Results 101-120 of 135 for going forward speaker:Paul Kehoe

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...between the Department of Defence, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and PDFORRA. These improved payscales, have been backdated to 1 July 2016. The payments were made to relevant personnel on 30 August 2017. Going forward, there is the potential for further increases arising from the recent negotiations on the extension to the Lansdowne Road Agreement. The Public Service...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (10 May 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...challenges in the Defence Sector in more detail. The Public Service Pay Commission has commenced this work and has requested detailed information from the Department of Defence. My Department has forwarded an initial tranche of information to the Deaprtment of Public Expenditure and Reform. Further data and information in relation to the Defence sector will be forwarded in the coming...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...to and from UNDOF. In October 2018, there was a delay of personnel coming home and also a very short delay in April 2019. I am very much aware that personnel and their families very much look forward to getting home on the scheduled date. On my own behalf and on behalf of the Defence Forces, I accept these delays are regrettable. However, this is totally out of our control as it is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (18 Oct 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...personnel on 30 August 2017. On completion of recruit and three star training newly qualified 3 star Privates and their Naval Service equivalent can expect minimum gross annual earnings of €27,000 (inclusive of military service allowance). Going forward, there is the potential for further increases arising from the recent negotiations on the extension to the Lansdowne Road...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: ...for which details are available, was 9,025, comprising 7,233 Army Personnel, 718 Air Corps Personnel and 1,074 Naval Service. The manpower requirement of the Defence Forces is monitored on an ongoing basis in accordance with the operational requirements of each of the three services. Personnel are posted on the basis of operational needs across the organisation both at home and abroad and...

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Paul Kehoe: As many Members raised the issue of pay, that will be the first issue I will address. Thereafter, I will try to go through as many of the issues people have raised with me as possible. There have been significant improvements in pay for members of the Defence Forces under the Lansdowne Road agreement, particularly for lower-paid members. The pay scales will increase further in all ranks...

Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Nov 2005)

Paul Kehoe: .... Without communication, resentments can fester, leading to future trouble in the workplace. The industrial peace secured by the rainbow coalition has been threatened by the "could not care less" governing style of this current coalition. Thanks to a European directive, the Minister is finally bringing through the Dáil a Bill which provides some movement on the important plank of...

Report of the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Motion (23 May 2024)

Paul Kehoe: ...no matter what we put into mental health, it will never be enough. We all want more but I know as a former Minister of State that you have to fight for your budget and funding. You do not just go in and ask and get what you want; you have to prove what you are doing. Once you do your work, you will get your funding increased. I welcome the youth mental health office. It is very...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)

Paul Kehoe: ...years because it worked extremely well. I believe this Government and future Governments can look at it. It was a good way of debating our Constitution. Some real and controversial issues were brought forward in a completely different manner from that used in the past. It was good to see that working. I assure the House that I will give the outstanding issues that must be debated...

Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...says can change that. If we are to have a European army, it will be a matter for the Senator and every other citizen in this country to decide. It will not be a matter for me. It would have to go to a referendum. The world in which we live is a different place compared with ten or even five years ago. Every Senator has to recognise that. The threats that we face today are different...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (28 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...), between the Department of Defence, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and PDFORRA. These improved payscales have been backdated to 1 July 2016. The payments were made to relevant personnel on 30 August 2017. Going forward, there is the potential for further increases for public servants, including members of the Permanent Defence Force, arising from the recent negotiations on...

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Paul Kehoe: ...action plan on 30 November last. This is simply a proposal from the Commission. It has not been discussed or agreed by the member states or the European Parliament. As such, it has yet to go through the wide ranging and extensive EU procedures before any part of it becomes a reality. The aim of the plan is to explore how EU policies and instruments can ensure that the EU's...

Dáil Reform: Statements (2 Jun 2011)

Paul Kehoe: ...fit for purpose in the 21st century. The House has two primary functions, namely, to legislate and to scrutinise the work of the Government of the day. The proposals which the Government will put forward for Dáil reform will address both of these. While the Government will play its part in bringing forward appropriate proposals, it will be incumbent on the other parties and all Members...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Paul Kehoe: ...200 km, some 110 km of which is in the form of beaches, and it has been completely battered during the past six to eight weeks. I am glad that some of the Members opposite decided not to blame the Government for the bad weather and placed that fact on the record of the House. We tend to get the blame for everything else. The Government is going to be obliged to provide funding in order...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (7 Jul 2015)

Paul Kehoe: The next census of population will take place on 24 April next year. This is a major undertaking for the Central Statistics Office and requires detailed forward planning in order for census enumerators to call at every home in Ireland to deliver in the region of 1.8 million census forms. The CSO works hard to ensure that the information collected and provided from the census remains current,...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Paul Kehoe: Ten minutes each. I welcome the Labour Party motion before the House tonight. No doubt there is a good and decent set of proposals contained in the motion but if we are to change politics in Ireland, this must go much further. Since I entered Parliament in 2002 there have been few changes in the way it works, in the way Deputies work, in the committee system and in the workings of Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...in Brussels on 19 and 20 November, where a number of the issues I am detailing this morning will be discussed and progressed further. At the FAC, a Council decision establishing the common set of governance rules for permanent structured co-operation, PESCO, projects was adopted. The agreed set of common governance rules is sufficiently robust while providing the correct balance...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2009)

Paul Kehoe: Let that message go out loud and clear to him this evening. That man was out of touch for the past number of years. It annoys me, as a public representative, to consider what happened in the Galway tent with developers who gave €1,000 for a plate of dinner. Holy divine God. When people are hardly able to afford a plate of dinner it is extremely annoying to see developers paying €1,000...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (5 Mar 2019)

Paul Kehoe: ...affected in any way. In regard to CASA replacement, we are not diverting funding from any other budget. Regarding the capital overspend, I do not have that information to hand but I will have it forwarded to the Deputy. On Operation Sophia, there is a review under way of the mission. The UN has granted an extension of the mission. When I get a full brief on that, I will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Paul Kehoe: ...25% up on the output of 2014. Given the Naval Service output for patrol days to the end of August 2018, the total Naval Service output for all of 2018 should be close to the 2017 numbers. I will go through the details for the Deputy. The number of patrol days carried out in 2013 was 1,382, in 2014 it was 1,127, in 2015 it was 1,204, in 2016 it was 1,376, in 2017 it was 1,408 and to the...