Written answers
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
- Department of Defence
- Maritime Surveillance and Security
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Defence his role and that of the Naval Service on the Inter-Departmental Maritime Surveillance Working Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Commemorative Events
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason he has not convened the All-Party Oireachtas Consultation Group on the Centenary of the 1916 Rising since 2 December 2009; if he will he...
- Defence Forces Strength
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of officers and the number of enlisted personnel who have retired from the Permanent Defence Forces to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
- Naval Service-Air Corps Operations
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Air Corps resources are being effectively used in combating drug trafficking through joint task force; and if he will...
- Irish Red Cross
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence when the Irish Red Cross is to appoint a new secretary general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47267/10]
- Overseas Missions
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation regarding the possibility of substantial numbers of Irish troops serving abroad again, particularly in the Lebanon, as suggested by the...
- Irish Red Cross
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Defence if he received the report of the internal investigation in the Irish Red Cross regarding the Tipperary bank account; and if he will make a statement...
- Army Operations
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the army bomb disposal unit has been called out in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- White Paper on Defence
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects the new White Paper on Defence to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46231/10]
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if prior to deployment each member of the Defence Forces has a consultation with a doctor where a prescription for the drug Lariam is issued and...
- Medical Corps
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence if a work plan has been designed by his Department or the military authorities to address the issues raised in the medical services review; and if he...
- Defence Forces Reserve
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the progress of the Reserve Defence Forces Value for Money Review to date; if it will be completed in the first quarter of 2011; and if...
- Naval Service Operations
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence the role of the Naval Service in the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre - Narcotics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46299/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence if, arising from the Budget 2011 announcement, he will outline the acquisition of replacement equipment and the building and maintenance projects...
- Irish Red Cross
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which he intends to revise the proposals of the Internal Group of the Irish Red Cross in regard to the governance of that organisation;...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of civilian posts that are likely to be shed as a result of the Budget 2011 decision to reduce the number of such posts; and if he will...
- Severe Weather Events
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of requests received by the Defence Forces for assistance from civil authorities during the current cold spell; and if he will make a...
- Irish Red Cross
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence if any part of the grant in aid paid to the Irish Red Cross has been used to fund the ongoing legal action being taken against a company (details...
- Naval Service Vessels
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence the expected delivery date for the two new Naval Service vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47275/10]
- Irish Red Cross
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the legal nature of his role in relation to the Irish Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47269/10]
- Department of Education and Science
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding apprentices at FÁS (details supplied). [47533/10]
- Schools Funding
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for funding for a new school (details supplied); when the contracts will be agreed...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the EPSEN Act 2004 will be implemented in full; when the aspects dealing with rights to assessments, provision of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her on further education broken down according to current spending on pay and current non-pay...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the 2011 Budget on the number of special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a post-primary school building unit application by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim;...
- School Transport
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the status of her review of school transport catchment boundaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47483/10]
- School Accommodation
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application to establish a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the position regarding...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has received correspondence (details supplied) relating to possible fraud at a special education centre; if she is...
- School Closures
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the advice available from her to schools which have had to close for significant periods in recent times due to inclement...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the 15,410 training places for the unemployed that will be cut as a result of the €43...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 9 March 2010, if she has received the report of the training and employment...
- Community Employment Schemes
Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the FÁS training and community employment rates that will apply in 2011. [47556/10]
- Training and Work Experience Programmes
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 30 November 2010, when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who have availed of the vocational training opportunities scheme in each of the years 2007, 2008,...
- Special Educational Needs
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the proposed staffing allocation for 2011 at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if staffing levels in special...
- Job Creation
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility requirements for a person to access funding under the labour market activation fund; the length of time a...
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the Irish language requirement in the leaving certificate, an honour in the higher paper, for entry...
- School Accommodation
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has made a decision regarding the location of a new national school in the Clane-Prosperous area of north Kildare,...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Reliefs
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies in Waterford city and county availing of the research and development tax credit in each of the past five years and to date...
- Credit Review Applications
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies in Waterford city and county applying for credit review; the number of decisions by credit institutions that were reversed by...
- Tax Code
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if the new universal social charge will apply to the incomes of medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47327/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the present rules allowing a person to withdraw their contributions from an occupational pension scheme; his plans to change...
- Banking Sector
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if the €40 million paid in AIB as bonus payments was provided for in the financial statements of the bank as an accrual, a provision or a...
- National Lottery Funding
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of national lottery funding available in 2011; the way this money will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the case of post-1995 public servants, the State pension will be taken into account for the purposes of the reductions to public service...
- Tax Collection
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have the Revenue Commissioners put a stay on a demand for payment to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford as their...
