Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a full itemised list of all aircraft, naval vessels, armoured vehicles, weapons systems, surveillance equipment, communications systems, and all other capital military equipment procured or contracted for procurement by the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces since the publication of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces in February 2022; the cost of each item; the branch of the Defence Forces for which each item was procured; whether each item was identified as a priority in the commission's report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17567/26]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not readily available within the time frame sought. The information is being compiled by my officials and I will arrange to have it forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of the total capital equipment budget of the Defence Forces in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025; the proportion spent on naval vessels, aircraft, land systems, cyber and communications, and other categories respectively; the number of procurement projects currently at each stage of the project lifecycle as referenced in the National Maritime Security Strategy 2026-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17568/26]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Defence Vote spending is managed through a single programme with all operational outputs delivered from a single set of forces encompassing the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service. All related capability development spending decisions are facilitated by robust internal planning frameworks on an iterative, priority basis.

Within these organisational structures, Defence Forces’ expenditure on capital equipment across Capability Development (Major Equipment Acquisitions) and Other (including IT) categories over the period from 2022 to 2025 inclusive is as outlined in the table below.

The Action Plan for the National Maritime Security Strategy 2026–2030, identified 41 actions to be completed over the lifetime of the strategy. These included some specific capability development actions relating to the initial roll out of the Military Radar Programme beginning in Q2, 2026, achieving operational capability of the towed sonar capability in 2027, and commencing on planning for the sonobuoy capability for the Air Corps by end of Q1, 2026.

Further capability projects supporting increased maritime security will be developed over the course of the strategy.