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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: All passport applications are subject to the terms of the Passports Act, 2008, as amended. The Passport Service requires the submission of many key supporting document in all first-time passport applications. The Passport Service takes its responsibility to protect the integrity of the Irish passport very seriously. With regard to the application about which the Deputy has enquired, this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ireland enjoys good relations with Kuwait. Ambassador Alison Milton, based in Abu Dhabi, represents Ireland in Kuwait. Kuwait opened an Embassy in Dublin in 2022, and Ambassador Mohammad M F M Al-Mohammad presented credentials to President Higgins in February 2023. Relations between Ireland and Kuwait continue to develop, with the main areas of cooperation being in education, healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Properties (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Foreign Affairs does not own or lease any properties within this jurisdiction. The Office of Public Works is responsible for all accommodation utilised by the Department of Foreign Affairs within the state.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: I can advise that the Military authorities have submitted a recommendation on the future of the Fire Service in the Defence Forces Training Centre, Curragh Camp. My officials are considering same and have written to the military authorities on the matter. It will be necessary to establish Kildare County Council's formal position on the matter before any decision can be made.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: A consultant was commissioned by the Defence Forces to assess the condition of the vacant housing in barracks and its suitability for conversion/refurbishment to provide for additional single living-in accommodation for Defence Force personnel. My officials have provided observations on a final draft of this report, and I expect the Defence Forces to submit the report to me imminently. The...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The provision of local authority, social and/or affordable housing is a matter in the first instance for the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. It has also been a long standing established policy, since the late 1990's, to withdraw from the provision of housing quarters for Defence Forces personnel. This policy has been given effect on a gradual basis and long term...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Budget 2025 (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Defence Vote Group has been provided with a funding allocation of €1,350 million in Budget 2025 - €1,021 million for the Defence Vote and €329 million for the Army Pensions Vote. This represents a €100m (8%) increase on the corresponding 2024 allocation. For 2025, the key priority remains to progress the transformation of the Defence Forces as outlined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Budget 2025 (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Capital investment in Defence is primarily directed at providing sufficient military capabilities, across land, air, maritime and cyber domains, to meet specific roles assigned to the Defence Forces. In the main, this investment is for the acquisition of defensive equipment and the construction or upgrade of barracks infrastructure. Defence equipment capital expenditure projects are often...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: With its approval of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, the Government committed to a range of actions to address pay and recruitment issues in the Defence Forces. These include a number of projects undertaken to bolster the attractiveness of a career in the Defence Forces, and cover a range of measures to improve pay and conditions. It is also worth noting in this regard...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Projects (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Capital investment in Defence is primarily directed at providing sufficient military capabilities, across land, air, maritime and cyber domains, to meet specific roles assigned to the Defence Forces. In the main, this investment is for the acquisition of defensive equipment and the construction or upgrade of barracks infrastructure. Defence capital spending is largely atypical and often...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Defence Forces are responsible for the collation of data on vacant properties in each installation. This is managed by the military authorities, and as such, my Department is not directly involved, nor would it have the information requested. The military authorities have been requested to provide the material and while this could not be compiled in time. I will arrange to have the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The occupational pension scheme terms of post-1 January 2013 new entrants to the public service, including the Permanent Defence Force (PDF), are governed by the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. The terms and rules of the Single Scheme – which are fundamentally different to previous superannuation public service arrangements – make no...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Minister is doing that. Some €303 million has been made available for delivery of homeless services in 2025. That is money going to local authorities, including Limerick, so they can provide emergency accommodation, homeless prevention tenancies and sustainable services. There have been very significant increase in funding for the housing first initiative-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----where most of the homeless non-governmental bodies came to us to ask whether the Government could fund housing first significantly. The Government did that and we certainly work on providing services for prevention and then to enable people to exit homelessness-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----to tenancies as quickly as possible. Much of it is working, by the way.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: About 6,848 adult preventions and exits have been achieved-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----in 2023. That is a 25% increase on the 5,478 adult prevention and exits achieved in 2022. Huge resources are going into the area and that there are more and more people, with the growth of the population, and so forth. It is complicated-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----with regard to what makes up the composition of homelessness but I do not accept that resources are not being provided, they are.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: There were a number of issues that I picked up there on the neurological services.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: Was that about disability? Yes, that is signed.