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501 records in IE in 2007
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
139 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Defence the number of nuclear, chemical and biological suits available to members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8685/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
140 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Defence the nature and scope of the 2007 Easter 1916 commemorations; the role the Defence Forces will play in these commemorations; if the Army, Air Corps, Naval Service and Reserve will be participating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8639/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
136 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Defence the progress made on preparing for the Easter Rising Commemoration in 2007. [8764/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
135 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for Defence the preparations being made for the Defence Forces assuming lead nation status in Kosovo; the additional manpower and resources required; the current security assessment in Kosovo and the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
132 Mr. Andrews asked the Minister for Defence if the average age of members of the Defence Forces across each rank has fallen or risen over the past ten years; if the trend is the same for commissioned officers, non commissioned officers and private soldiers; his view on whether the average age of officers, particularly commandants and Lieutenant Colonels, should be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8636/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
131 Mr. Ardagh asked the Minister for Defence when the fifteen additional Mowag Piranha APCs will come into service; the costs involved; if these will be configured differently to the existing APCs; the location where these will be deployed; if the contract will be executed on time and on budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8529/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
130 Mr. J. Brady asked the Minister for Defence if the mid-point review of the implementation of the 2000 White Paper on Defence has been completed; the conclusions it has reached; the areas due to be implemented between now and 2010; the plans for their implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
129 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the steps being undertaken to attract more women into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8695/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
128 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his proposals for recruiting professionals such as doctors and engineers through the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8920/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
126 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Defence if he has proposals under active consideration to increase the retirement age for officers within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8700/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
125 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Defence the nature, extent and level of sexual harassment, harassment, discrimination and bullying within the Defence Forces; the progress regarding implementation of the fundamental reforms recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8526/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
124 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Defence the number of letters that he has exchanged with the Defence Forces Chief of Staff in February 2007; the nature of this correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8698/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
123 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence the outcome of his discussions with the Lebanese authorities regarding the investigation into the disappearance of Private Kevin Joyce in 1981 in south Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8767/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
121 Mr. J. Brady asked the Minister for Defence the number of horses acquired by the Army Equitation School in recent years; the number of officers and military personnel assigned to the equitation school; the successes they have achieved in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
118 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the case where a member of the Defence Forces is challenging the constitutionality of the military disciplinary procedure in the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8879/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
116 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence the number of courts martial that have taken place in the Defence Forces in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8886/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
115 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he has visited Irish overseas troop deployments; if he is satisfied regarding the extent of facilities and backup in each case; if he has concerns regarding the strength of the respective deployments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8888/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
114 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the way the reorganisation of the Reserve Defence Forces is progressing; the numbers enlisted in the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8917/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
112 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an assessment of the current security situation in Liberia; when the Irish UNOIL mission will withdraw from Liberia; his plans to visit those troops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8878/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
310 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence if further deployment of Irish troops have been requested or are contemplated at other overseas locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9158/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
293 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops serving in overseas missions; the location of such missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8540/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
120 Mr. Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces serving overseas, their locations and a brief description of their duties there; the expected participation in each mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8646/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
111 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Defence the number of countries in which a deployment of more than 50 members of the Defence Forces are currently serving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8683/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
153 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence if he will grant the Reserve Defence Force access to a conciliation and arbitration scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8851/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
110 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for Defence if he will grant the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association access to a conciliation and arbitration scheme as they are the only representative body in the Defence Forces which are denied this industrial relations machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8882/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
152 Mr. Mulcahy asked the Minister for Defence if a structured exercise programme is in place for 2007; the nature of these exercises; if these will be open to the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8635/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
127 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence when a major emergency was last simulated; the results from this exercise; if weaknesses in emergency planning were uncovered as a part of this trial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8687/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
109 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Defence if there have been recent exercises of the Government’s National Emergency Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8928/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
107 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that neither of the two survivors is satisfied with the outcome of the Behan Report into the Niemba ambush in the Congo 1960; if he has progressed his plans to give recognition to the two persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8877/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
133 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence if guidelines are in place governing the conduct of senior members of the Defence Forces in regard to commenting publicly on matters to do with Defence Forces activities; if such guidelines have been breached in recent interviews by senior members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8763/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
105 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the regulations regarding Ministerial permission for statements by the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8924/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
100 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the rate of inflation has now reached 5.2% and that the increase in the Estimates for his Department was only 4.6% and that this represents a reduction in real terms on the 2006 estimates; his plans to ensure that cutbacks in defence spending do not occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
96 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for Defence if the Air Corps retain old aircraft for historical purposes; the number and type of old fixed and rotary winged aircraft it retains; his plans to acquire former Air Corps aircraft; his plans to have these on permanent display to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8644/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
298 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding his visit to the Lebanon; and if he will report on the security risks to Irish soldiers. [9112/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
155 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for Defence his views on the wide variation in the assessment of the level of the military threat in Lebanon to UNIFIL troops between himself and a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8880/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
146 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence the security situation in Lebanon; the number of members of the Defence Forces serving in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8684/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
143 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to the Lebanon; the persons he met with there; the current security assessment there; if he will report on the duties Irish troops are doing there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8638/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
134 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the plans in place for Irish troops if a resumption of hostilities occurs in the Lebanon; the operational norms set down for Unifil troops in such a situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8923/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
117 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the discussions he had with his counterpart in the Lebanon, Elias Murr, over the level of threat to Irish troops in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8922/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
108 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the clearing of unexploded ordinance in Lebanon; the role of the Defence Forces on this task; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8701/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
106 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his most recent visit to Irish troops serving overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8915/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
104 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8852/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
99 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent official visit to the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8921/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
97 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent three day visit to the Irish troops serving in the Lebanon; the purpose of his visit; the circumstances in which the troops are living and working; the duties in which the troops are engaged; if he had talks with the Lebanese or Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8766/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
95 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the activities of Irish troops participating in the Unifil mission; the length of time the troops are expected to remain in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8762/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
156 Mr. English asked the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who tested positive in drug testing for 2006; the consequences faced by each of these individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8697/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
93 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement regarding the nineteen members of the Defence Forces discharged after failing random drug tests. [8925/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
92 Dr. Twomey asked the Minister for Defence the number of drugs tests carried out on members of the Defence Forces for each of the past five years for which records are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8696/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
151 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for Defence when the Task Force on Emergency Planning last met; when it will meet again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8641/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
141 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence when the Task Force on Emergency Planning last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8686/07]