Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 June 2024
12. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by the Defence Forces on purchasing military equipment from German-based companies in 2022, 2023 and for the first five months of 2024, in tabular form. [26318/24]
View answerInvestment in new equipment for the Defence Forces is provided for under various Subheads of the Defence Vote relating to defensive equipment, mechanical transport, aircraft, ships and naval stores, engineering, communications and information technology equipment etc.
I am informed by the Defence Forces that their records indicate the amount spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in the Germany in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 was as follows:
|
Year |
Amount |
|
2022 |
€2,551,546 |
|
2023 |
€2,868,370 |
|
2024 (up to 13 June) |
€91,640 |
I would also like to advise the Deputy that the Defence Organisation routinely publishes details of Purchase Orders for goods and services valued at more than €20,000. This information is published on the Department of Defence website – www.gov.ie/en/collection/b61276-purchase-orders-over-20000/.The Department has published details of Purchase Orders including those placed for weapons and equipment by the Defence Organisation for the years 2022 to the last quarter 2023. I am advised that a small number of Purchase Orders for that timeframe were excluded from the published list for security and operational reasons.
Details of Purchase Orders placed in Quarter 1 of 2024 are currently being compiled and will be published shortly.
