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351 records in IE in 2008
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2008
455 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Defence the amount of money spent on capital investment by his Department for each year since 1997 in each of the 26 counties. [35389/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2008
104 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence if public bodies here have invested funds in Icelandic financial products; the status of such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35504/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2008
59 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the expenditure to date arising from our participation in EU battlegroup operations in Chad and elsewhere; and if any of this money can be recouped from the EU or other bodies. [35169/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2008
58 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the payments Ireland has made and has received from the United Nations in connection with peacekeeping operations on behalf of the United Nations in each of the past 15 years. [35168/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2008
57 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence the operational issues that would have to be considered to ensure continued Defence Force participation in peace-keeping in Chad, if EU forces are replaced by a UN mission in March 2009; if participation could continue, if the UN replaces the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35129/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2008
56 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or its agencies, since 2000 to date in 2008; the value and the length of any contract signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35098/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2008
246 Deputy Bernard Allen asked the Minister for Defence the action he will take in view of a High Court ruling to ensure that a person (details supplied) will get fair procedures; and if he will take the necessary action to fulfil the spirit of the High Court ruling of July 2005. [34919/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2008
245 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Defence if he will clarify recent reports that he is considering the closure of military barracks; if he is contemplating the closure of James Stephens Barracks, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34725/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2008
244 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence if there are EU measures in his Department which require to be transposed into Irish primary or secondary legislation; if so if he will detail those measures; when they were drafted by the EU Commission; when he will transpose them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34646/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2008
243 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of EU measures which have been transposed into primary or secondary legislation by his Department in the past 12 months; if he will list each measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34631/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2008
242 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence if he has completed his list of information obligations which their regulations impose on businesses; if so, the obligations involved; if not, when such a list will be finalised; if the most burdensome obligations, the regulations that they impose and the costs on businesses have been identified; if these costs, as they apply to businesses, have been measured; or if this aspect of the project has not been completed, the date by which this will be done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34589/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2008
241 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the number of new agencies created since 1997 to date in 2008; the budget for each in all of those years; and the number of staff employed. [34421/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2008
162 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position in regard to EU emergency battlegroups or response forces; the extent of agreement and formation to date, current operations and future proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34375/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2008
5 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Defence Force participation in peacekeeping in Chad will continue in the event that EU forces are replaced by a UN mission in March 2009; his views on the UN replacing the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34247/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2008
297 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence if he will attend a ceremony (details supplied) to mark the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34214/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2008
296 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a notice to vacate by 30 October 2008 has been issued by his Department to a number of families living in Cathal Brugha Barracks married quarters in Rathmines, Dublin 6; and if he will meet with the families concerned who have resided in the quarters for more than 30 years. [34119/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2008
362 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Defence his carbon footprint and that of each Minister of State in his Department; the change in this footprint after one year in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33333/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2008
239 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of units of accommodation in the Defence Forces married quarters in McKee Park Barracks; the number which are still occupied; the plans for the future use of these units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33088/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2008
238 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of their full pension entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33044/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2008
154 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the number of soldiers who still receive a Border allowance; the reason this allowance is paid; the amount of money paid annually under this heading; the way in which he will respond to the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
477 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Defence the number of civil servants and other public servants in his Department who had been decentralised from Dublin to other locations by the original deadline for the completion of the plan of December 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33054/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
476 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the number of Department owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, reported lost, missing or stolen from his Department to date in 2008; the number of same later recovered or found; the number still missing; if sensitive or private data was compromised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32416/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
475 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations where they can be viewed; if a system of whole disk encryption has been rolled out to all laptops in his Department; the date by which he expects a satisfactory security policy on portable electronic data devices to have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32401/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
474 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the reason he has chosen to issue notice to quit to tenants of his Department at the Defence Forces married quarters (details supplied) in Dublin 6; his views on whether 48 days notice for vacant possession, letter dated 11 September 2008 to families to vacate 30 October 2008, is breaking the law under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 whereby a tenant is entitled to a minimum of four months notice; the location where he expects these tenants to live; his views on the proposed evictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32065/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
473 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence the State sponsored bodies, quangos and other agencies within the remit of his Department that have the power to issue compulsory purchase orders; the number of CPOs that have been initiated by such agencies for the years 2005 to date in 2008; the purpose of such CPOs; the outcome in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32027/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
