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51 records in IE in 2024
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2024
17. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies, by rank in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45600/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2024
4. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of recent unfounded, allegations against the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories; if he agrees that these spurious accusations deliberately misrepresent her criticism of Israeli acts of genocide and her defence of international human rights law; if he totally rejects these allegations; if he reaffirms the significance of the role and mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur in defence of international human rights law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45657/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
37. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth and east Meath since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45395/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
36. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline his proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45367/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
180. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if some form of monument or commemorative plaque will be put in place at Ballymullen Barracks, Tralee, to mark the burial place of the recently pardoned Sylvester Poff and James Barrett, who were hanged at the barracks in January 1883 for a murder they did not commit, with their bodies being buried in lime on-site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45283/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
179. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the timeframe in which he believes members of the Defence Forces will see their blanket exclusion from the protection of the Working Time Directive 2003 removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45254/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
178. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of naval patrols scheduled, conducted and cancelled in 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45253/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
177. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current establishment figure of the Defence Forces and Reserve Defence Force; that envisaged by LOA2 of the Report on the Commission of the Defence Forces; the effective strength and number currently enlisted; the number of applications received; the number inducted; the number who have been discharged; the number who have purchased their discharge; by year for 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024; by branch; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45252/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
176. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 17 October 2024, if his Department has compiled a list of the functions formally provided by the Defence Forces that his Government has outsourced since 2020. [45251/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
175. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total cost estimated to provide for a new east coast naval base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45200/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
174. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost of providing the Naval Service with a balanced fleet that would include tier 3-type OPVs, that is, fully integrated and combat-orientated platforms providing multi-asset integration in a defensive role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45199/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
173. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence once the Government successfully achieves level of ambition 2 as set out under the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, if he will provide an outline of the current total expected cost of achieving level of ambition 3 for each of Ireland’s domains (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45198/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
172. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the present establishment strength of the Naval Service, the Army and the Air Corps, respectively; the actual strength of each, broken down between men and women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45189/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
171. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of promotions from the rank of sublieutenant to lieutenant within the Naval Service, in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45053/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
170. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of promotions from the rank of second lieutenant to lieutenant within the Air Corps that occurred in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45052/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by his Department on handsets and phones bills over the same timeframe. [44856/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
168. 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 the estimated timeframe in which each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [44849/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
167. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital works carried going at Defence Forces headquarters; when each of those capital works projects will be completed; and the capital works projects at Defence Forces headquarters that will commence in 2025, in tabular form. [44848/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
166. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what steps are being taken to enhance the role of the Reserve Defence Force in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44691/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
165. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the progress being made with refurbishment works at the Curragh Camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44677/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
164. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if Irish peacekeepers have recorded any violations of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, UNSCR 1701, by all parties involved in the conflict in Lebanon over the past four weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44676/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
163. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to set out the process or method used to obtain authorisation to exercise animals, including horses, on the Curragh Plains; if the said authorisation is subject to renewal; and, if so, the timeline set out for renewal. [44566/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
162. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a detailed list of every animal type, whether livestock, equine-sporting or domestic, currently authorised to be exercised on the Curragh Plain, County Kildare. [44565/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
161. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail the enforcement measures for any breaches of the Curragh by-laws referenced in Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 23 October 2024, in tabular form. [44564/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
160. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many encroachments by horses from outside the Curragh area, that is, Curragh racecourse and other associated permitted areas, have been reported in the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [44563/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
159. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many illegal encampments the Curragh Rangers have engaged with and reported for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [44562/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
158. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 23 October 2024, to detail the enforcement measures for any breaches of the Curragh by-laws referenced, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44561/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
157. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 23 October 2024, with regard to the Curragh, County Kildare, and to the Curragh Rangers being tasked with litter removal on the Curragh plain, if he can clarify why there is a private firm engaged to clear litter from the Curragh plain; and the cost of same. [44560/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
156. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the plans he or his Department have for the Curragh military camp; what investment is being planned for the camp; the timelines for such investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44403/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
155. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what help is offered to those returning from overseas service to cope with any trauma, mental health issues or unforeseen experiences that those serving may have had to serve through; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44402/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
154. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the provisions of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Circular 4/2013 are being properly implemented by his Department; if he is satisfied that civil servants whose career breaks are coming to an end are being notified of appropriate vacancies; if he is concerned by instances where civil servants are having their career breaks extended unnecessarily where the Department has appropriate vacancies to fill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44371/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
153. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of civil servants, by grade, in his Department who were on a career break in 2023 and 2024; the number of those who in 2023 and 2024 were on a career break of five years or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44298/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
152. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a schedule in respect of the number of instances in which the military intelligence branch has placed tracking devices on vehicles as part of investigations; whether these trackers left the jurisdiction, and on how many occasions per tracker, in the past ten years to date; the jurisdictions in which the tracker visited; whether it returned to the State; and the value of items intercepted and or seized as a result of these surveillance engagements, in tabular form. [44271/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
151. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to examine a case (details supplied) and have it reviewed urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44256/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
150. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44144/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
149. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide the number of staff vacancies, by grade, in his Department at the end of August 2023 and August 2024; and the number of staff, by grade, on a career break of more than five years and more than six years, at the end of August 2023 and August 2024. [44121/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2024
79. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the status of proposed legislation to remove the blanket exclusion of members of the Defence Forces from the protections of the Working Time Directive; and when he intends to publish a heads of Bill. [43204/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2024
14. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans for Columb barracks, Mullingar; the extent of the lease or licence secured from the Department of Defence, and if the area under licence will be broadened. [43580/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2024
46. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the working practices of the Curragh Rangers. [43500/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2024
45. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the system, if any, in place for identifying who owns any particular sheep or flock of sheep currently grazing on the Curragh, County Kildare. [43499/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2024
44. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide the number of sheep grazing on the Curragh, County Kildare, for the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43497/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2024
43. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide the acreage of the Curragh, County Kildare. [43496/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2024
42. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if any of the Naval Service ships have capabilities for a helicopter landing pad within the ship; and, if not, whether there are plans to have this facility. [43370/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
158. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will advocate for the introduction of an occupational supplementary pension for post 2013 Defence Forces personnel, to bridge the four year gap that now exists between forced retirement at 62 yeas and access to the State pension at 66 years considering this cohort makes up well over 50% of all Defence Forces personnel of all ranks; the issue also impacts the Fire Brigade, Prison Service and Garda; 79% of post 2013 Defence Forces officers do not see a long term future in the Defence Forces due to these inferior and unviable pension arrangements. [43238/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
157. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to confirm that the agreed time-off-in-lieu measures and overseas reunion flights, approved by him in February 2024 under the working time directive, will be introduced without further delay; specifically that all members of the 125th Infantry Battalion UNIFIL, due to deploy to Lebanon in late November 2024, will be able to avail of these flights; and that all residential career courses currently ongoing in the Defence Forces will receive the agreed time off. [43237/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
156. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the necessary legislative provisions to implement the working time directive will be enacted with consideration for previous announcements (details supplied). [43236/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
155. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacant properties owned by his Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43139/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
154. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide the details of costings provided to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in the context of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 review conducted earlier this year; and to provide a breakdown of each project and its projected cost in each of the years 2025 to 2030. [42712/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
153. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to further improve pay and working conditions for lower-ranking Defence Forces personnel, especially given the ongoing retention and recruitment challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42592/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
152. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will confirm the specific projects that will benefit from the Defence Forces' capital spending allocation, which is set to increase to €220 million by 2026; how this will impact operational capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42591/24]