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551 records in IE in 2007
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
119 Ms McManus asked the Minister for Defence when the last meeting of the Task Force on Emergency Planning took place; the agenda for the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8885/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
91 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence when the inter-departmental working group on emergency planning and the Task Force on Emergency Planning last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8929/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
307 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence if Air Corps personnel have participated in exercises or training in conjunction with EU, NATO or other forces in anticipation of participation in EU led engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9155/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
306 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence if Naval personnel have participated in exercises or training in conjunction with EU, NATO or other forces in anticipation of involvement in EU led engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9154/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
300 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the position in regard to Ireland’s participation in EU or NATO led or inspired rapid response forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9148/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
138 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the estimated response time of the battle group of which Ireland will be a member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8694/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
113 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the most recent discussions he has had with his EU colleagues, NATO or others in regard to the formation of EU battlegroups or emergency response forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8889/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
103 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Defence the location where the Irish contingent taking part in EU battle groups will be based when on call; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8693/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
101 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Defence when the memorandum of understanding for Irish participation in the EU battlegroups will be agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8927/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
98 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Defence the position with regard to the development of European Union battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8682/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
90 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence if Irish troops will be working closely with their EU battle group partners before the end of March 2007, as indicated by the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8930/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
137 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the position with regard to developments at European level regarding EU security and defence arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8692/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
89 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence the agenda for the informal meeting of EU defence Ministers in Wiesbaden, Germany, on 1 and 2 March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8926/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
305 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence if it is intended to increase the strength of any or all of the Defence Forces in view of the likely demands for overseas deployment in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9153/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
299 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence if it is intended to increase the strength of the Naval Service with a view to catering for increased responsibilities in respect of air-sea rescue and coastal surveillance to combat the importation of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9147/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
122 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8691/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
102 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the vacancies in the Naval Service; the establishment of the Naval Service and the strength of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8916/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
94 Mr. English asked the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8690/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
88 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8689/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
87 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for Defence the numbers the Defence Forces expect to recruit in 2007, across all ranks and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8645/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
86 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Defence if there is provision for a person who applied unsuccessfully for admission to the Permanent Defence Forces to reapply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
85 Mr. Mulcahy asked the Minister for Defence the progress made on the provision of a national emergency co-ordinating centre; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8634/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
84 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Defence if he will meet the two survivors of the Niemba ambush and attempt to resolve the remaining outstanding issues of concern to them. [9187/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
83 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence his views on the contents of an article in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8854/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
82 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement detailing the types of special building measures and contingency response plans required for safety reasons where military materials are transported by planes. [8954/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
81 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence the outcome of his discussions with the Lebanese authorities regarding the denaturalisation, deportation and prosecution of the chief suspect in the murder of Privates Thomas Barrett and Derek Smallhorne in 1980 in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8768/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
80 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence if he will visit troops serving overseas on St. Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8853/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2007
531 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the reasons Directive 2003/4 of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information has not been transposed into Irish law; and the defence he will be presenting to the European Court of Justice in the case being taken by the European Commission against Ireland due to the fact that transposition is already two years late. [8770/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2007
507 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that there is adequate resources such as footwear, uniforms and clothing in general available to Reserve Defence Force personnel throughout the country, in order to enable them to undertake necessary training, duties and other tasks; if there is a requirement to allocate additional resources, if he will take steps to ensure that same is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8618/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2007
506 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 12 October 2006, the progress that has been made in the time at sea issue; the number of personnel who typically spend more than the two years in a ship based appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8591/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2007
