Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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285. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the cross-Border Project Ireland 2040 infrastructure projects and the funding allocated for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [53840/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As part of Project Ireland 2040, the National Development Plan (NDP) sets out the Government’s overarching investment strategy and capital budget for the period 2021-2030. The multi annual capital allocations provided for Defence under the Plan will allow the Defence Organisation to continue a programme of capital investment, as identified and prioritised in the Defence White Paper. All suitable Defence infrastructure projects are considered as part of an internal Civil Military planning process. There are no cross-Border infrastructure projects provided for.

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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286. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of his Department’s current cross-Border initiatives, goods and or services committed to and the funding allocated to each for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [53858/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The high level goal of Defence is to ‘provide for the military defence of the State, contribute to national and international peace and security and fulfil all other roles assigned by Government’. The Defence budget allocation provides mainly for pay and allowances, operational costs and capital investment across the Defence Forces and pensions costs for ex-members of the Defence Forces. There are no cross-Border initiatives provided for within this allocation.