Helen McEntee: “I do plan to and would like to have this done by the end of the year.”

Work is also advancing on a Defence Forces node to access the EU's Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE) which will be operational in 2027 and will complement our participation in the European Defence Agency MARSUR project.

Our maritime domain is seven times the size of our land area. We sit at the nexus of major transatlantic data cables and 75% of transatlantic cables traverse through Irish waters.

We want to fix what is broken

We will not be able to do that if the Triple Lock is not reformed.