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51 records in IE in 2009
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
278 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his views on the position of a civilian employee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48087/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
277 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the number of agencies under his remit that have a role in the issuing of licences; the number of staff involved in the issuing of licences broken down by agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48053/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
276 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the number of agencies under his remit that have a role in the collection of payments; the number of staff involved in the collection of payments broken down by agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48037/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
275 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the number of agencies under his remit that have a role in carrying out inspections; the number of staff involved in the carrying out of inspections broken down by agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48023/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
274 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the agencies under his remit that process entitlement payments; the number of staff who process entitlement payments broken down by agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48009/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
273 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that No. 1 Gun Battery Collins Barracks, Cork is still part of the 31 Reserve Artillery Regiment; if it will continue to parade at its current location; is it included in the training plan for the RAR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47934/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
272 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons in the Reserve Defence Force qualified for gratuity in 2009 by unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47933/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
271 Deputy Ruairí Quinn asked the Minister for Defence the breakdown of the changes that will be made to programmes overseen by his Department to achieve the savings set out for his Department in budget 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47892/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
270 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for Defence the number of staff employed by his Department on 1 January 2009; and the number of staff employed on 10 December 2009. [47801/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
279 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Defence if, further to a previous parliamentary question in which he stated that upon the submission by the Irish Red Cross of a governance reform report to his office that an interdepartmental discussion between the Departments of Defence, the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs would take place, he will confirm that his Department will take part in these discussions with the Departments of Defence and the Taoiseach, as well as with the Irish Red Cross and International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and the International Committee of the Red Cross; the role the Department of Foreign Affairs will play in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48215/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
269 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence if he has received a copy of the Irish Red Cross governance reform report following the recent council meeting of the Irish Red Cross; his views on the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47780/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
268 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Defence his views, in view of the fact that the Irish Red Cross is an auxiliary to the Government in the provision of humanitarian services as endorsed by the Government at the 30th International Conference of the Red Cross, Red Crescent and state parties to the Geneva Convention in Geneva in 2007, on whether this role is in any way compromised by the many years of governance difficulties at the Irish Red Cross and the recent resignations of its chairman and secretary general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48214/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
267 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether the Irish Red Cross’s reputation and credibility within the International Red Cross movement has been damaged or compromised in view of the recent negative media articles on the Irish Red Cross (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48213/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
283 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence the amount spent by each Minister engaged in Government business on commercial flights during 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48223/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
282 Deputy Enda Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the location of all papers relevant to the British security archives, commonly referred to as the Kilmainham papers; if he will confirm that all material removed from the office of Sir Hauser Greenwood on 13 January 1922 at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham is now available for public perusal or historian research purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47729/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
281 Deputy Enda Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that selected material from the British security archives, referred to as the Kilmainham papers, was transferred to the National Library and the National Archives and that this material is available to the public; if he will further confirm that the remainder of these papers is lodged with the Irish Army intelligence corps under the aegis and responsibility of his Department but have not been available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47728/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
280 Deputy Enda Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that the British security archives, commonly referred to as the Kilmainham papers, are under the control of his Department; if these papers are available to the public and to historians for research purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47727/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
279 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence the number of times each Minister used the Government jet to date in 2009; the costs of using the Government jet to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47704/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
278 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the transfer of land (details supplied) in his Department’s possession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47699/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
277 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Defence the number of reports, documents and memos in his Department that have been translated into Irish since the commencement of the 30th Dáil; if he will give a breakdown of the reports and the cost per document of the translation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47552/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
276 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Defence if he will defend the spend of taxpayers’ money on such additional expertise, as provided by special advisers, when resources are scarce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47536/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
275 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Defence the details of the total cost of pension contributions associated with the retention of special advisers within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47521/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
274 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Defence the details of the annual salaries in cash amount, and not merely in grade level, of special advisers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47506/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
273 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Defence the name, title and number of special advisers in his Department between 1 January to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47491/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
272 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the protection of the Curragh Plains, County Kildare; if his Department, in seeking to make a report on the matter, will accept submissions from interested bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47278/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
