Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's relationship with NATO is conducted through Partnership for Peace (PfP), of which Ireland has been a member since 1999. PfP is a voluntary and cooperative framework between NATO and individual non-members of NATO and there are no funding obligations arising from Ireland’s involvement.

In order to manage this partnership, Ireland has a PfP liaison office in Brussels. Along with the offices of a number of other PfP parner countries, this is located in a NATO-owned building in Brussels and the rental and maintenance costs are directly payable to NATO. Set out below are the approximate aggregate costs for the past three years (2020-2022), which are divided between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Defence.

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland has made a number of voluntary contributions to NATO Trust Funds which provide capacity-building support to NATO partners through the Partnership for Peace process, as well as to other UN Troop Contributing Countries. Since 2002, Ireland has supported a number of different Trust Fund projects, as detailed below.

Most recently, in 2021 Ireland provided €100,000 and €50,000, respectively, to Trust Fund projects addressing UN Peacekeeping Training and a Defence Capacity Building package for Jordan. A contribution of €50,000 to the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) has been approved to deliver paramedic training to strengthen Ukraine’s medical capacity later this year and will be disbursed later this year.