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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Army Barracks (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the site of Columb Barracks, Mullingar, will be examined as the potential national headquarters of the Army Reserve forces as part of a strategic State and Defence Forces role. [28524/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Army Barracks (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: In 2012, Columb Barracks in Mullingar ceased to be permanently occupied by the Defence Forces. Since then, there have been periods of local use by sporting bodies, An Garda Síochána and other valued and valuable community groups. Despite neglect by Government since its closure, the barracks, with its historical buildings on a large site, continues to have enormous potential....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Army Barracks (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The Reserve has always played a pivotal, if somewhat undervalued, role in the history of the State and the Defence Forces. We are now at a critical junction where a decision needs to be made on both the Reserve Defence Force and Columb Barracks. The investment in development and education, particularly for the youth, in experience in military lifestyles and military skills is best evidenced...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Army Barracks (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: When the Minister was looking at potential options for Columb Barracks, was a national headquarters for the Reserve one of those options? Mullingar occupies a strategically important geographical location. It is less than one hour from Dublin and less than 100 km from the Border. It is within easy reach of Carna, the Curragh and the Glen of Imaal. It has a multitude of land suitable for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, to bring the Defence Forces within its scope of provisions. [28527/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: I have listened with some interest to the reply the Minister gave to Deputy Tóibín. I am hearing - and serving members will be hearing this as well - about commissions and reviews and I am hearing claims that the Government is working on this, that it is all in hand and that the Government will get there eventually. Do we have any idea of a definitive timeline? Is it realistic to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel with expertise in security, process development and threat intelligence assessment seconded to the national security analysis centre, NASC, in view of the recognised potential and important role of the Defence Forces in the national cybersecurity strategy as outlined in the programme for Government. [28525/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The current national cybersecurity strategy, which was published in December last and runs until 2025, refers to the need to improve the ability of the State to respond to and to manage cybersecurity incidents, including those with a national security component, and to identify and protect critical national infrastructure by increasing resilience to cyber attack. Given some of the most...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The White Paper on Defence, produced in 2015 and amended in 2019, identified hybrid attacks or cyberattacks and threats to the cyber domain and from espionage have been assessed as increasing since 2015, while the wider political and global environment is more complex and uncertain. We have seen similar attacks in Britain on the UK National Health Service, which was a specific and targeted...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: The Minister mentioned State infrastructure there but it is more than State infrastructure. It includes State assets as well. I recognise, however, that he referenced the continual learning because that is critical when it comes to issues such as this. Ireland has a high level of foreign direct investment. We have multinational corporations here that are household names. The investment...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Budgets (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Vote 36 of budget 2021 regarding the Defence Forces and his Department's annual expenditure will be amended to include the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces. [28528/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (8 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional resources that have been provided specifically to deal with increased gangland activity in view of the role of the Defence Forces in providing aid to the civil power. [28526/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Industrial Disputes (13 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 17. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to meet with striking workers (details supplied) who he has acknowledged have been treated poorly; and the actions he plans to take regarding unfair treatment of workers in Ireland. [23761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training Courses (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a company (details supplied) is using the airfield in Abbeyshrule, County Longford, to train pilots. [30638/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the restrictions that apply to yoga studios, dance classes and stage schools in view of level three Covid-19 restrictions. [30634/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Working Family Payment (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 159. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons employed by his Department that are in receipt of the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) cannot avail of the back to education scheme. [30643/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed by the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Defence that are in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30647/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Costs (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 223. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason community employment scheme income is assessed as reckonable income when calculating childcare fees. [30642/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees (15 Oct 2020)

Sorca Clarke: 225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to honour the Workplace Relations Commission recommendation regarding the pay claim of the county childcare committees' co-ordinators in budget 2021. [30636/20]