Results 6,101-6,120 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I will give way to the Deputy.
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I will respond to Deputy Clare Daly's question first. The Minister for Defence estimates that the additional cost of deploying troops to the Golan Heights in 2013 will be approximately €2 million and the additional cost for a full year will be approximately €5 million. Approximately three quarters of this will be recoverable from the UN. The Minister for Defence is satisfied...
- Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: As part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, this country, in association with the Estonian Ministry of Defence and the European Defence Agency, hosted a high level conference on cybersecurity co-operation in the European Union in Brussels on 20 June last. The conference was attended by representatives of EU member states, the External Action Service, the...
- Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: The Deputy has asked a number of questions. I was not in attendance at the conference. I do not have the exact details sought by the Deputy in some of his questions. It is important for everyone to take a collective view of collaboration. People need to work together. It was important for the Minister, Deputy Shatter, to attend the cybersecurity conference in his capacity as Minister for...
- Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I spoke to him about this issue when I learned that I would be answering questions on it. Progress was made at the conference. There will be follow-up interaction regarding this issue going along. Ireland's participation in cybersecurity matters will be reviewed on a continual basis.
- Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I remind the House that the conference aimed to advance the debate on the preparedness of member states to face cybersecurity threats at national level and across the EU as a whole. I am aware of Deputy Eoghan Murphy's work on the European committee he mentioned, which is doing a great deal of work on this issue. It is important for Ireland to make an input into this area. I assure the...
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 and 21 together. Ireland has participated in the NATO–led UN mandated mission in Afghanistan since 5 July 2002. On 25 June last, the Government agreed to continue to provide seven members of the Permanent Defence Force for service with the International Security Assistance Force for a further period from July 2013, subject to ongoing review by the...
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I understand that our troops are based in headquarters and rotate in respect different responsibilities. I commend the members of the Defence Forces who are out there because it is a very difficult and dangerous mission. Even though they are based in headquarters, they have a very difficult role to play that is very important to the entire mission. The Government and the Defence Forces are...
- Other Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: The current ISAF mission will end in December 2014 and NATO will then lead a follow-on mission to continue to support the development of the capacity of Afghan national security forces. It is envisaged that the NATO-led force post-2014 will be made up of military trainers and advisors from the US and other NATO partner countries. Any participation by Ireland in the follow-up mission would...
- Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: As part of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality and Defence addressed a seminar in May 2013 on the European Council on Defence meeting scheduled to take place in December. During his address, the Minister referred to events that had taken place in Mali. In the context of discussions that have taken place in respect of...
- Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I will get back to the Deputy. The EU training mission to Mali is a common security and defence policy mission focused on providing military training and advice to the Malian armed forces to improve their military capacity and effectiveness in guaranteeing the country's territorial integrity. Training is also being provided in international humanitarian law, the protection of civilians and...
- Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: On 26 February 2013, the Government approved the deployment of approximately eight members of the Permanent Defence Force to Mali. The Irish contribution to the mission comprises three officers and five non-commissioned officers, with one officer deployed to the mission headquarters in Bamako and another two to the training camp headquarters. The remaining six personnel are deployed in...
- Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: No.
- Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: There are three officers and five non-commissioned officers, with one officer deployed to mission headquarters.
- Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I will get back to the Deputy with the exact figure.
- Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I am not sure. I will have to get back to the Deputy with the exact arrangement.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: The number of promotions which were effected in the Permanent Defence Force in each of the past three years were 168 promotions in 2010, 356 in 2011 and 538 in 2012. In the year to 31 May 2013, the latest date for which figures are available, 365 promotions have been completed. The military authorities have advised it is not possible to collate the detailed information requested on the...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: At present the Department of Defence has security arrangements in place at two former military installations, namely, Columb Barracks in Mullingar and Rockhill House in Letterkenny. The amount paid in security costs at these installations varies from month to month, depending on security requirements. The average cost per month of Columb Barracks since its closure in 2012 is €5,187...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I am very much aware, because I checked yesterday, that the sale of Rockhill House to Donegal County Council by the Department of Defence is at an advanced stage. I will not say it will be completed in the very near future but it is at a very advanced stage. I understand Donegal County Council has plans to develop it into a visitor attraction. The project has been ongoing for quite some...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jul 2013)
Paul Kehoe: I am very much aware it is at a very advanced stage but I am not sure when it will conclude. As the Deputy understands, like all sales involving Departments, it will take time to be concluded.