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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: Following the publication of the long-awaited report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, what is the timeline for its implementation? Key elements of it need to be implemented immediately, given the pressures relating to pay talks. I again ask the Minister to outline the implementation of the report. What will be the make-up of the implementation body, which will be instrumental in...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: I also welcome the publication of the report. There are key recommendations in it that will go a long way towards addressing the major challenges of pay and retention in the Defence Forces, for which staffing levels are thousands below where the establishment figure should be. One of the key recommendations, which the Minister has been asked about a number of times now, including by me, is...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: I again ask the Minister to show some goodwill. That court case was initiated because of his failure, and that of the Government, to deal with the key issues in the Defence Forces. They are prepared to withdraw their court case, but the Minister needs to demonstrate goodwill in the first instance because if they withdraw that case, they cannot resubmit it. The Minister needs to be very...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the overseas peacekeeping missions the Defence Forces are currently deployed in; if there are plans to expand these missions; if concerns have been expressed to him in regard to the capacity of the Defence Forces to fulfil their overseas role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13747/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: As there is increasing focus on military neutrality, my question is on our position and involvement on peacekeeping missions and our establishment numbers, mandate and responsibilities to these missions. I believe in active neutrality, which means taking active participation in these missions. What impact are the serious challenges around pay and retention having on our capability to honour...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: We have a very proud tradition of peacekeeping missions around the world, as the Minister noted. Many members of the Defence Forces have volunteered to participate efficiently and effectively in these missions. However, it has become increasingly challenging. Last year, RACO identified key challenges on members of the Defence Forces to volunteer for these missions. They have highlighted...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: I thank the Minister. I appreciate that but I asked him specifically about the issue of mandatory selection. I asked him recently via a parliamentary question for the number of personnel of all ranks who have been mandatorily selected, those who have appealed the decision and the number of cases that have been upheld. I find it astonishing that information is not looked at or held within...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place to address the former married quarters housing stock in the Curragh, many of which are lying empty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13232/22]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: I ask the Minister about the many boarded-up houses in the Curragh Camp that were formally used as married quarters. What is the plan for the use of those houses? What is the plan to bring them back into use? Have any conversations taken place about changing the policy or indeed, have any taken place with Kildare County Council with a view to making the houses available to deal with the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: It is absolutely scandalous that in the midst of a housing crisis, any house should be left boarded up and lying vacant. This is especially true when we are dealing with, I believe, between 50 and 60 houses in the Curragh. Many of them have now been lying vacant for 30 years. That is a scandal in its own right. To hear there are absolutely no plans to look at bringing these back into use,...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: The Minister stated that 38 houses were occupied, but his plan is to get everyone out of them and make them derelict as well. He has not answered the question as to how many houses are lying in a state of dereliction. Although we are focusing on the Curragh, I am conscious of the fact that married quarters are being closed down across the State, which means that hundreds of units that were...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: 53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person he intends to appoint to the implementation body for the Commission on the Defence Forces report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13233/22]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: There is a lot of focus here on neutrality and what neutrality means to people. This comes on the back of the horrendous actions in Ukraine. This report is also being used to further that political conversation. The underinvestment in our Defence Forces by successive governments, including this Government, has eroded what Ireland is supposed to be, which is militarily neutral. I would...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: They are using our airspace.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: I never raised funds anywhere.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: I never raised funds anywhere. The Deputy needs to withdraw that comment.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: The Deputy has made an accusation.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: The Deputy is accusing the military industry of funding my account.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: The Deputy said my account.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)
John Brady: That is just false as well. The Deputy is talking rubbish.