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Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
157. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on Ireland's new agreement with NATO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7952/24]
Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
156. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the legislative basis on which he approves Irish participation in NATO Partnership for Peace and the Individual Tailored Partnership Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7951/24]
Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
155. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the legislative basis on which he approves Irish participation in EU battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7950/24]
Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
154. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of people who retired from the Defence Forces in each of the years 2019 to date, by rank and by years of service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7903/24]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
153. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his proposals to support the work of veterans associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7902/24]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
152. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent monitoring by the Naval Service of a Russian oil tanker of the west coast of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7901/24]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
151. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place for capital investment in defence capability in 2024. [7843/24]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
150. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the refurbishment works that will be carried out at both Casement Aerodrome and Haulbowline Navy Base during 2024; and the nature of these works that will be carried out at both locations, in tabular form. [7842/24]
Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
149. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence in relation to the NATO Partnerships for Peace agreements and the attempt to increase Ireland’s Defence Forces interoperability with NATO standards and systems, if these agreements have any requirements for arms, equipment, systems or other infrastructure to be procured from manufacturers in NATO members states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/24]
Question· writtenPQ 148asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide the reasons a civilian plane visited the Irish Air Corps headquarters at Casement Aerodrome in 2004 (details supplied); if he will also provide the origin departure airport and any stops of this aeroplane as well as the original intended destination airport in Ireland; and if he will also provide the passenger and crew list. [7714/24]
Question· writtenPQ 147asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
147. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the timeframe required for the conclusion of Columb Barracks to be transferred to the LDA for the purposes of providing housing and associated social/community developments. [7548/24]
Question· writtenPQ 165asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 February 2024
165. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if agency nurses working in the Defence Forces without a contract will be given the same privileges, pay and conditions as those that have a contract; if the issues of pay and conditions for all the affected nurses will be harmonised and backdated; his plans, if any, to offer serving nurses full-time positions within the Force thereby removing the anomalies that exist and ensure fair and equal treatment for all concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7232/24]
Question· writtenPQ 79asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2024
79. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the three United Nations missions which Ireland has pledged $469,000 in support of; the training pledges renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6966/24]
Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2024
78. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the states which have provided the Irish Defence Forces with assistance regarding air lift capacity since 2013; the detail thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6965/24]
Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2024
77. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the divisions and units that operate within his Department; the agencies that operate under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6964/24]
Question· writtenPQ 76asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2024
76. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Defence Forces; the recruitment target; the number that have left, by branch and by year for the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6942/24]
Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2024
75. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of each branch of the Defence Forces; the current number; the number targeted for recruitment, by branch, in tabular form; the number who left, for each of the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6941/24]
Question· writtenPQ 74asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2024
74. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Reserve Defence Forces; the establishment figure; the targeted number of recruits; the number of applications; the number inducted, by branch, in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/24]
Question· writtenPQ 73asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2024
73. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there has been an increase in the amount of ammunition for automatic rifles expended at the Curragh and the Glen of Imaal army ranges since the beginning of 2021; and whether any of this ammunition was used for training soldiers from NATO countries. [6786/24]
Question· writtenPQ 72asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2024
72. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of his Department as well as non-governmental organisations and charities that are in receipt of funding from his Department, do not use any portion of such funding to campaign or promote a position in favour or against any outcome of the forthcoming referenda on Articles 41.1.1, 41.2.1 and 41.2.2 of the Constitution, thereby breaching the McKenna principles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6756/24]
Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
185. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 28 November 2023, if the medical records of a member of the Defence Forces were found to be incorrect and inaccurate, the procedure that is in place to put this miscarriage of justice right; the person or body to contact with new evidence and supporting documents (details supplied) to rectify this important issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6620/24]
Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
184. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Reserve Defence Forces; the recruitment target; the number who have left, by branch and by year, for the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6463/24]
Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
183. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Defence Forces; the recruitment target; the number who have left, by branch and by year, for the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6462/24]
Question· writtenPQ 182asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
182. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of qualified avionics technicians and cadet pilots in training currently within the Air Corps. [6213/24]
Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
181. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on his engagements regarding a European Union mission to the Red Sea; the position of Ireland in relation to such a mission; if Ireland will be contributing in any way towards the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6054/24]
Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
180. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 23 January 2024, if he has considered adopting a statutory ban on the training of military personnel in Ireland from states involved in illegal occupations, apartheid or genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6053/24]
Question· writtenPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
179. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 23 January 2024, if he intends to conduct a public consultation regarding his proposal to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; if he intends to allow the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny; if he will give an undertaking not to guillotine the legislation in either Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6052/24]
Question· writtenPQ 178asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
178. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 142 and 143 of 18 January 2024, the number of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates in the First Line Reserve; the number of applications to join the First Line Reserve received; the number within that have been enlisted in the years 2013 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6036/24]
Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
177. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 18 January 2024, if he considers the UNDOF peacekeeping mission an appropriate response to the situation in the Golan Heights; if the mission is in line with Irish foreign policy; his views on the level of risk involved; the latest analysis of his Department as to the level of risk involved; the extent to which the required skills or characteristics relate to Irish capabilities; if he believe the objectives and mandate of the mission is realistic, clear and has the potential to contribute to a political solution; if the operation is adequately resourced; and the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed on United Nations endorsed peacekeeping missions in the years 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6035/24]
Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
176. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure of the Defence Forces; its strength as of December 2023; the number in full-time induction training, that is, recruits, two-star training, cadet training or apprenticeship, by Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6034/24]
Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
175. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline the findings of the Permanent Defence Force adjudication finding of 24 May 2023: RACO and Department of Defence: conditions of service of the Director of Military Prosecutions; and if subsection 2(2A) as outlined within the Defence Forces Amendment Bill 2023 is consistent with the finding of the adjudication finding. [6033/24]
Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
174. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the rational and basis upon which he intends to place restrictions on Defence Forces representative associations through the Defence Forces Amendment Bill 2023; his views on the prohibition of representative associations from making public statements or commenting concerning political matters; his intended definition of ‘political matter’ within the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6032/24]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2024
151. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether his Department considered the use of the decommissioned vessels LÉ Eithne, LÉ Ciara and LÉ Orla by the Irish Coastguard or the Irish Naval Reserve for training purposes or as a maritime museum ship located at Haulbowline Island in Cork Harbour, as noted in a scoping study (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5952/24]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2024
150. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline in detail the process that is carried out when considering how to dispose of former naval vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5883/24]
Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2024
149. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the future of the decommissioned LÉ Ciara and LÉ Orla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5882/24]
Question· writtenPQ 148asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2024
148. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update of LÉ Éithne; the stumbling blocks that were identified preventing it being turned into a naval or maritime museum as suggested by many local authorities and port companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5881/24]
Question· writtenPQ 147asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2024
147. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has carried out a feasibility study in relation to proposals to turn the decommissioned naval vessel, LÉ Éithne, into a naval or maritime museum; if so, to provide an update on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5885/24]
Question· writtenPQ 146asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2024
146. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has been contacted by local authorities interested in acquiring the decommissioned naval vessel, LÉ Éithne, to be turned into a naval or maritime museum; if so, to provide an update on these requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5884/24]
Question· oralPQ 85asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 February 2024
85. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount spent on flood defence systems in each of the past ten years. [5302/24]
Question· writtenPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
53. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will consider awarding 1916 commemorative medals to veterans of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5713/24]
Question· writtenPQ 52asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
52. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence , further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 30 January 2024, the value of the contracts currently in place with companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5428/24]
Question· writtenPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5398/24]
Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5380/24]
Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
49. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5362/24]
Question· writtenPQ 48asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5344/24]
Question· writtenPQ 47asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
47. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of a new naval ship in Cork; and whether this has been reviewed in light of cost of similar ships to be purchased in Portugal. [5340/24]
Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form [5237/24]
Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
45. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Australian Defence Forces that have attended the Military College since 2018; the number currently attending the Military College. [5184/24]
Question· writtenPQ 44asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
44. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel stationed in each barracks/facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5047/24]
Question· writtenPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2024
43. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of trainees in the military medicine training programme who voluntarily left the Defence Forces and were required to refund the cost of such training, including the cost of pay and allowances paid to them during the period of attendance in the programme, in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [4951/24]
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