Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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441. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total value of expenditure from his Department’s annual accounts in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form, that related to financial transactions with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; and if he will provide a breakdown of the nature of expenditure. [17867/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Ireland’s relationship with NATO is set within the framework of Partnership for Peace (PfP), which we have been a member of since 1999. Over the last two decades, Ireland’s participation in PfP has been of significant importance in the development of the peacekeeping capabilities of our Defence Forces and their interoperability with other potential peacekeeping contributing nations. This has allowed the Defence Forces to operate seamlessly alongside other countries on UN peacekeeping operations and other crisis management missions overseas.

There is no membership fee associated with PfP. Costs detailed below relate to Defence Forces attendance at training and other activities that ensure that the Defence Forces can operate safely and effectively in crisis management operations and for some services, including secure comms and Role 2 medical facilities in KFOR.

The total value of expenditure from the Department of Defence to NATO institutions in 2019, 2020 and 2021 is as follows:

The above costs do not include reimbursement to the Department of Foreign Affairs for office and accommodation costs in respect of the PfP Liaison Office in Brussels.