Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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547. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the costs incurred by the Naval Service in participating in high speed boarding trials with a company (details supplied) as reported in the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50854/17]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The 2015 White Paper on Defence reaffirms that my Department will “identify opportunities for cooperative-collaborative engagement between the Defence Forces and Irish based enterprise and research institutes, including third level colleges.” The sea trials referred to by the Deputy were conducted as part of routine Naval Service patrols and I am advised that no additional costs were incurred.