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.
|
Capital Expenditure Category
|
2022
€m
|
2023
€m
|
2024
€m
|
2025
€m
|
|
Capability Development
|
93.9
|
134.8
|
114.1
|
152.4
|
|
Other
|
28.8
|
37.2
|
29.8
|
28.4
|
|
Overall
|
122.7
|
172.0
|
143.9
|
180.8
|
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.
