Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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411. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she expressed objections to the Mare Nostrum project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23334/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I had no objections to the Mare Nostrum operation, run by the Italian Authorities in the Mediterranean with a strong search and rescue element. The operation ceased on commencement of the Frontex co-ordinated Operation Triton which remains ongoing. The Deputy will be aware that the LÉ Eithne was deployed to the Mediterranean on 16 May 2015 to engage in humanitarian search and rescue operations at sea as part of Ireland's overall contribution to the migrant crisis situation in the region.