Written answers
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of reports commissioned by his Department since July 1997; the expenditure on reports since that date; the number of reports entirely... - Defence Forces Expenditure
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence the areas of the defence budget to which the financial savings from the withdrawal from the UN mission in Chad will be allocated; and if he will make... - Northern Ireland Issues
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that sufficient personnel are in place in the Border region in view if the recent information regarding dissident activities; and... - Overseas Missions
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence if plans have been completed to increase the number of Irish troops serving in Bosnia in view of his previous commitment in the Dáil Éireann during... - Emergency Planning
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence his role in the management, co-ordination, activation and implementation of the national emergency plan in the event of terrorist or natural... - Defence Forces Review
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence if the final reports from a number of the working groups on the implementation of the Defence Forces medical review, including those on the future... - Defence Forces Staff
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans, through scheduled recruitment, to correct the extent to which the Defence Forces have disproportionate ratios of males to females in view... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has availed of or is availing of the services of a public relations company for Government or constituency business; if the bills for the... - Naval Service Vessels
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for vessel replacement for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23371/10] - Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to recruit cadets for the Army, the Naval Service and the Air Corps, respectively, in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the... - Defence Forces Equipment
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the fitting of roll over protection systems to Defence Forces vehicles; if it is intended to fit the ROPS system to all... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the role played by the Reserve Defence Forces in radiological monitoring over the past five years; if he intends to enhance this role; and if he will... - Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the impending retirement of the current military judge and the crucial nature of his role within the military justice system, a... - Emergency Planning
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the work of the Government task force on emergency planning which he chairs; and if he will make a statement on the... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will seek to ensure that unit commanders and administrative officers of the Reserve Defence Forces operate at a uniform level throughout the... - Overseas Missions
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made on securing a new overseas mission for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23522/10] - Defence Forces Equipment
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Defence if there has been any consultation with other Departments with a view to involving Air Corps helicopters in search and rescue operations; and if he... - Naval Service Operations
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the greater focus on intelligence exchange among countries to tackle large drug shipments by sea, he accepts that the decision made by... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason since the end of the Cold War that Ireland has not increased its reserve defence elements as have other western states; and if he will... - Defence Forces Deployment
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces involvement in protection of the Houses of the Oireachtas has been reviewed in view of recent disturbances; the additional measures... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposals he has to enhance the role and status of the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association within the defence structure; and if he... - Defence Forces Strength
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Defence further to the recent decision to approve 50 promotions at senior level within the Defence Forces, the number of such appointments that have been... - Defence Forces Operations
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which the Army ordinance corps has been called out to deal with suspicious devices during 2009 and to date in 2010; the... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will rotate all Reserve Defence Force cadre on a two to three or three to four year attachment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Irish Red Cross Society
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Defence when the name of the new chairperson of the Irish Red Cross Society will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23406/10] - Defence Forces Personnel
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals, if any, to substitute a payment equivalent to overnight accommodation payment to soldiers while on 24-hour duty from Coolmoney Camp,... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals, if any, to lift the ban on promotions within the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23354/10] - Commemorative Events
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline the progress made regarding the projects relating to the 2016 commemoration of the 1916 Rising; and if he will make a statement on... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure representation for reservists on decision making boards affecting the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on... - Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider taking new recruits after leaving certificate and train them for six to eight weeks during the summer period; and if he will make... - Programmes for Government
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the new White Paper on Defence to cover the period 2010 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/10]
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