271 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the number of primary and secondary schools using the swimming pool at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; if all applications have been provided for; the number of schools on a waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47277/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
307 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the number of personnel that are effective and non-effective respectively in the Reserve Defence Force; the number of these in each rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46902/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
306 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the number of application forms for enlistment in the Defence Forces held in each brigade; his plans in regard to these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46901/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
305 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Defence the circumstances surrounding the delay in providing casualty evacuation for an injured soldier on duty in Chad; the distance the soldier was from the Irish base at the time of the injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46806/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
304 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Defence the distance from the Irish base in Goz Beida in Chad to the location of the nearest dedicated casualty evacuation helicopter; the flight time for that journey; the helicopter casualty evacuation procedures in place for troops on long range patrols; if he can provide an assurance that troops injured or wounded on long range patrols can be airlifted by helicopter within the crucial first hour following injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46805/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
303 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Defence when he expects to open negotiations with Cork County Council in regard to a matter (details supplied); when this issue will be resolved; and the time scale expected to be involved. [46554/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
251 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the well-being of a person (details supplied), an Iranian academic, who was arrested in Iran on 9 July 2009; if an appeal hearing against the person’s sentence met international good practice regarding the person’s right to a defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47126/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2009
159 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Defence the procedure for calling out and using the members of the Reserve Defence Force to assist in emergencies; the extent to which use was made of them during the recent flooding difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46539/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2009
17 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform following the recent meeting of the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights at which the estimates for his Department were considered the reason for the delay of a capital project for the State Forensic Laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46278/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2009
200 Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons employed in his private office and his constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each office in tabular form; the number of persons employed in the private and constituency offices of the Ministers of State in his Department; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses in regard to each office in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46375/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2009
199 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence the number of State boards, agencies, regulators or other bodies under his remit; the cost of these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46049/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2009
176 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in addition to the Defence Forces members in the International Security Assistance Force, there are Irish civilians involved in Afghanistan; and if so, the cost of same. [46195/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2009
107 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Finance the provision of flooding defence that will be put in place for Carrick-on-Shannon. [46228/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009
344 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied the Irish Red Cross have appropriate plans and structures in place to disburse the moneys being collected to deal with the national flood emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45407/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009
343 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish Red Cross intends to introduce compulsory redundancies together with pay cuts, pension benefit reductions, pension contribution increases, reduction in time in lieu and abolition of privilege days for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45400/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009
342 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Defence the budgetary cost of continuing Ireland’s involvement in MINURCAT in Chad for the 2010 budgetary year; the costs involved in the termination of the mission as per the scheduled date; if he has published figures to date, included the costs of either; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45351/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009
341 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence the number of staff who received financial assistance to pursue courses in further or higher education in each of the past five years; and the number of such staff who were subsequently re-assigned to duties appropriate to their new qualifications. [45320/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009
340 Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who has gone through the interview process to join the Army; and when the moratorium on recruitment to the Defence Forces will be lifted. [45311/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009
339 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Defence the nature of vetting procedures applied to applicants when they join the Permanent or Reserve Defence Forces in view of reports concerning the alleged involvement of a small number of individuals in these forces; when the vetting procedures were last reviewed and revised; when he intends to introduce new or updated vetting procedures; the nature of changes made to those vetting procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45289/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
197 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Defence the reason the Reserve Defence Force was not used in the recent flooding emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45103/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
65 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Finance the date by which he was scheduled to have the new building for the Department of Defence fully equipped and operational; the date by which he expects this to occur; the cost as of 1 November 2009 for the building and equipping of the new departmental headquarters; the predicted cost on completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42221/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2009
244 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence when he will propose the nomination to the President of the new chairman to the central council of the Irish Red Cross; the selection criteria for such an appointment; if the views of all relevant stakeholders, that is, the central council and the staff of the Red Cross, will be sought in relation to this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44701/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2009
273 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence the cost in 2008 of heating all buildings owned or rented from which his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44420/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2009
272 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops deployed with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan; their role and function in that conflict; the number who have taken part in the mission since its inception; the cost to the Exchequer of the deployment to date; if he has plans to withdraw Irish troops from this mission in view of the fact that it is led by a military alliance involving combatant nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44375/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2009
271 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence the number of the 108 call outs of the explosive ordnance disposal team up to 15 November 2009 that were to genuine devices; the number of hoax devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44199/09]