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301 records in IE in 2015
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2015
79. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the number of occasions the Naval Service was deployed in relation to work associated with the Corrib gas project from 2005 to date in 2015. [32452/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2015
78. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the number of fishing patrols undertaken by the Naval Service off the north Mayo coast to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32451/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2015
77. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence the reason the Naval Service turned down a request from An Garda Síochána to assist in a search operation (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason the Naval Service is not automatically involved in every search mission at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32450/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2015
76. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence the consideration that has been given by his Department to additional replacement and further modernisation of the Air Corps fleet. [32390/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2015
31. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any discussions he has had with the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Justice and Equality and-or Defence in relation to the system of oversight regarding the landing at Shannon Airport of civil aircraft used by foreign militaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
574. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the annual cost to his Department of fees paid to private for-profit companies to provide public services, for example, waste collection, motorway toll operators, public transport such as Veolia-Luas and private bus companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32721/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
573. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the annual cost to his Department of fees paid to private for-profit companies to provide services, such as consultancy work, recruitment services and other outsourced services, for example cleaning, catering and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32712/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
572. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the status of internal audit across his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees, as well as internal audit's adherence to professional standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32548/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
571. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the work being done by the Irish Naval Service saving refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. [32329/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
570. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the number of annual pension payments made by his Department that exceed €60,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32002/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
569. Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence if all Naval vessels are equipped with defibrillators; if appropriate training has been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31407/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
568. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Defence the costs to his Department or any agencies under his Department that were incurred due to the filming by a company (details supplied) at the UNESCO world heritage site Sceilig Mhichíl. [31352/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
567. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the deployment of Military Police in the monitoring of traffic speed limits; if Military Police were used in the detection of speeding for civilian vehicles; his views on the matter of Military Police supporting An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31186/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
566. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence in view of his power to do so, if he will waive or amend the four-year rule contained in Defence Force Regulations A9 (New Series), Dress and Medals and agree to bestow Distinguished Service medals on persons (details supplied) in recognition of their heroic actions in relation to a fire on board the LE Cliona in 1962. [31000/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
565. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the long delays in the convening of the Army Medical Board in relation to medical pension applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30694/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
442. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood defence works in the Claregalway region given the legal difficulties regarding an EU directive which necessitates further environmental impact statements and has delayed the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32254/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
635. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 23 June 2015, if any of his officials visited Tbilisi in Georgia to gather first-hand information on the damage caused, and to assess what practical assistance Ireland can provide; if he has been in contact with his counterpart in Georgia offering assistance, in particular Irish expertise in flood defence measures, to help prevent a recurrence of damage caused by flooding. [30391/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
357. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Defence his plans to increase the number of Permanent Defence Force members assigned to the general Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30353/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
356. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Defence when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30210/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
355. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence if his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department have performed an assessment of the potential savings to be accrued, if current paper-based application processes by members of the public were replaced with a fully online application system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30137/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
354. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the current and capital funding allocated to his Department; the underspend or overspend in 2015 to date under each category based on his Department's spending profile; the funding made available within and external to his Department's functions to support innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30122/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
353. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence if he is responsible for all board appointments where such power to appoint persons to State boards is vested in him by statute; if any politically appointed State employee outside of his Department is involved in decision-making concerning such appointments, in particular, if, during the lifetime of the Government, a named person (details supplied) has had any influence over any appointments made by him; if he or officials from his Department have corresponded with that person regarding the composition of and appointments to State boards to which he has statutory power to make appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30107/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
352. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline and itemise all expenditure undertaken by his Department on private travel for his and for his private office, on legal fees, on consultancy fees and on hotel accommodation, during the 12-month period to 30 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30067/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
351. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the cost in 2013 and 2014 of issuing hard copy payslips to staff or retired staff by his Department and agencies under the control of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30052/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
350. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the cost in 2013 and 2014 of printing reports by his Department and agencies under the control of his Department; the corresponding figure for annual reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30037/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
349. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the total cost of public advertising, statutory and non-statutory, funded by his Department in 2013 and 2014; the corresponding figure for agencies under the control of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30022/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
348. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a detailed cost break-down and a flight itinerary, including cost per hour, for the Government jet, of all costs associated with a trip (details supplied) including a list of all who were part of the delegation; if other Departments are contributing to the costs of the trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29978/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
347. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Defence the amount of investment from capital spending his Department has made in County Kildare since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29911/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
346. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form by county, a break-down of the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has dealt with in 2015 to date. [29880/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
345. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Defence Forces have recruited in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29879/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
344. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of overseas missions in which the Defence Forces are involved; the number of personnel involved in each mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29878/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
343. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force; the gender break-down of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29877/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
342. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender break-down of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29876/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
341. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence when the next meeting of the national emergency coordination committee will take place; the number of meetings that have taken place in 2015 to date; the number he has chaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29875/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
340. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of training hours lost, in terms of Reserve Defence Force members who did not attend Reserve Defence Force full-time training, as they had failed to have their AF 14c forms completed in the required time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29825/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
339. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his plans to put a mechanism in place to reimburse individual reservists who were forced to pay for their own medical due to the refusal by a general practitioner to conduct one to complete a AF 14c form under the conditions of agreement in operation by his Department and the Irish Medical Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29824/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
338. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of members of the Reserve Defence Force who have been refused a medical by their general practitioner in order to complete their AF 14c form; the number of documented cases that exist where the reservists in question reported that they have had to pay for this medical themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29823/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
337. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Forces are relying on private sector general practitioners, who are outside of the control of the Defence Forces, for the completion of AF 14c forms, which must be obtained by members of the Reserve Defence Force to complete their Reserve Defence Force full-time training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29822/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
336. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed in the Athlone Army barracks in County Roscommon. [29647/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2015
335. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Defence his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29582/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2015
157. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if he is aware that the Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks’ Representative Association, PDFORRA, has stated that the crew of the LE Eithne are not receiving the proper daily allowances from his Department and are being underpaid for their work, that PDFORRA believe the crew, who have rescued over 3,400 persons, should be entitled to the higher allowance, as the LE Eithne is armed, and the crew have been armed at various times; that PDFORRA have not received an offer from your Department on its second request for allowance increases, and believes the excellent work of the crew is not being properly rewarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29419/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2015
156. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 8 July 2015 if he will explain his statement that the use of anti-malaria medication, including Lariam, is in line with current Health Products Regulatory Authority approved summary of product characteristics, given that Primaquine in the formulary has also been included and it is not licensed by the authority. [29375/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2015
34. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if human rights criteria have been considered when granting export licences for military list products to Israel in the past ten years; if he will confirm that the Israeli Defence Forces are the end user of military list products exported to Israel; and if, on any of these occasions, a licence was refused due to the breaching by Israel of Criterion 2 of the 2008 European Union Common Position on Arms Exports. [28663/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015
712. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 502 of 23 June 2015, if any officials of his Department visited Tbilisi in Georgia to gather first-hand information on the damage caused, and to assess the practical assistance Ireland may provide; if he has been in contact with his counterpart in Georgia, and if he has offered assistance, in particular Irish expertise in flood defence measures, to help prevent a re-occurrence of damage caused by flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28290/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015
435. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel who have had their disability pension payments reduced under section 13(2) of the Army Pensions Act 1923 after receiving a settlement sum in legal proceedings in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29226/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015
434. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence the current average age of permanent staff employed within his Department; and the agencies under his Department's remit; the way this varies from the end of 2008 and the end of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29194/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015
433. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if his Department has had any discussions regarding Kildare County Council leasing his Department's properties, currently being occupied by persons who were formerly, or whose families were formerly, members of the Defence Forces; the feasibility of this option being delivered in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29021/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015
432. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence his views regarding the ownership of the sewerage infrastructure which serves Orchard Park in the Curragh in County Kildare; if this infrastructure has any relationship with Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29020/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015
431. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence in relation to estates or units of accommodation where the sewerage infrastructure is under the ownership of his Department, if the occupier of the dwelling is liable for a water charges bill; and if so, the reason. [29019/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015
430. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons suffering from glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency who were prescribed Primaquine while serving in the army in areas affected by malaria. [28840/15]