472 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Defence if he will list in regard to his Department and State agencies or bodies operating under the aegis of his Department, the original proposal announced in December 2003 in regard to decentralisation; the position in regard to each such proposed decentralisation; the number which have been completed; the number of persons who have been relocated; the number and proportion who have been relocated from Dublin or from other locations; the number of projects that have to be completed; the target date for completion in each case; the number of proposed projects that will not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32012/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
471 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Defence the bonuses awarded by his Department to staff members for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number and proportion of staff in receipt of bonuses for each of those years; the average bonus paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31997/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
399 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the fee payable to register with the Garda National Immigration Bureau was recently raised by 50%, from €100 to €150; the further reason there was no consultation with the relevant institutions concerned, particularly the Higher Education Authority and the Department of Education and Science; the proposed areas to be covered by the funds raised through this increase in fees; the specific border control reasons cited by his Department in defence of this price increase; the reason students need to provide original documents from banks indicating that they have €1,000 in their accounts and to provide details as to the way in which this figure was calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32557/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2008
396 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the upper age limit of a person applying to join An Garda Síochána; if this age limit applies to persons who have served in the Garda Reserve and the Defence Forces; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that other countries have much higher age limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32500/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2008
238 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Defence if he will request Coiste An Asgard to use the Jeanie Johnston as a sail training vessel to replace Asgard II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31818/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2008
237 Deputy Kieran O’Donnell asked the Minister for Defence the moneys under the decentralisation programme for the period from 3 July to date in 2008 that have been expended, properties purchased and employees decentralised specifying all relevant locations under each of these headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32112/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1385 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Defence the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31644/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1384 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the purpose of the Irish Naval Service’s LE Orla presence in the Broadhaven Bay area off County Mayo in early September 2008; the person who requested their presence; if it was the Gardaí, or Shell Corporation; and the Naval Service vessel which was directed to take over the LE Orla’s normal fisheries protection and anti-smuggling operations. [31362/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1383 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence the bonuses, merit awards and other payments above the basic salary they have approved for the heads of State agencies, boards and other quangos for 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the basis on which they made the decision to approve such awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31190/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1382 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence the number of Civil Service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of civil service staff dealing with constituency matters in the offices of Ministers of State within his Department; and the cost in salaries for these staff per annum. [31126/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1381 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Defence the pre-acquisition scoping process embarked upon prior to the order and purchase of the Dauphin helicopters for use by the Air Corps; the reasons for their subsequent unsuitability and sale to a foreign army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30822/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1380 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Defence the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the number of such staff who are political appointees, the cost for 2007 of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses and the projected cost for 2008 of each such office in terms of salary, overtime and expenses in respect of the private and the constituency office of him and each Minister of State within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30624/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1379 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Defence the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and pension entitlements of the chief executive officer of every public agency or quango under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30609/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1378 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Defence the number of occasions an Air Corps helicopter has been used in 2007 and to date in 2008; the person by whom it was used; the reason it was deployed; the costs of use on each occasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30426/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1377 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of his Department since the enactment of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30390/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1376 Deputy Bernard Allen asked the Minister for Defence if the Naval Service are employers under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; if so, his views on whether a safe place of work has been provided for the officers and men; and if monitoring of their property adjacent to Haulbowline has been undertaken by an occupational hygienist. [30280/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1375 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the decentralisation of the Defence Forces Headquarters to the Curragh; the costs incurred to date; the estimated cost of the project; the timeframe involved in completing the move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30266/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1374 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the decentralisation to Newbridge; the costs incurred to date; the estimated cost of the project; the timeframe involved in completing the move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30265/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1373 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Defence the number of laptop computers, data storage devices and USB memory sticks that have been stolen or lost from his Department in 2007 and to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30142/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1372 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Defence the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30127/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1371 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost of sending staff to the conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29990/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1370 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since 2000; the value of the contracts and the length of contract signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29708/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1369 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the State agencies related to his Department. [29567/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1368 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Defence the number, type and purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29549/08]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2008
1367 Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Defence the progress on the sourcing of alternative accommodation to facilitate the Reserve Defence Force in Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29308/08]