- EU Directives
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will enact the payment service directive into law; if it is intended to include provisions covering direct debit charges and penalties for...
- Civil Service Staff
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if active civil servants who availed of the incentivised scheme for early retirement, ISER, as set out in Department Finance Circular 12/09 and who...
- State Assets
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance when the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes is due to report on the possible disposal of State assets. [47516/10]
- Tax Collection
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners have any outstanding issues that need to be addressed regarding the financial affairs or taxation payments in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding taxation and social welfare legislation. (details supplied) [47524/10]
- Tax Reliefs
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the new standard rate of tax relief on expenditure up to €10,000 on home energy savings works will operate; the works covered by...
- Tax Code
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if changes in respect of civil unions affecting taxation matters have been included in the budget and the forthcoming finance Bill; and if he will...
- Department of Health and Children
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons in Waterford city and county in receipt of blind welfare allowance in each of the past five years and to date in...
- Vaccination Programme
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the information and studies taken into account in deciding to use Gardasil as a vaccine for the prevention of cervical cancer; and if...
- Health Services
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to introduce a national foot screening programme as part of the treatment of diabetic foot disease; the estimated cost of...
- Health Service Staff
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 9 July 2009, if staff referred to have been recruited; when the screening programme will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the implementation of the Disability Act 2005; when Part 2 will be fully implemented; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of specific stroke units within the health system; the incidence of stroke; the number of rehabilitative consultants employed...
- Departmental Funding
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 20 October 2010, if she will provide the corresponding figures for 2010; and if she will...
- Medical Cards
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive the result of their application for a full medical card. [47457/10]
- Hospital Staff
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 1 June 2010, if she is now in a position to answer the question. [47468/10]
- Vaccination Programme
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding to be provided in 2011 to establish a no fault compensation fund for vaccine damaged children; and if she will make a...
- Child Care Services
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will approve additional funds for a child care project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if she will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 10 November 2009, the steps she is taking to resolve this situation; the timetable for the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding available in 2009 and 2010 to the disability sector; the budget for 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Staff
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will appoint a replacement to the position of Consultant in Paediatric Diabetic services in the Health Service Executive South...
- Health Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if those who suffer from haemochromatosis and have to have blood removed regularly can be facilitated by allowing them to donate the...
- Tax Code
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the universal social charge will be an allowable expense when calculating entitlement to a medical card, in view of the fact that...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action being taken to deal with the waiting lists for scans at Tallaght Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Homeless Persons
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in implementing the youth homeless strategy (2001); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47558/10]
- Children in Care
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of children in voluntary care here; the number of children in care under emergency care orders; the number in care under care...
- Medicinal Products
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the private importation of medicines (details supplied) which are normally supplied under prescription; if...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of public hospital beds that were in place in 1997 and the number now available in December 2010; the number of private...
- Department of Transport
- Disabled Drivers
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to increase fines or other enforcement measures for persons who park illegally in places designated for disabled drivers; and if he will...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Legislative Programme
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the Mental Capacity Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47430/10]
- Garda Equipment
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason a €20 million computerised finger-printing system acquired to detect immigrants illegally claiming social welfare is...
- Criminal Prosecutions
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 17 November 2010 when the information he requested to be furnished by the Central...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the progress made on the drafting of the Legal Costs Bill and the Family Law Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 24 November 2010, the number of internal competitions that have taken place in the past...
- Public Service Recruitment
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to reports that legal advice has been provided by the Civil and Public Service Union that grades...
- Garda Training
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of gardaí, in rank order, at present stationed in the Garda training centre in Templemore; and if he will make a...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when recruitment will commence for gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47503/10]
- Garda Training
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans for the Garda training centre in Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47504/10]
- Visa Applications
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform in the context of refusing international student visa applications, which occupations are not considered relevant to learning the...
- Asylum Support Services
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will confirm that neither he nor any agencies funded by him have any involvement in providing accommodation for clients at an...
- Prison Building Programme
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the new prison at the Thornton Hall site in north County Dublin; the original site purchase cost of same;...
- Public Order Offences
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the legislation that covers the area of verbal abuse and harassment; if there are any penalties for persons responsible for the...
- Substance Misuse
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason for the delay in implementing the ban on the below cost selling of alcohol; his plans to implement the ban; and if he will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the charges that will apply to pensioners in respect of passports in 2011. [47554/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants that are employed in the Permanent Representation in Brussels; if he will provide a breakdown by grade for this...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Social Insurance
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which the estimate for the yield of €145 million from the abolition of the PRSI ceiling was arrived at when all previous...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Waterford city and county in receipt of illness benefit in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and...
