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Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
155. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number enlisted in the Permanent Defence Forces at present; the proposals for recruitment in 2024 and 2025; the projected enlistment by mid-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32662/24]
Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
154. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the recruitment plans for the Defence Forces for the remainder of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32661/24]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
153. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on deliberations into the Army HQ; and if Custume Barracks, Athlone is under strong consideration. [32404/24]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
152. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the future use of all buildings at Columb Barracks, Mullingar; and if he will prioritise the redevelopment of existing buildings in the barracks. [32403/24]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
151. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, regarding Level of Ambition (LOA), he will provide an update on the resourcing and recruitment needed to achieve LOA2; if he will provide a timeline for this in the form of year-on-year targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32366/24]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
150. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the plans for the improvement of the pay and conditions in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32365/24]
Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
149. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the engagement his Department has had with the UN authorities in relation to the death of a soldier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32364/24]
Question· writtenPQ 148asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
148. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the investigations into the death of a soldier (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32362/24]
Question· writtenPQ 147asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
147. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps personnel sent to the US for specialist Air Corps training in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [32294/24]
Question· writtenPQ 146asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service personnel sent to the US for specialist Naval Service training in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [32293/24]
Question· writtenPQ 145asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
145. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the average lifespan remaining of each of the military ships within the Naval Service that have been in the Naval Service fleet over 20 years, in tabular form. [31693/24]
Question· writtenPQ 144asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
144. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the average lifespan remaining of each of the military aircraft within the Air Corps that have been in the Air Corps fleet over 20 years, in tabular form [31692/24]
Question· writtenPQ 143asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital works projects currently ongoing at Casement Aerodrome; the estimated cost for each of these capital works projects; and when each of these capital works projects will be completed, in tabular form. [31593/24]
Question· writtenPQ 142asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
142. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of scheduled naval patrol days in the years 2019 to date; the number cancelled, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31537/24]
Question· writtenPQ 141asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
141. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Defence Forces; the current number; the number which applied in the years 2019 to date; the numbers inducted in the years 2019 to date, by branch and by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31536/24]
Question· writtenPQ 140asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
140. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Reserve Defence Forces; the current number; the number which applied in the years 2019 to date; the numbers inducted in the years 2019 to date, by branch and by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31535/24]
Question· writtenPQ 139asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
139. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the funding for the Reserve Defence Forces in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, by subheading or purpose, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31532/24]
Question· writtenPQ 138asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
138. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31531/24]
Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
137. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost of providing a member of the Defence Forces with a full medical examination. [31530/24]
Question· writtenPQ 136asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
136. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the expected number of discharges from the Defence Forces in each of the years 2024 to 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31529/24]
Question· writtenPQ 135asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
135. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the funding allocated to veteran's associations in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, by funding mechanism, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31528/24]
Question· writtenPQ 134asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
134. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost associated with Irish participation in United Nations peacekeeping missions in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date 2024, by mission; the time funds may have been received from the United Nations in relation to these missions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31521/24]
Question· writtenPQ 133asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
133. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount allocated to equipment upgrade and replacement programmes in the years 2019 to 2024; and the amount projected each year until 2030, by year and by programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31520/24]
Question· writtenPQ 132asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
132. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the estimated annualised average projected capital expenditure required to attain level of ambition 2 of the Commission on the Defence Forces by the years 2030, 2032 and 2035; the Government’s target for attaining Level of Ambition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31519/24]
Question· writtenPQ 131asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
131. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in the years 2019 to 2023, and to date in 2024, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31518/24]
Question· writtenPQ 130asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
130. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of medical personnel in the Defence Forces, by role, rank and cost, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31517/24]
Question· writtenPQ 129asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
129. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and type of accommodation units provided by his Department for Defence Forces use; the total number and type of accommodation units available to the Defence Forces; his targets in relation to increasing the provision of accommodation units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31469/24]
Question· writtenPQ 128asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
128. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of females currently in the Army and Air Corps at the rank of second lieutenant and above; and the number of females currently in the Naval Service at the rank of ensign and above, in tabular form. [31411/24]
Question· writtenPQ 127asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
127. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by State agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department, Government agency or State body in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31359/24]
Question· writtenPQ 383asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2024
383. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 802 of 23 May 2023, if he will provide the details sought and not yet provided in full, namely, the total cost of legal fees spent by the HSE in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 involving the defence of grievance and or dignity-at-work cases or advice on such cases taken by HSE employees against HSE managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30767/24]
Question· writtenPQ 285asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 July 2024
285. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice what circumstances are envisaged when applying for an order of anonymity in a court case; when it has been used in the past; who it is intended to protect; if the defence team should be informed of the intention to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30613/24]
Question· writtenPQ 34asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2024
34. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in each of the years 2020 to 2023; the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed across his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in the corresponding timeframe that had full-time contracts; and the number and percentage of people with disabilities employed in his Department and bodies under the aegis of his Department in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 that had part-time contracts, in tabular form. [30956/24]
Question· writtenPQ 33asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2024
33. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of Covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form (details supplied). [30218/24]
Question· writtenPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2024
32. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the flights flown by the Air Corps Pilatus PC-12 in May and June 2024; and the downtime or maintenance periods, if any, arising from such flights or otherwise. [30051/24]
Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2024
31. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the musical instruments purchased for the Defence Forces School of Music in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if those musical instruments are insured in the case of loss or damaged. [30050/24]
Record· Divisionvote_2carried
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 July 2024
Question again put:
Question· writtenPQ 498asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
498. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of members of the Defence Forces who applied for the working family payment; the number who claimed the working family payment, in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29875/24]
Question· writtenPQ 238asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
238. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when a flood defence scheme (details supplied) will advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29740/24]
Question· writtenPQ 132asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
132. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by their Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not, whether he would consider recording calls for transparency and training purposes. [29989/24]
Question· writtenPQ 131asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
131. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for the discharge rates in the Defence Forces for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date, in tabular form; the measures being taken to ensure that the current level of recruitment can address the level of discharge rates in the ranks throughout the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29798/24]
Question· writtenPQ 130asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
130. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the planning and development of military radar capabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29797/24]
Question· writtenPQ 129asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
129. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the measures that are being taken to increase the number of females applying under any future Defence Forces recruitment campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29796/24]
Question· writtenPQ 128asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
128. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Naval Service monitors the presence of naval vessels from other countries in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29795/24]
Question· writtenPQ 127asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
127. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on measures being taken to protect any threat of damage to vital subterranean and submarine infrastructure, with Ireland being a major international junction of such infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29794/24]
Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
126. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on risk assessments carried out on the safety impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29793/24]
Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by his Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29292/24]
Question· writtenPQ 124asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary Questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29274/24]
Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
123. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his office has ever received correspondence from the Defence Forces seeking powers to suspend members pending a criminal trial; and if so, the date and details of the correspondence. [29135/24]
Question· writtenPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
62. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how he intends to address the inadequate occupational pension provision for serving personnel who joined the Defence Forces after 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22157/24]
Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
49. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when flood defence construction works will advance in the upper River Lee area of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29438/24]