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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
471. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54230/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
470. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54212/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
469. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces disciplined for misconduct of a sexual nature in each of the years 2000 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54199/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
468. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the status of the review on mandatory retirement ages for the Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54198/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
467. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces members who are entitled to claim the pandemic bonus payment; the number who have been paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54197/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
456. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views in relation to reports that this Deputy’s office has received from County Donegal of USAF planes and other NATO aircraft that pass over Ireland heading west to east and east to west; the frequency with which these aircraft are using Irish airspace; the purpose of the journeys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55033/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
454. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that Ireland is taking in response to the Israeli defence forces and mounting violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54967/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
444. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland is taking in response to the Israeli defence forces and mounting violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54754/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
311. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will provide an expected date for publication of measures agreed regarding the requests from Department of Defence for extensions on the mandatory retirement age at current pay and conditions for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54722/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
359. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Defence if his Department received a request for assistance from the HSE and the Department Heath during the Covid -19 pandemic for a specific nursing home (details supplied) during the first outbreak of Covid-19; if so, the date that such request was made; the nature of the request; the response of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53489/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
358. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in the United States 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [53183/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
357. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in the UK excluding Northern Ireland in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [53182/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
356. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 18 October 2022, the locations in which the in-person meetings of the Ukraine defence contact group at which Ireland has been represented have taken place. [53105/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
355. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the number of properties that are being leased by his Department that are currently vacant; and if he will provide a list of such properties. [52863/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
354. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacant properties that are owned by his Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if he will provide a list of such properties. [52845/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
353. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons working in his Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52776/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
243. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that in the new Defence Forces structure that emerges as a result of the recommendations set out in the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces that Collins Barracks, Cork will be the location of the headquarters of the military formation that will control military operations in the southern region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52522/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
97. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the action being taken to remediate the illegal infilling of the hollow next to Donnelly’s Hollow on the Curragh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52350/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
96. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the status of the most recent meeting of the Curragh forum; the areas addressed; the actions that have been taken arising from the meeting; when the next meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52349/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
95. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Defence his plans to amend or replace the Curragh of Kildare Act 1961; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52339/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
94. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Defence if there is a review of the contract for Army sergeants who turn 50 years of age and their retention in the armed forces; the plans, if any, to retain these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52304/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
93. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on replacement musical instruments for members of the Defence Forces School of Music in the year 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the supplier that was awarded the contract to provide replacements; and the musical instruments that were replaced. [52214/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022
92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the arms industry companies from Ireland and other parts of the world that attended the recent 6 October 2022 arms fair, organised by the Department of Defence in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52081/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
406. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence with reference to a recent evacuation mission by the Air Corps (details supplied), if he has undertaken a review of the mission; if a review did take place, if it examined the appropriateness of the mode of transport that was utilised such as a single engine aircraft; if he is satisfied that the specified mode of transport is suitable for future evacuation missions as they may arise; if his Department is considering the purchase of alternative air operational resources that offer safer enhanced airlift capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51883/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
405. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence with reference to the strategic reach aircraft requirement noted in a Commission On Defence Report (details supplied), if this recommendation requires yet another aircraft type for the Air Corps with new support and operational resources or alternatively; if there are any aircraft types in service or coming into service which, if an additional airframe were to be procured, could fulfil this requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51882/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
404. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence if he has undertaken a review of the operation to evacuate Irish citizens from Kabul in Afghanistan; if a review, if any, examined the mode of transport that was required to facilitate the Army Ranger Wing trip to Afghanistan; if he is satisfied that a future purchase of enhanced airlift capabilities for the Air Corps is a necessity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51881/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
403. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacant engineer room artificer technicians currently in the Naval Service; and when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [51867/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
402. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the estimated full-year cost if the daily food allowance for personnel within the Defence Forces of €4.20 per day per personnel was increased to €6.20 per day per personnel. [51866/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
401. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the names of each special advisor employed by his Department since 2015, the relevant Minister they worked under and the date that their employment with the Department/Minister ceased where applicable. [51775/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
400. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the meetings of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group that have been attended by representatives of Ireland in which those meetings took place; and on what date those meetings took place, and the person or body that has represented Ireland at those meetings. [51668/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
399. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the capital expenditure for the Defence Forces from 2017 to 2022, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51606/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
398. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the current capital expenditure budget for the Defence Forces for 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51605/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
397. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the cost of increasing the establishment figure of the Defence Forces by 2,000 to 11,500 personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51604/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
396. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces for the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51603/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
395. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the number of women in the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51602/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
394. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51601/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
393. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the number of women members of the Defence Forces who have left in 2022, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51600/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
392. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the current number of women in the Defence Forces who are currently serving overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51599/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
391. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the current number of women in the Defence Forces by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51598/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
390. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service operations and patrols which have been cancelled to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51597/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
389. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the current total strength of Air Corps personnel and the breakdown of the number of qualified military pilots, cadet pilots in training, qualified military aircraft maintenance technicians, qualified military avionics technicians and military apprentices in training of both aforementioned disciplines. [51596/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
388. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence if he will detail both the maximum and the current strength levels of the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51595/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
387. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence if he will detail both the maximum and the current strength levels of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51594/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
386. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence the names of all special advisors working in his Department; the Minister and Junior Minister who each advisor is associated with and their respective salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51251/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
385. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Defence the proportion of his Department’s IT data that is stored in the cloud; the proportion of the data held by all agencies and subsidiaries of his Department in the cloud; if this represents an improvement; if so, the development that has been made towards cloud storage since 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51192/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2022
384. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Defence the total spend by his Department and the agencies under his remit on cybersecurity measures since 2019 to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51168/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2022
243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of judicial reviews taken against his Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he will indicate in the reply the body and-or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and-or active; and the totality of costs incurred by his Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50752/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2022
80. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of the number of staff by grade who are assigned on a full-time basis to liaise and provide support to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union; and if he will provide a schedule of the services that his Department provides to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in that regard. [50445/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2022
363. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces within his Department and the workplaces of public bodies and agencies under his remit, including a list of said buildings which do and do not have these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50336/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2022
362. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of an event (details supplied) organised by his Department; the details of the organisations and companies that were represented at this event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50270/22]