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51 records in IE in 2016
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
573. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the gender balances on each of the State boards under his remit. [40724/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
572. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total use his Department has made of the Government jet per annum from March 2011 to February 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40695/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
571. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total use his Department has made of the Government jet since coming into office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40678/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
570. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the next meeting of EU defence Ministers will take place; the agenda for same if decided; his priorities for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40589/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
569. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve in 2015 and to date in 2016. [40588/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
568. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the army disposal unit has dealt with, by date in 2016, by county, in tabular form. [40587/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
567. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the most recent meeting of EU defence Ministers. [40586/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
566. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional recruits the Defence Forces have taken on to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40585/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
565. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the figures for the strength of the Defence Forces Reserve with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40584/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
564. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40583/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
563. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of Ireland’s participation in UNDOF and the UN decision to reoccupy the area of separation; the strategic concerns that exist for Irish deployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40582/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
562. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which his Department proposes to fulfill the large procurement projects such as APCs, aircraft and naval vessels, the needs for which are clearly outlined in the White Paper but for which no specific budgetary provision has yet been made. [40581/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
561. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a view on supporting proposals to exclude defence spending from the calculation of excess deficit rules. [40580/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
560. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the interdepartmental preparations his Department is participating in to ensure businesses here are well positioned to participate in new defence-related research funding schemes being set up by the European Commission. [40579/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
559. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which defence discussions within the EU are fragmenting into bilateral and mini-multilateral frameworks; and his views on the extent to which these conversations are taking place outside formal European structures. [40578/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2016
271. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has reached agreement with the insurance industry on the use of demountable defences; if the insurance industry has given any assurance that flood cover will be reinstated once a flood defence scheme involving demountable defences has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40645/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2016
256. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will reconsider a request in correspondence (details supplied); and if the reply provided to Parliamentary Question No. 1212 on the 17 May 2016 will be reconsidered in view of the current situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40396/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
702. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide all examples of entire units that have been centralised back to Dublin from within his Department; his Department's rationale for such moves; and if Cabinet approval was sought and given in each case. [40475/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
701. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for recognising members of the Civil Defence who provided medical care to members of the Defence Forces and the general public during the 1916 celebrations in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40192/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
700. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to ensure that adequate time is provided to community organisations to devise and submit proposals pertaining to the use of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath for the use of local community and voluntary organisations which are currently in situ and other organisations that wish to avail of the facilities in order to provide essential and vital services to the wider community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40189/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
699. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which specialist skills in dealing with security threats remain available to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40158/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
698. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps is adequately equipped to detect and-or intercept activity posing a threat to national security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40157/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
697. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he is confident that facilities such as advanced training, state-of-the-art technology and any specific military equipment is available throughout the Defence Forces with a view to ensuring a competence to deal with national or international security incidents; if he is satisfied that the Defence Forces have adequate liaison with other defence forces throughout Europe in the context of any potential threat to national security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40156/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
696. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he expects to be in a position to augment any deficiencies in the Defence Forces in the context of a terrorist attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40155/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
695. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which young unemployed persons have been able to join the Defence Forces; if a specific programme exists in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40154/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
694. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps and the Naval Service continue to co-operate in air-sea rescue missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40153/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
693. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defences Forces can be mobilised in the event of natural disasters, including flooding, in view of the preferability of early deployment and the need for the use of specified equipment in such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40152/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
692. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces are adequately equipped to deal with emergencies in respect of which they might be called upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40151/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
691. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which membership of the local Defence Forces continues to be maintained at a required level; the extent to which ongoing training standards and requirements are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40150/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
690. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which current ongoing training of the Army, Naval Services and Air Corps, including reserves, is scheduled in the course of the next three years; the extent to which such ongoing training meets international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40149/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
689. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total strength of the Defence Forces including reserves, Army, Naval Services and Air Corps; the number of women in each branch of the services; the likelihood of recruitment or replacements following retirements now and over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40148/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
688. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which military equipment including transport, communications and procedures in the Army continues to be upgraded and improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40147/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
687. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which Army, Naval Service and Air Corps training continues to be in line with modern and international best practice; if any particular procedures are shown to be in need of updating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40146/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
686. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current level of deployment and location of Irish troops overseas on UN- or EU-related missions; the extent to which further missions are planned or required; the extent to which the need for any upgrading of equipment has been noted arising from such deployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40145/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
685. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the name and number of Bills in preparation in his Department and published by his Department since May 2016; the Stage each Bill is at in the Houses of the Oireachtas; the number of Bills from his Department signed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40132/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
684. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the continued presence of the Defence Forces in the Golan Heights as part of the UNDOF mission could make Ireland complicit in a breach of international law by effectively facilitating the illegal occupation by Israel of Syrian land; his further views on whether the expertise and skills of the Defence Forces could be better used in DRC, Darfur or South Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40064/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
683. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to his decision to continue the use of Lariam for Defence Forces personnel serving in sub-Saharan Africa, if he will publish the medical advice that informed his decision on the matter; his views on continued use of Lariam, considering that it has been widely discredited in view of its negative psychological effects, which have been acknowledged by the UK Ministry of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40063/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
682. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment drive for the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service will commence early in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39967/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
681. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has been involved in any court proceedings that involved non-disclosure agreements in the past five years; and if so, if the specific court ruling prevented knowledge of the court proceeding being known and knowledge of the participants to the court proceeding from being made known for each of these agreements. [39864/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
680. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the time that is remaining to submit proposals regarding the former Columb Barracks site in Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39774/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
679. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current situation surrounding the former Columb Barracks site in Mullingar; if he has received any proposals regarding an alternative use for the barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39773/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
678. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the broad range of studies demonstrating the neurotoxic effects of mefloquine, Lariam, (details supplied) have been reviewed and taken into account by the chief medical officer in coming to the conclusion that the benefits of Lariam as a first line anti-malarial for the Defence Forces outweigh the costs. [39772/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
677. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the Defence Forces' use of the drug Lariam; if a distinction was made as to which serving members of the Defence Forces were provided with the drug; if the Defence Forces will continue to use the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39645/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
676. Deputy John Brady asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has used any private unsecured e-mail accounts for official business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39581/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
675. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the use of external public relations firms by his Department per annum since March 2011 in tabular form; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39499/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
674. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 per annum, in tabular form; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date. [39483/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
673. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total photography costs for his Department per annum since March 2011, inclusive of costs, incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, in tabular form; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39467/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
672. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proposed programme for the purchase of new naval vessels; and the role it is expected that they will undertake. [40173/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
671. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contingency plans his Department has drawn up to allow the rapid deployment of troops to respond effectively to flooding emergencies and other natural disasters. [39979/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2016
653. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the scope of the EU-wide youth corps, the European Solidarity Corps; if young persons are being invited to enlist now; if the range of activities are predefined or if young persons are signing up to unspecified tasks and commitments which might include defence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39652/16]