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201 records in IE in 2015
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
495. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Defence if he will support the Reserve Defence Force recommendation for the White Paper on defence (details supplied). [37513/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
494. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37359/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
493. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence to outline the allocation for his Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37275/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2015
492. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence to set out the estimated expenditure of his Department in 2015 in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for 2015; the extra expenditure or savings in this budget during the year to date; when and under what process this expenditure and these savings were approved; and his Department's budget for expenditure in 2016. [37259/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
77. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; and the number of these where the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request or was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary resources to complete the request within the original time frame were not available. [36745/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
76. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Defence when the viewing stand tickets will be issued to the family members of those being remembered next year in the 1916 commemorations. [36675/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
59. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the announcements to recruit new members of An Garda Síochána, if he will address the issue where former members of the Defence Forces who are successful in their application will lose their pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36740/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
58. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the use of tyres in flood defence works, particularly given their use in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36737/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2015
51. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware, of the difficulties facing former members of the Permanent Defence Force participating in community employment schemes, or similar schemes, or training schemes, as they are not eligible to sign on for social welfare payments or credits, that many of these former members of the Defence Force completed their service at a young age, and are anxious to participate in the labour force and-or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36757/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
560. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the recent killing of civilians by the Israeli Defence Forces, if he will re-examine Ireland's role in pursuing an arms embargo against Israel. [36451/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
359. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36049/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
358. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence in the event of the European Union Naval Force Operation – Mediterranean, Operation Sophia, migrating to phase two and phase three, as authorised by the European Council on 18 May 2015, if Ireland will participate in either or both phases; if the consent of the coastal state concerned is obtained in the absence of a United Nations Security Council Resolution, or if Ireland will be prevented from participating in this operation by the triple lock policy or the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 20 of 2006). [36020/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
357. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if Ireland was one of the 21 European Union member states participating in phase one of the European Union Naval Force Operation – Mediterranean, Operation Sophia, established by the European Council on 18 May 2015, which reached its full operational capability on 27 July 2015. [36019/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
356. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Defence his plans to close Saint Bricin's Military Hospital in Dublin 7; if so, the timeframe for the closure; in the event of closure, if the Government is committed to building a purpose-built military hospital in another location; if it is not to close, if the Government will ensure that it is included in the upcoming legislation from the Department of Health covering local hospital groups, thus ensuring that the clinical governance and services available there meet agreed national best practice; if he will commit to ensuring that adequate investment in the hospital is made to bring it up to acceptable national standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35954/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
355. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Defence his plans for a recruitment drive for the Naval Service and for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36550/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
354. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if his Department requested Kildare County Council to delist any structures at the Magee Barracks site in Kildare town; if, in the event of the sale of this property, he will make arrangements for the retention and preservation of the historic gates and their allied boundary railings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36535/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
353. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if increasing the air ambulance service's mission hours to 1,400 would require the procurement of an additional helicopter or helicopters; and if so, the cost of same. [36496/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
188. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a special dispensation for retired members of the Defence Forces, with no other means other than their pension, to avail of social welfare supports, and participation in various schemes. [36443/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
152. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the cash for gold report of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality; the action she will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35774/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2015
139. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Government's response to the March 2013 report on penal reform from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. [35311/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2015
95. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills the relationship that exists between her Department and the Department of Defence in relation to the operations of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will define the responsibilities in relation to maintenance and improvement works, as they relate to either Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35854/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2015
89. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the bombing of the hospital in Kunduz in Afghanistan by the armed forces of the United States of America on 3 October 2015, with a request under the Geneva Convention, and to support Médecins sans Frontières, who lost many of its staff in this bombing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35891/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2015
42. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the staffing structure his Department has in place to oversee and manage the Curragh Plains in County Kildare; the annual cost of such management; his plans to further improve the management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35856/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2015
148. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the arrangements for sovereign airspace security, including the respective roles of the different domestic and foreign agencies, are compatible with Article 15(6) of Bunreacht na hÉireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35665/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2015
147. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the agency ultimately responsible for co-ordinating the inter-agency effort to provide sovereign airspace security, including responsibility for civil and military de-confliction, in the event of an airspace incursion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2015
146. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the agreed respective roles of his Department, the Defence Forces, the Irish Aviation Authority and any other national or foreign agencies which have a defined and agreed role relating to the surveillance, security and defence of Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35663/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2015
145. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the policies, procedures and agreements in place in the event of rogue, unidentified, non-communicating, non-transcending or foreign military aircraft operating without diplomatic clearance entering Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35662/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2015
144. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence if he will ensure a disability army pension is granted and paid to a person (details supplied) without further delay. [35606/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
122. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence to set out the extent to which all outstanding moneys due from the United Nations in respect of overseas deployment of the Army, Navy and Air Corps have been paid up to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35139/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
121. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence to set out the extent to which the number of women in the Army, Navy and Air Corps has fluctuated in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35138/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
120. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence to outline the extent of the recruitment proposed or required in respect of the Army, Navy and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35137/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
119. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence to outline the extent to which agreement and provision has been made in respect of members of the Defence Forces who are due to retire on foot of service, but who are keen to remain on for an extended period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35136/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions outstanding, or waiting to be filled, in the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35135/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
117. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions outstanding, or waiting to be filled, in the Navy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35134/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
116. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions outstanding, or waiting to be filled, in the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35133/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
115. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Irish Navy has participated in overseas rescue missions in the Mediterranean; the extent to which such action continues to be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35132/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
114. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the degree to which the Navy and Air Corps continue to maintain coastal surveillance and are available for air and sea rescue in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35131/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the degree to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the Defence Forces to meet emergencies of a security or natural disaster situation; if the Army, Navy and Air Corps continue to be developed in line with requirements to meet such contingencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35130/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
112. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the degree to which he expects the Army, Navy and Air Corps to continue to participate in overseas missions in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35129/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
111. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which members of the Air Corps at all levels continue to participate in training and overseas missions in line with the rest of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35128/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
110. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects the strength and capacity of the Air Corps to develop in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35127/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
109. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he expects the Air Corps to benefit from recent reviews and discussions with particular reference to modernisation and development in line with similar forces throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35126/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he will explain his refusal to amend Defence Forces regulation 9, new series, for the four year rule for granting of Distinguished Service Medals for the fire on board the LE Cliona in 1962, with particular reference to comments made by him at the annual commemoration in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham this year that nobody would be forgotten. [34757/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the extent of aid-to-the-civil-power duties for Defence Forces personnel per month in 2015 to date related to guarding United States of America military aircraft at Shannon and Baldonnel airports; the cost and numbers of personnel hours involved; and if he is satisfied with this arrangement. [34756/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
32. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence his views on the consideration given to the contradiction between Ireland's traditional position of neutrality and the new Defence Forces strategy as outlined in the White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34264/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
31. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the circumstances surrounding the delay in involvement by the Naval Service in a recent search in County Mayo which had been requested by An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34500/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
30. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence his priorities for Columb Barracks in Mullingar in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34450/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
29. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the role the Defence Forces are playing in the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean; and his future plans for this role. [34385/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2015
28. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence his views that the new White Paper on Defence contradicts itself, as it has a pledge to maintain military neutrality, which it characterises as non-membership of military alliances and non-participation in common or mutual defence arrangements, while also stating another pledge to deepen Ireland’s relationships with the European Union on Common Security and Defence Policy and with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. [34517/15]