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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2023
83. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if it is mandatory for personnel deploying overseas with UNIFIL to be Covid-19-vaccinated (details supplied). [49346/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2023
196. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a 2016 service medal (commemorating the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49147/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2023
22. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the various capital works projects taking place at Sarsfield Barracks. [48864/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2023
21. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of each aircraft currently being used by the Air Corps. [48863/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
200. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48702/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
199. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48686/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
198. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48654/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
197. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of fish kills caused by the Irish Air Corps since 1991 in rivers near Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, County Dublin, in particular the River Camac, and the steps taken to make sure such fish kills never happen again. [48393/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
196. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48309/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
195. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the value of all contracts for goods or services purchased by the Defence Forces from Israel and Israeli-based firms over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48042/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
194. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department engages a company (details supplied); if so, the duration and nature of the work; the cost of same to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48007/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
193. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the independent review into allegations of abuse in the Defence Forces. [47895/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
192. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide clarity and additional information on the statement made by the Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and at the Department of Education (details supplied). [47894/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
191. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of apprentice carpenters in the Defence Forces; and the supports available to those who are required to temporarily relocate for the academic portion of said apprenticeship. [47891/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
190. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Palestinian Authority, any organ of the Palestinian Authority, or any engagement within, or with organisations in, the occupied Palestinian territory, in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47820/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
189. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47802/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
188. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on the reason the Defence Forces will no longer train officer cadets from Malta at the Defence Forces Cadet School in the Military College in the Curragh, County Kildare; the number of requests received to facilitate the training of Maltese cadets since 2009, by year; the number refused, in tabular form; if this is intended to be a temporary or permanent cessation; if temporary when the cadet school is expected to be in a position to facilitate such again; when any changes to existing policy were communicated to the Armed Forces of Malta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47798/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
187. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his Department’s targets for the issuing of forestry licences in 2023 and 2024; the number issued to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47793/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
186. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of the advertising spend of his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department, by national media outlet and local newspaper outlet, for each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form. [47727/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
185. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47642/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
184. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason for the delay in the provision of the Defence Forces pensions and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47478/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
183. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that all necessary precautions are being taken to ensure the safety of Irish troops based in Lebanon; and if there is a process in place to keep their families briefed, in view of the volatile situation currently in Lebanon and the wider region. [47368/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2023
182. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47331/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2023
124. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in training to become a qualified air traffic controller; and when each of these persons will qualify, in tabular form. [47153/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2023
56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on flood relief and flood defence schemes in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47026/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2023
53. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details of the current allocation for flood defence schemes for 2023 and 2024; if he is considering an emergency increase due to recent devastating floods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47035/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2023
47. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of dentists, pharmacist, nurses and doctors in the Defence Forces medical corps; the number of those posts that are vacant; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [46863/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2023
46. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department, or any body under the aegis of his Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue from organisations (details supplied) from 2021 to date; if so, the topic discussed; the fees paid to the organisations for these briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46748/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
173. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport in relation to the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order for US military contracted planes to take weapons through Shannon Airport and Irish airspace, if he can clarify what weapons, if any, have been transported through Shannon Airport with the purpose of being transferred to the Israel Defense Forces to be used on Palestinian civilians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46491/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
146. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of his Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each; if not, if he will direct that such a dedicated email address be established to facilitate more efficient communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46539/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
145. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies, by rank currently in the Defence Forces School of Music; and when will each of the vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [46466/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2023
144. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail his EU counterparts he has spoken with formally to date in 2023, in tabular form. [46465/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2023
94. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how the people of Clare will benefit from his Department’s allocations in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45769/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2023
93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and the costs associated with same in each of those years. [45392/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
177. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 10 October 2023, the reason the Minister of State for the OPW makes no commitment to meet with the elected members of the Inishowen Municipal District, Donegal County Council, as they have repeatedly requested, to examine how the flood defence works at Burnfoot, County Donegal, can be more speedily advanced, considering that the Minister of State for the OPW stated that he was open to meeting the locally elected members in two previous responses to Parliamentary Questions on the matter. [44977/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
115. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 3 October 2023, if he will provide detail on the nature of the data breaches suffered by his Department; the severity of the breaches; if all individuals whose information was compromised were notified of the breach; if the Data Protection Commission was notified of all data breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45331/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
114. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent on purchasing replacement specialist fire appliances for the Defence Forces Fire Services in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form [44841/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2023
113. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of females who are currently in recruit training in each branch of the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44666/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2023
63. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a statement on members of the Defence Forces pay; how it compares with members of An Garda Síochána; and whether there are any plans for pay increases.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44366/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2023
62. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department is currently undertaking work in relation to the establishment of a national security or intelligence agency; the intended timeframe in which in which they intend to publish a heads of or draft Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44365/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2023
61. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five years in respect of matters which are the responsibility of his Department; the nature of the cases and judgements in question; the total amount in euro of fines and/or penalties paid to date associated with each adverse finding broken down by amount paid by day, week, month and so on, as per the judgement; the remedial procedures, if any, that have been undertaken by the State to address each of the judgements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44326/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2023
372. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the amounts paid through the legal aid scheme to defence counsel in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [43989/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2023
151. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the Minister of State for the OPW will meet with the elected members of the Inishowen municipal district, Donegal County Council, as they have repeatedly requested, to examine how the flood defence works at Burnfoot, County Donegal, can be advanced more speedily, in order that eight families can be returned to their council homes that were vacated for safety reasons after the August 2017 flood in the area and to assure other local affected homeowners and businesses. [44003/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2023
50. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the full complement of buildings and lands owned by his Department, or by agencies under the aegis of his Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44153/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2023
49. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence following the successful operation of the Joint Task Force in interdicting a huge drugs consignment off the Irish coast, and acknowledging the importance of having members of An Garda Síochána and the Revenue Commissioners on secondment to the Maritime Operations Centre in Lisbon, if it is intended that an Irish naval officer would also be seconded there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43764/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2023
48. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces own properties or sites which are vacant or derelict; if so, the number and addresses of such properties; if they are recorded on the vacancy or dereliction registers; and the reason for which they are vacant or derelict, in tabular form. [43706/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2023
47. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out Gormanstown Camp to date in 2023; if each refurbishment works programme is completed or still ongoing; and if still ongoing, when those refurbishment works will be completed, in tabular form. [43651/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2023
46. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has spoken to the United States Secretary for Defence to date in 2023. [43650/23]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2023
63. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of general schemes referred by his Department to an Oireachtas committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42945/23]