Intelligence Sharing

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 September 2014

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Questions (529)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

529. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the extent of the State's involvement with the Five Eyes intelligence sharing community; if the State has provided information to this organisation; if the State intends to become more involved; if his attention has been drawn to any instances of illegal surveillance or data-gathering on Irish citizens here; if his attention has been drawn to any instances where information held about Irish or other nationals on servers located in the State have been illegally intercepted or otherwise accessed by the intelligence services of another nation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33033/14]

Written answers

Minister for Defence

The Department of Defence and the Defence Forces has not had any involvement with the organization referred to and has no plans to do so. Furthermore, my Department and the Defence Forces do not have any information in relation to instances of illegal surveillance or where information held about Irish citizens or other nationalities has been illegally intercepted or accessed by the intelligence services of another State.