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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
487. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if funding for the upgrade of explosive ordnance disposal robots will be provided. [15280/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
486. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if funding will be secured for the 20 mm secondary gun replacement on each Naval Service ship. [15279/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
485. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he plans to increase and stabilise the strength of the Defence Forces at all levels across the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15003/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
484. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up each individual role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14800/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
483. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence his views on an organisation being affiliated to a union (details supplied). [14695/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
482. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of peacekeeping missions until 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15101/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
481. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Defence the way in which the aide de camp (details supplied) for the Tánaiste can be justified; and the amount this will cost. [14985/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
362. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence if he will publish the departmental briefing paper on his role, remits and powers afforded to him upon appointment to the Cabinet. [14522/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
361. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the full year cost of purchasing ten extra horses for the Defence Forces equitation school; his views regarding the number of Defence Forces personnel and civilian staff attached to the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14365/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
360. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence the status of the replacing of the LÉ Eithne; if a contract for the replacement of the vessel will be put out to tender in the second half of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14305/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
359. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence the number of aircraft handler posts vacant in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14304/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
358. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence the number of aircraft handlers in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14303/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
357. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Defence if his Department will supply historic details of the social insurance record of a person (details supplied) that requires this information in order for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to carry out a review of the rate of payment of widower’s contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14160/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
356. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the expenditure his Department incurred in respect of external legal fees in each of the years from 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14069/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
355. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within his Department from 2018 to date; the costs associated with such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
354. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence the costings carried out on the programme for Government; and if he will provide documents on those costings. [14027/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
223. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dates he received flood defence applications for the Glashaboy and Bride rivers in County Cork regarding the application confirmation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13753/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
11. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Defence if his Department has established a working from home policy for its employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13545/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
10. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence if each long-term recommendation within the Public Service Pay Commission recommendations on recruitment and retention in the Permanent Defence Forces will be implemented in full by the deadline of 4 July 2020 as previously committed to. [13484/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
9. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of pilot and air traffic controller posts that are vacant in the Air Corps; and the steps being taken to fill these posts. [13140/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
8. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the estimated cost of a new electric target range at the Defence Forces training centre; and when the works will be completed. [13139/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
94. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the stage of the tender process for the environmental consultants’ review of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme; when the formal confirmation process will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12201/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
91. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when works on phases 2C, D and E of the River Dodder flood defence scheme will be completed; the estimated cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12010/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
13. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the delay of UN mission rotation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12668/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
12. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a copy of all briefing documents provided to Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party for their programme for Government negotiations will be provided. [12146/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
11. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be made available for a north County Leitrim Civil Defence service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11963/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
10. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a diversity and inclusion policy in place; the measures taken to promote diversity and inclusion from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11822/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
9. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the individual actions contained in the high-level Strengthening Our Defence Forces report; the timelines for full implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11781/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
19. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount his Department spent on social media monitoring in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11839/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the upgraded and new Permanent Defence Forces accommodation projects provided by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2019, in tabular form. [11578/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of the Public Service Pay Commission recommendations on recruitment and retention in the Permanent Defence Forces. [11577/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
16. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been secured in 2020 for the replacement of hangar 2 and upgrade to hangar 3 at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; the estimated cost of the project; the duration of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11429/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
15. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been secured in 2020 for the construction of a crash rescue building at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; the estimated cost of the project; the duration of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11428/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
14. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the purchase of a multirole vessel for the Naval Service in view of the contribution by the Naval Service vessels during the Covid-19 crisis; when the tender competition will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11385/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
13. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 20 May 2020, the date on which each of the current vacancies across the Defence Forces first arose in tabular form; the efforts taken to recruit to fill these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11342/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
12. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time personnel employed across the Defence Forces for each of the years 2008 to 2019 and to date in 2020, by branch in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
11. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the approximate costs for the new large aircraft that is being considered by his Department; if a second-hand plane has been considered; if such a plane would be capable of assisting in fighting wild gorse fires; the functions such an aircraft could undertake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11299/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) has not had a response to the application submitted 12 weeks ago to rejoin the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11088/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
9. Deputy James Browne asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces as of 31 May 2020 with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10859/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
8. Deputy James Browne asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces as of 31 May 2020; the breakdown of each rank across the three services; the gender breakdown of same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10858/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
7. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if EU defence issues were discussed at the last EU Defence Ministers meeting last May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11431/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
94. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the formal confirmation process of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme; the person or body that manages the confirmation process; the stage the confirmation process is at; if a third party has been appointed to carry out the formal review of the environmental impact assessment report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10057/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
14. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if foliage emanating from Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6 onto the lane at the back of the houses at 16 to 30 Grosvenor Square, Dublin 6 will be cut back, in view of the fact it has obstructed access through the lane. [10403/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
13. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the high level Strengthening our Defence Forces – Implementation Plan; the progress to date in implementing the 15 projects identified in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10242/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
12. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel serving in the Permanent Defence Force; his plans to bring personnel numbers to the approved establishment strength of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10241/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
11. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel that re-enlisted in the Permanent Defence Force since 1 April 2020; the areas of the Permanent Defence Force these personnel are serving in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10240/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
10. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount that has been spent on refurbishment and maintenance to Finner Camp, County Donegal in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; the refurbishment works that will be carried out in the camp over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10232/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
9. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the targeted admission of new recruits for 2020 and 2021 to the Defence Forces. [10084/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
8. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average buy-out fee that serving soldiers were asked to pay to end their contract in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [10083/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
7. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces that have exited the services by retirement and resignation in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [10082/20]