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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Question No. 8 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Defence Forces

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if further consideration will be given to the re-opening of Dún Uí Néill, Cavan, as a forward operating base as that region has a long land border with a neighbouring jurisdiction (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22083/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: 50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in view of the lack of an Army barracks in the central Border area, further consideration will be given to the re-opening of Dún Uí Néill, Cavan, as an Army barracks, given the recommendation in the Commission on the Defence Forces that the structure of the Army be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: I spoke to the Tánaiste previously about the opportunity that exists to provide much-needed additional accommodation for our Army. Unfortunately, the most modern army barracks in Europe, which opened in 1990, was closed in 2012. As the Tánaiste knows, Dún Uí Néill is centrally situated in the Border region. The next Army barracks, Aiken Barracks, is to the east, in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 50 together. I thank the Deputy. I am aware he has raised this before. As he knows, the Commission on the Defence Forces was established on foot of a commitment in the programme for Government and the Government decision in December 2020 that agreed to its terms of reference and membership. The report was published on 9 February 2022. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Defence Forces

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will set out his proposals to alter the current triple lock mechanism governing the deployment of Irish Defence Forces overseas; when he proposes to introduce amending legislation on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21844/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Matt Carthy: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which he intends to publish a draft scheme in relation to his proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; and if he intends to conduct both a public consultation and pre-legislative scrutiny. [22044/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legislative and policy changes planned in order to proceed with his proposal to dismantle the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22039/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Tánaiste set out the specifics of the mechanism he is proposing to deploy Irish Defence Forces overseas when he removes the triple lock? When does he propose to introduce legislation to bring that about?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7, 43 and 51 together. Last year's consultative forum on international security policy featured a well-informed discussion on the issue of UN peacekeeping and overseas deployments, which formed a central part of the publicly available chair's report. That report was presented to the Government on 17 October and a Dáil debate on the outcomes of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. I am still no wiser about the specifics of the proposal being drafted. Obviously, the Tánaiste has given instructions to his Department and the Office of the Attorney General on what exactly will replace the triple lock. Is it to be a double lock in simply removing the requirement a UN mandate? Is it to be an altered mechanism with some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Deputy Carthy and many others are seeking greater engagement with the Opposition. The record of the House will show that the Tánaiste has denied requests to refer matters to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence for detailed scrutiny and that votes on related but distinct matters have been taken as a singular vote. Deputy Carthy and other members of that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will not be so polite in relation to this. If the Tánaiste thinks that getting rid of the triple lock will lead to a more peaceful world, he is deluded. It is disgraceful and disingenuous of him to tell us that getting rid of the triple lock will not interfere with our neutrality. Our questions are trying to elicit details on the mechanism by which the Tánaiste is going to do...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Personal vitriol is not going to change my mind-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is not personal vitriol.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Stop now. Through the Chair.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Sorry. I apologise.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I behaved absolutely in accordance with parliamentary procedure and processes here. There is nothing abnormal about a Government proposing a legislative proposal, publishing a general scheme and bringing it before the House for debate for all Members of the House. The Bill will be subject to pre-legislative scrutiny. To address Deputy Howlin's question and the point he made, we envisage...