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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (11 Jul 2017)

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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (11 Jul 2017)

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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (11 Jul 2017)

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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures put in place to bolster the capacity of the Defence Forces in assisting in dealing with a major terrorist incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32776/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: What measures have been put in place to bolster the capacity of the Defence Forces in assisting in dealing with a potential major terrorist incident? What kind of planning has taken place? What threats have been identified? Are we ready?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Assessing the security environment is one thing but the issue is whether we are ready to deal with an incident. In that event, if there is an Islamic terrorist attack in the country - I hope we never see that day - the State's two specialist units, namely, An Garda Síochána's emergency response unit, ERU, and the Defence Forces Army Ranger Wing are both located on the east coast....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: International Terrorism (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: My point is that a table-top exercise is not sufficient. That is fine in the planning stages in terms of working together as a co-ordinated group but one needs to put that into practice. It is my understanding that a significant contributing factor that has prevented live exercises taking place is that there is a divergence in terms of the standard operating procedures, SOPs, and tactics,...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the Defence Forces' participation in the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32510/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: It appears from reports we are hearing back from the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights that a full-scale offensive is taking place in Quneitra. Since I tabled this question last week, it has emerged in media reports that heavy machine gun fire from the Syrian civil war has landed in the Irish base in the Golan Heights and that mortar rounds have hit just outside the camp. I understand that...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Will I get back in for a second supplementary question?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: In one instance, the mortar fire landed so close to the Irish base that it shook the ground and Irish troops thought they had been hit. Informed sources are saying that fighting in the area has always been a constant. However, the scale of what happened last week was unprecedented. Much of the fighting has centred on Quneitra, less than 2 km from the Irish camp in the Israeli-occupied Golan...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I tabled a question last week but the offensive operations started a number of weeks ago. I assume the Minister of State would have been aware of them before last week. There is concern that the US Government is undermining the UN missions on which its personnel serve in both Syria and neighbouring Lebanon, at a time when the security situation is already incendiary. The US envoy to the...

Other Questions: Air Corps Operations (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: There are four reports from different reporting periods. I fully accept that the Minister did not shred or mislay these reports, but he was the individual tasked with explaining what may have happened to them. He will understand why we - and I think the public - find it difficult to believe the suggestion that all four may have been lost in translation over to the electronic system or that,...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the defence sector did not engage during pay talks in addressing the concerns and issues raised by the defence representative associations similar to those other sectors that agreed side deals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32507/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: Why did the defence sector not engage during pay talks addressing the concerns and issues raised by the Defence Forces representative associations similar to those other sectors that agreed side deals? Will the Minister of State make a statement on this?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: It appears that other sectors engaged and were able to conclude side deals that benefited them more than the defence sector. It is clear to me from media reports that the representative associations are not happy with the way the pay talks went and do not feel their concerns have been adequately addressed. RACO has stated that these side deals, in addition to a range of additional deals...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: While I welcome any increase in pay restoration to members of the Defence Forces, there were other cuts to their pay as well as increased taxes, which every public servant bore. The Defence Forces suffered cuts to technician pay, duty pay and various allowances, and the cumulative effect was that their weekly wages were down substantially. One of the major difficulties is that those...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Issues (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the preparations of his Department and the Defence Forces for Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Industrial Relations (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces access to the industrial relations mechanisms of the State will be changed in tandem with changes to the rights of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (11 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the three fundamental findings of the recent focus group climate survey on the Defence Forces concerning pay, retention and human resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32506/17]