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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Planning (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: My priority as Minister with Special Responsibility for Defence is to ensure that the operational capacity of the Defence Forces, including the availability of specialised equipment, is maintained to the greatest extent possible to enable the Defence Forces to carry out their roles both at home and overseas. In accordance with the Framework for Major Emergency Management, primary...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The acquisition of new equipment and equipment upgrades for the Defence Forces remains a focus for me as Minister with Special Responsibility for Defence, and I am satisfied that the Defence Forces have a modern and effective range of equipment which is line with best international standards, as required to fulfil all roles that are assigned to them by Government . The future equipment...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: As of 01 September 2016, Ireland is contributing 498 Defence Forces personnel to 11 different missions throughout the world, along with deployments to two standby Battlegroup Headquarters and a range of international organisations and National Representations. The main overseas missions in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The information sought in the Question is set out in tabular format below: Year No. of Female Personnel 2007 560 2008 570 2009 567 2010 569 2011 565 2012 582 2013 546 2014 563 2015 552 2016 (31 July 2016) 544 The Government are committed to a policy of equal opportunity for men and women throughout the Defence Forces and to the full participation by women...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The Government is committed to maintaining the stabilised strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 9,500 personnel, comprising of 7,520 Army, 886 Air Corps and 1,094 Naval Service as stated in the 2015 White Paper on Defence. I am advised by the Military Authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, at 31 July 2016, the latest date for which details are available, was 9,025,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 996 and 997 together. The Defence Organisation includes military personnel, civilian employees attached to military installations and civil servants. The pay structures and conditions of service of members of the Permanent Defence Force contain professional and technical remuneration elements in addition to allowances in the nature of pay which reflect the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the first tranche of GLAS 1 payments are not being paid until December 2016, 85% and March 2017, 15% when the deadline for completion was spring of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27575/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I have been hugely impressed by the work of the volunteer members of the Reserve Defence Force and have observed them in training and on ceremonial duties. Similar to many other voluntary organisations, members of the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve undertake unpaid activities on a voluntary basis and are to be commended for their commitment. While members of the Army Reserve and Naval...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (29 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) qualify for the retirement relief exemption when transferring their land to their son; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27827/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 275. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he will take in progressing the insolvency payment for a person (details supplied); if he can intervene or if there are sanctions to be put in place to compel them to do this when the liquidator is not carrying out their responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28249/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Strategy Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: My Department is currently preparing a draft Strategy Statement 2016 - 2019 for the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. This will reflect the requirement to include an assessment of relevant human rights and equality issues, in accordance with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014. The Programme for Partnership Government contains a number of commitments...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The Defence Organisation includes military personnel and civilian employees attached to military installations and civil servants. Information is not available in relation to the numbers of public sector pensioners re-employed in the public sector prior to 1 November 2012. Prior 1 November 2012, holders of public sector pensions who were subsequently re-employed in the public sector were...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The number of staff employed by my Department at 30 September 2016 is 357 and the number seconded to my Department on the same date is 5.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Staff Retirements (5 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The required information as requested by the Deputy, which covers retired members of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) and retired civilian employees employed with the PDF, is shown in in the table. Their retirement lump sums were paid directly to them by the Department of Defence. The data in respect of retired civil servants from the Department of Defence would be a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (5 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Ex-Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste was retired by the President, acting on the advice of the Government, with effect from 27 June 1969. In the period since his retirement, Mr. de Róiste has continued to assert that the reasons for his retirement from the service were never made clear to him. Following on from a full debate on 10 March 2010, Seanad Éireann adopted a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (6 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The Department of Defence does not have any agencies under its remit to which funding is devolved.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be liable for a clawback of agricultural relief in respect of inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29661/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works scheme funding will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the building of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29380/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Health and Safety Regulations (11 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 653 and 654 together. The only State body currently under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pension Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act, 1927 and consists of a chairman and two ordinary members. A member of my Department is assigned to carry out the functions of...