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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Equipment (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) is provided by the Gulfstream IV and Learjet 45 aircraft, which were specifically acquired for that purpose. The Gulfstream IV was acquired in December 1991 and to date has accumulated over 13,100 flying hours. The Service provides the Government and the President with an independent, flexible, and effective air transport service to assist in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 and 22 together. The Department of Defence recently undertook an assessment of vacant former married quarter properties within the Curragh Camp with a view to their potential for future military use. The properties in question comprise a terrace of 16 houses. Three of the houses had previously been reconfigured by combining adjacent houses with the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: In 2012, a Memorandum of Understanding was agreed between the Department of Defence and the Department of Health in relation to the Air Corps' support of a pilot Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service which is operating out of Custume Barracks, Athlone. The purpose of the pilot is to assess the level and type, if any, of a dedicated EAS service needed to support the National Ambulance...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rights of Way Provision (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Department is not aware of a right of way access to the beach adjacent to Renmore Barracks. There are no records to indicate that a right of way existed and therefore the question of it being extinguished does not arise.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am advised that the Medical Module of the Personnel Management System does not provide the specific medical reasons why personnel were discharged from the Defence Forces. Therefore, there is no way of providing this information without examining every medical record of every person discharged. In January 2011 the Department established a working group to examine the use of Lariam and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: There are no plans to allow PDFORRA to take up associate membership of ICTU. Under the terms of the Defence (Amendment) Act 1990, the Defence Forces Representative Associations are prohibited from being associated with, or affiliated to any trade unions, or any other body without the consent of the Minister. Accordingly, the Representative Association PDFORRA cannot be affiliated to ICTU at...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The re-organisation of the Defence Forces, finalised in October 2012, has resulted in a fundamental re-structuring of Army Formations and Units across the country including the closure of a number of operational posts. This was undertaken in order to enhance operational readiness and deployability whilst reducing numbers involved in administration. This re-organisation led to a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Chief State Solicitor’s office and the State Claims Agency manage and provide legal representation in relation to all cases taken against the Minister for Defence. In cases where the State is considered liable or which involve an apportionment of liability between the State and the claimant, I am informed that both the Chief State Solicitor’s office and the State Claims...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The State Boards under the aegis of the Department of Defence when the Government took office were the Civil Defence Board, the Army Pensions Board and the Board of Coiste an Asgard. The Civil Defence Board was identified in the Public Service Reform Plan as a body to be abolished. The then Minister for Defence appointed a 14 person interim Board as a temporary measure in 2011 and in this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Government is committed to a stabilised strength of 9,500 for the Permanent Defence Force. In the context of current strength numbers being below the agreed stabilised strength, a new General Service recruitment campaign for both the Permanent and the Reserve Defence Force was announced in March this year. The Defence Forces plan to induct up to 400 personnel to the Permanent Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I am advised by the Military Authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, at 30 April 2014, the latest date for which figures are available was 9,110, comprising 7,338 Army, 764 Air Corps and 1,008 Naval Service personnel. The attached table outlines the establishment, strength and vacancies of the Permanent Defence Force, by Army, Air Corps and Naval Service as at 30 April...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: As of 01 June 2014, Ireland is contributing approximately 417 Defence Forces personnel to 13 different missions throughout the world. Full details of all personnel currently serving overseas are listed in the tabular statement attached. Ireland’s main deployments are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 199 personnel and United Nations Disengagement Observer...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: My priority as Minister for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability and capacity of the Defence Forces is maintained to the greatest extent possible. Primary responsibility for the maintenance of law and order including the protection of the internal security of the State rests with An Garda Síochána. However, one of the roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Department has been engaged on an ongoing programme of barrack consolidation since 1998. This programme has brought to fourteen the number of barracks closed during that time. To date nine of these barracks - Clancy (Dublin), Castleblaney, Ballincollig, Fermoy, Naas, Monaghan, Cavan, Castlebar and a large portion of Longford - have been sold. In relation to the remaining barracks...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 131 together. I am satisfied that the level of equipment currently available to the Defence Forces enables them to carry out their roles, both at home and overseas. The acquisition of new equipment for the Army, Air Corps and the Naval Service is a matter that is kept under constant review at a senior level in my Department and in the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Euroopean Defence and Security Issues (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Twice a year Defence Ministers convene at the formal Foreign Affairs Council in Defence Ministers format. These formal Council meetings are held in Brussels or Luxembourg at the invitation of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton. Ministers of Defence also meet at their informal meetings that are held in the country holding the Presidency...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service (18 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: Since the pilot Emergency Aeromedical Support service commenced operating out of Custume Barracks, Athone in June 2012 there were 652 missions completed by the Air Corps (up to the end of May 2014).

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (19 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The Military Authorities have advised me that the person concerned served a total of 136 days in the Reserve Defence Force in 1969 and on 29 December 1969 he went absent. In January 1970 a Court of Inquiry was convened where he was declared an “Illegal Absentee” and was struck off the strength with effect from 29 December 1969. The Military Authorities have further advised,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Remuneration (19 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: There are no unapproved salary top-ups currently being paid to staff of the Department of Defence, the Permanent Defence Force or the Army Pensions Board.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2014)

Enda Kenny: The national examination of maternity services arose from a number of high profile, tragic cases. The Minister was in order in saying we needed to see the highest standards applied in maternity units throughout the country in order to maintain Ireland's reputation as one of the safest countries in the world in which to give birth. For that reason, it is very important that mothers-to-be...