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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2021
159. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the status of the cross-border directive and Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme beyond 2021 for the Defence Forces. [22559/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 April 2021
57. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 22 April 2021, the reason for the refusal to extend the scheme beyond 2021; the reason the scheme is not being extended to the vital air crew and technicians that underpin all aviation operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22556/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2021
531. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Defence the estimated cost of replacing State vehicles which are owned by his Department or agencies under his remit with hybrid or electric models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22561/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2021
530. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on advertising and public messaging in print, broadcast and online since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged to assist with placing the advertisements and the companies advertised with in tabular form. [22287/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2021
529. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for this advice in tabular form. [22269/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2021
528. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence the cost of each contract entered into by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the name of the contractor in each case. [22134/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2021
527. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence his engagements with the Minister for Transport in relation to the Air Corps providing a search and rescue service; if his attention has been drawn to information (details supplied); if he has endorsed the submission made by the Air Corps in respect of providing a search and rescue service; and if he has carried out a costing and or business case in respect of an Air Corps search and rescue service. [22000/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2021
526. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence if all forms issued by his Department and agencies under his remit are available in both the Irish and English languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21916/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2021
525. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21898/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 April 2021
72. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21047/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 April 2021
71. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence the arrangements for the establishment of an independent military air regulator within his Department, the establishment of which has been recommended by previous independent safety reports and is also common practice in other EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20949/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 April 2021
70. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence if a guarantee will be given that any changes necessary to Defence Force Regulations CS4 and its accompanying administrative instructions will be carried out in the case that the Air Corps is directed by Government to provide part of the search and rescue contract currently being overseen by the Department of Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20948/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 April 2021
69. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Defence if the Air Corps pilot service commitment scheme will be retained in the long-term following its success and learnings gained from previous schemes; if he will extend this scheme further to the air crew and technical personnel to ensure that these vital services continue to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21072/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 April 2021
41. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to develop a flood defence scheme in Claddagh, Galway city from the Claddagh to Grattan Park; if so, the details of this flood defence plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21065/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
1458. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if dates are being given out by the Dublin Circuit Court currently for notices of motion in default of defence or appearance or for other motions; and the way this compares to other circuits in Ireland. [20030/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
1453. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if she will ensure further investigations are carried out into the Belturbet, Clones and Pettigo bombings of December 1972 following the unearthing of new information from Ministry of Defence documents regarding these bombings by a person (details supplied) that the RUC failed to provide intelligence to An Garda Síochána of a car stolen from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and the identity of the loyalist paramilitary who was in possession of the car; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19829/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
912. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if he will set out the changes achieved to date on each; if 50% of the membership of all boards, policy groups or agencies that provide advice to Government on matters of policy will be reserved for appropriately qualified individuals from the private sector in order to achieve a balance between the public and private sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20721/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
911. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence if he has engaged virtually with his French counterpart to date in 2021. [20422/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
910. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Defence the number of qualified female civilian fitness instructors employed either by his Department or the Defence Forces working in each military barracks here in tabular form. [20094/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
909. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Defence the number of qualified female pilots currently in the Air Corps; the number of female pilots currently in training; the number of qualified female air traffic controllers in the Air Corps; and the number of females currently in training to become qualified air traffic controllers. [20093/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
908. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Defence if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19865/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
907. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the plans of his Department to provide permanent stable accommodation as against hostel accommodation for retired veterans of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19851/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
906. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Defence if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
905. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the future use of the firing range at Cushla, County Roscommon which is no longer in use by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19715/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
904. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces returning here from overseas deployment will have to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine upon their return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19008/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
898. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has studied the recent report by the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs which documents the striking increase in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank; his views on whether this is part of a pattern primarily designed to take over land and to intimidate and terrorise Palestinians; his further views on whether it is creating an atmosphere of impunity and as the military are usually present it amounts to a discriminatory two-tier approach to military protection and policing in the West Bank other than condemning these activities; the actions he plans to take in defence of international law at EU and international level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20816/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
99. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19671/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
55. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood defence construction works will advance in the upper River Lee area for Inchigeelagh, Ballingeary and Ballyvourney, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2021
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
279. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if she will engage with the Private Security Authority in relation to educating and training for licensed security professionals; and her views on the creation of a singular training and education course for a security licence which incorporates static guarding, door security, CCTV monitoring, conflict resolution and self-defence given that there is no current course offering a licence which covers all these skillsets. [17768/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
202. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of complaints his Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in 2021; the number of data information requests that have been refused and accepted, respectively; the number of GDPR requests refused; and the basis on which they were declined in tabular form. [17986/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
201. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if a schedule will be provided of the data sets, databases and file types his Department has shared with the Department of Health since 2000. [17968/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
200. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Defence the status of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17951/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
199. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the higher executive officers, administration officers, assistant principal officers, principal officers and assistant secretaries in his Department by gender in tabular form. [17905/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
198. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the rationale offered by the independent review group set up to review and make recommendations on the Battle of Jadotville in order to seek an extension to the original reporting date of 31 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17765/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 April 2021
197. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Defence if he will establish a commission of enquiry into allegations of systemic sexual abuse in the Defence Forces given the number of persons who have come forward over the past few weeks to support these allegations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17747/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
556. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence the spend for his Department on public procurement disaggregated by spend on goods, services and capital works in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [17957/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
555. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the arrangements in place or to be put in place for those Defence Forces members serving with the UN in Lebanon to avail of Covid-19 vaccinations; if they will receive vaccinations before they return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17544/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
554. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the details of the Acts falling under his Department which have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17440/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
553. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17422/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
552. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Defence if a new cadetship competition for the Naval Service will open in quarter 3 of 2021. [16885/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
551. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Defence the estimated cost of purchasing nine additional horses for the Army Equitation School. [16884/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
550. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the criteria for promoting Defence Forces Reserve officers from the rank of lieutenant to captain who were commissioned on or after 1 October 2005; the number promoted each year since 2005 excluding fixed term promotions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16624/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
549. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence when a revised Defence Forces regulation review 5 for the Reserve Defence Forces will issue, having regard to commitments made in November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16623/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
548. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 27 January 2021, when the two detailed reports on technical pay grades 2-6 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16618/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
547. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [16588/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
546. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the reason the technical pay agreement concluded with the Defence Forces in 2019 has not been implemented to date. [16580/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
545. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the projected capital spending from 2022 to 2025 in his Department. [16516/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
544. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Defence when Defence Forces personnel serving overseas can expect to receive their Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16477/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
543. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of personal injury claims that have been taken against the State by Defence Forces personnel for injuries sustained while on military training exercises in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of the claims finalised; the injury sustained in each case; the amount paid in damages; the amount paid in legal costs; and the estimated claim costs for claims yet to be finalised in tabular form. [16461/21]