- Pre-retirement Allowance
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Waterford city and county in receipt of pre-retirement allowance in each of the past five years and to date in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Waterford city and county in receipt of domiciliary carer's allowance in each of the past five years and to date...
- Rural Social Scheme
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in Waterford availing of the rural social scheme in each of the past five years and to date in 2010; and if he will...
- National Carer's Strategy
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the National Carer's Strategy will be published; the plans to address the specific issues related to young carer's; and if he will...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have their appeal for a disability allowance dealt with [47450/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the situation whereby persons in receipt of the carer's allowance who are providing care to a child are eligible for the...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if PRSI Class S cover will be extended to include other welfare schemes and benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes, if any, to the length of time illness benefit is paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/10]
- Social Welfare Code
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes he proposes regarding eligibility for payments for persons with physical disability; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he is taking to ensure a €30 saving on the household benefit package in 2011. [47549/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the treatment benefit scheme will operate in 2011. [47552/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide full details of the measures relating to control, eligibility and structural reform referred to in the Budget...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- National Lottery Funding
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the amount of national lottery money, if any, she expects to be allocated from the Department of Finance in 2011 for culture,...
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when the sports capital grant will be paid to a club (details supplied) to enable them to pay the contractor now that the work is...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants or financial supports that have been given to Bird Watch Ireland in support of the work of this...
- Waste Management
Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to ensure the Haulbowline site is in compliance with European Union...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding discussions between him and Dublin City Council in respect of land (details supplied);...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided to each local authority in 2009, 2010 and in the estimate for 2011 to fund housing...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider making a payment to Donegal County Council towards the cost of incineration of whales...
- Motor Taxation
Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 27 October 2010, his plans to reform the motor tax system to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 194: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of recent studies highlighting the problems with septic tanks, he will introduce a grant for...
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 195: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a housing project (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on...
- Election Management System
Question 198: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to date to deal with the issue of election posters on foot of his election poster...
- Motor Taxation
Question 199: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the motor tax rates that will apply in 2011 and the way these compare to 2010. [47555/10]
- Strategy on Homelessness
Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs associated with the report The Way Home 2008-2013; the progress made in eliminating long-term...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 201: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the process used for evaluating the levels of rent paid by local authority tenants; the factors that are...
- Departmental Funding
Question 202: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 316 and 317 of 16 November 2010, the amount of money currently in...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunications Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding provided to a company (details supplied) to provide fibre optic cable on a nationwide basis; and if...
- Energy Conservation
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grant support available under the home energy savings scheme; the list of works covered by the scheme, the...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a specific payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [47319/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown of all spending on the development of agriculture and food as per subheads A.4 and C.5 in the...
- Grant Payments
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application for single farm payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny;...
- Forestry Sector
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the legal status of the lands held by Coillte. [47536/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) has had their REPS 4 application approved for participation in the scheme; and if he will...
- Fishing Quotas
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if proposals to include the boarfish/redfish species in the TAC mechanism are currently being discussed in the quota...
- Intervention Stocks
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to the recent announcement regarding the availability of free cheese for persons with financial difficulties, how...
- Grant Payments
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will be paid their suckler cow grant; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Industrial Development
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 23 June 2009, the position regarding the issues raised; and if he will make a...
- Motor Fuels
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to monitor the price of petrol and diesel at the pumps following the increase in the recent Budget; and if he...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the application for redundancy payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway;...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views in relation to a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47534/10]
- Industrial Development
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of companies in Waterford city and county receiving funding from Science Foundation Ireland in each of the past...
- Industrial Relations
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the legislation or statute which allows the Labour Court to support the 11 unregistered joint industrial councils for the...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Disability Strategy
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the National Disability Strategy; the number of recommendations implemented to date; the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which heavy lifting gear and equipment is available to the Defence Forces and the civil authorities in the course of inclement weather...
- Severe Weather Events
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces have been requested to assist in the current inclement weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Personnel
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of female members promoted in the Defence Forces at all ranks in each of the past five years to date in 2010; and if he will make a...
- Naval Service Operations
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the aerial and naval coastal surveillance with particular reference to the availability of adequate...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Defence Forces have access to the highest quality training and logistic equipment on par with the accepted standards and...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Defence the role he is expected to play and is likely to play in crisis management control or direction or situations of national emergency; the logistical...
- Defence Forces Training
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding training of apprentices for the Defence Forces; the number of such apprentices trained on an annual basis in the past 12...
- National Emergency Plan
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Defence the degree to which specific training is provided to assist in a rapid response in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack; the degree...
- Defence Forces Property
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of army overholders; the discussions he has had regarding the provision of permanent housing in such cases; and if he will make a...
