight body. There was a very clear communication made to me that previous attempts at this did not work and had not worked. There is no point in coming into...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Question No. 4 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2024)

Departmental Meetings

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reasons his Department facilitated a meeting between an organisation (details supplied) and the EDA’s CEO in September 2023; if he will publish the names of the persons who participated in the meeting between those two organisations; the topics that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13292/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2024)

Mick Barry: It was a busy day over at Tweedle Dee's yesterday. I would like to ask the reasons the Minister's Department facilitated a meeting between the Irish Defence and Security Association and the European Defence Agency's CEO in September 2023; if he will publish of the names of the people who participated in the meeting; the topics that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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