505 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence if there are vacancies in the Cork Naval dockyard for tradesmen such as carpenters and painters; and when these vacancies will be filled. [8427/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2007
255 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 29 November 2005, if he will confirm that the Snow Report in question at paragraph 4.7.2 unequivocally acknowledges that, on the sole basis of risk to either air navigation or to those on the ground, restriction of all development under the approach surfaces at Casement Aerodrome particularly to a wide area at a distance of 1,370 metres from the thresholds might seem logically unsustainable, particularly in view of the fact that there are no available data for a satisfactory risk analysis on Irish military aircraft during landing and take-off operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7841/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
527 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Defence if he will detail, providing in each case the full postal address, of each section of his Department, each State, semi-State body and agency under the aegis of his Department, which has moved or is due to move from Dublin under the Government’s decentralisation programme; the number of staff based there prior to decentralisation; the number of staff that will be based there post decentralisation; and in respect of each building, the intended use it will be put to once decentralisation is complete. [7750/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
526 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the position in relation to soldiers who are out on sick leave due to illness for a sustained period of time; the entitlements they have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7306/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
525 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the position in relation to soldiers being detailed to EU battle groups; the selection process; if participation in such groups will be voluntary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7305/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
298 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Limerick are seeking to acquire ground for facilities for the school and that part of this ground is owned by the Department of Defence and part by Limerick City Council; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the Department of Defence are willing to transfer the land in question to the school authorities but that the Office of Public Works are not proceeding with the purchase of the other portion from the city council; if he will ensure that negotiations commence between the OPW and Limerick City Council in order that the land can be sold by the city council for the benefit of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7794/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2007
53 Ms Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on referring of the Report of the Commission of Investigation into the Dean Lyons case to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6850/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2007
300 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Defence the progress to date on the application from a person (details supplied) in County Louth, to become a member of the 67th Reserve Infantry Battalion of the Army Reserve in County Louth, in view of the fact that an application was made in September 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6909/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2007
299 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence if a figure was stated to Dublin City Council as the asking price for Clancy Barracks; if so, the amount stated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6697/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2007
200 Mr. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the legal authority for the arrangement whereby a member of the Defence Forces who joined the Garda was only given reduced recognition for their years of service in the Army on transfer to the Garda pension scheme and who was required to have their existing contribution record for full pension downgraded to part of a pension reduced by coordination with social welfare entitlement. [6931/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2007
539 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants within his Department who have transferred to offices outside Dublin under the decentralisation programme to date; the percentage of those who had a previous transfer within a two year period of the decentralisation transfer; the number of those people who transferred from a non-Dublin office to a Dublin office in the initial transfer; the average time spent in the Dublin office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6687/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2007
538 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Defence the number of applicants to join the Defence Forces on the most recent occasion advertised; the number who were selected for interview; the number who were unsuccessful; if unsuccessful applicants may reapply on the next occasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6431/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 February 2007
175 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that staff in his constituency office in his Department were engaged in making phone calls extending seasons greetings on his behalf in December 2006; if he will further confirm that these were calls to all listed phone users rather than to just persons on his office database; the number of staff involved in these calls; and the number of calls made. [5923/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2007
351 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for Defence the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has been medically discharged for the Army due to an army accident now that the Army has served the person with an eviction order; if his Department or the Defence Forces had meetings or consultation or correspondence with a housing agency or local authority in seeking to provide alternative accommodation for the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5670/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2007
350 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Defence the circumstances surrounding the refusal by his Department to sell Clancy Barracks to Dublin City Council at a reasonable price and the subsequent sale of the barracks to a private developer in 2004 at a basement bargain price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5630/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2007
595 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Defence the percentage of the money allocated to his Department from European funds for each of the years 2000 to 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5184/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2007
594 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 13 December 2005, if the permissible heights of proposed developments beneath the runway approach surfaces increase with distance from runway thresholds; if he will confirm, for example, that development up to a height of 20 metres is permissible beneath the 1:50 approach at a distance of 1,000 metres from the threshold and that similarly development up to a height of 60 metres is permissible at a distance of 3,000 metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5132/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2007
593 Mr. Blaney asked the Minister for Defence if he will intervene in order that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal be retained in the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5111/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2007
103 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent developments with regard to European security and defence co-operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3932/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2007
34 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had recent conversations with his European counterparts or members of the Government regarding Ireland’s role in EU co-operation in security and defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3936/07]