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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
358. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the estimated length of time it takes to fully train an Air Corps pilot; the number of pilots; and the number that are currently in training. [40307/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
357. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the number of Permanent Defence Force personnel that have availed of paternity leave in 2020; the way same is being promoted amongst personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40305/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
356. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if he has considered the establishment of a reserve unit for the Air Corps with the necessary skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40304/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
355. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if additional funding has been requested from the EU for the Naval Service to support patrolling Irish territorial waters in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40303/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
354. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the external advice or expertise that has been sought to assess the security of cyber infrastructure; the areas in which improvements can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40302/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
353. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the allocation and expenditure for supporting mental health within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40299/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
352. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the estimated cost of paying personnel the living wage for undertaking a 24-hour duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40298/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
351. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if changes to increase the age limit for joining the Permanent Defence Force and the Reserve Defence Force is being examined to improve the numbers eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40297/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
350. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the way in which career breaks are promoted within the Defence Forces; if same are offered prior to a voluntary discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40296/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
349. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the breakdown of personnel undertaking career breaks for the Army, the Naval Service and the Air Corps by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40295/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
348. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the reason Permanent Defence Force and Reserve Defence Force general service recruitment cannot be undertaken simultaneously in view of the same eligibility criteria under the single force concept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40294/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
347. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if funding that was unspent under Vote 36 was subsequently used from 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40293/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
346. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the number of applications and number commissioned under the Naval Service direct entry scheme for each year from 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40292/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
345. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the estimated number of recruits expected into the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Force in the 2021 recruitment competitions based on previous competitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40291/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
344. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence the resources required to be available to improve recruitment into the Reserve Defence Force in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40290/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
343. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and IT firms his Department has engaged to carry out work its behalf in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will summarise the work they were engaged to do and the full costs of the engagements; if disputes over costs ensued; if they were resolved with or without sanctions and or financial penalties and or withholding of funds; and if contracts are subject to legal challenge or mediation. [40206/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the obstacle to the implementation of the technical pay agreement agreed over a year ago with the Defence Forces. [40190/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the breakdown of annual operations by the Defence Forces; the percentage that are day patrols and so on; and the level of personnel and resources needed for each operation. [40189/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
340. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the number of additional Naval Service personnel that will be required in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39799/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
339. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) will be awarded a medal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39794/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
338. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a full report on the involvement of the Defence Forces in PESCO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39738/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
337. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if funding has been provided to the Defence Forces to improve and upgrade defence infrastructure to achieve higher environmental standards. [40306/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
336. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if on-the-job training of an apprentice can be carried out with the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40301/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
321. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current expected cost of the European Peace Facility to Ireland for each of the years 2021-2027 noting that the Athena mechanism and the African Peace Facility are funded through his Department and the Department of Defence, respectively; the Department that will have primary policy responsibility for the European Peace Facility; the expected timetable for bringing the European Peace Facility before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40035/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2020
310. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding has been allocated for the development or redevelopment of dedicated Defence Forces housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40309/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2020
80. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Finance the tax, VAT and excise reliefs and exemptions that currently exist in Irish tax law for armed forces from another state; the estimated cost of these reliefs and exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39217/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2020
95. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in terms of the non-application of fixed-period promotion provisions. [39181/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2020
94. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and any commercial or non-commercial State bodies and private entities subsidised by 50% or more of public funding under the aegis of his Department have implemented social clauses in their public procurement contracts in the past three years (details supplied); and if so, the nature of these social clauses. [39044/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
897. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans to carry out a full health audit of former members of all branches of the Defence Forces with a view to extending a full medical card to all retired Defence Forces members. [38583/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
470. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of data access requests the Defence Forces and the Directorate of Military Intelligence have made to telecom companies and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested from; and the reason the data was sought. [38851/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
469. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence the status of issues with the campaign on rejoining of the Defence Forces (details supplied). [38807/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
468. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence if the disparity in remuneration packages between currently serving Defence Forces school of music officers and their newly inducted counterparts will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38806/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
467. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if members of the Permanent Defence Forces including the Army Ranger Wing are still deployed in Mali; if so, the nature of their mission; and if there is a timeline for their withdrawal. [38726/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
466. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the documented overtime worked by members of the Defence Forces by rank and barracks in tabular form. [38615/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
465. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence to set out the average number of hours worked by members of the Defence Forces by rank and barracks in tabular form. [38614/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
464. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence his plans to carry out a full health audit of serving members of the Air Corps. [38582/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
463. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Defence the value of equipment purchased and procured for the Defence Forces for each of the past five years by country of origin of goods and services and their value in tabular form. [38574/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
462. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of qualified or specialised members of the Defence Forces who have left the service in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the specialised area of each. [38550/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
461. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Naval Service who have spent between zero to 60, 61 and 75, 76 and 81 and more than 82 days at sea in tabular form. [38549/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
460. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the median age of those discharged from the Defence Forces on medical grounds in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020. [38548/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
459. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence to set out the number of medical discharges by rank and by discipline in the Defence Forces in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [38547/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
458. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the last time there was a vacancy in the living quarters provided by the Defence Forces. [38174/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
457. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the occupancy of the Army barracks that provide living quarters. [38173/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
456. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of Army barracks that provide living quarters. [38172/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
455. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of naval bases in Ireland; and the staffing levels and capacity of each, in tabular form. [38171/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
454. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of Army barracks in Ireland; and the staffing levels and capacity of each, in tabular form. [38170/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
453. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence the number of tribunals, inquiries or investigations being undertaken currently by his Department; the number that are in the process of being set up; the number in which the terms of reference are not complete or not agreed; the cost of all to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38036/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
452. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Defence the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37920/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
451. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the details of all applications made by his Department to the Oireachtas Business Committee to waive pre-legislative scrutiny of primary and secondary legislation sponsored or initiated by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date; the outcomes of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37890/20]