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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: As part of the Programme for Government, it was proposed that a commemorative medal be awarded to all Defence Forces personnel, Permanent and Reserve, who were recorded as being in service in the course of 2016. The 1916 Centenary Medal is being awarded as a commemorative medal, personal to an individual’s service in the Defence Forces in the course of 2016. The Military...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My Department did not incur any expenditure on public relations in 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Capital Expenditure Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: For Department of Defence capital projects, construction inflation, including  projections of future inflation levels, is monitored by reference to both the Tender Price Index published twice yearly by the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) and the reports published annually by some of the larger Quantity Surveying and Cost Management firms.  The SCSI is an...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: As of 31 January, 2017 (the latest date for which figures are available), the serving strength of the Permanent Defence Force was 9,136 whole-time equivalent personnel. The pay allocation for the Permanent Defence Force in 2017 is €417 million and this amount will allow for the payment of the full establishment of 9,500 personnel. The estimated full year salary cost of a notional...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The recently published White Paper on Defence sets out a developmental path for the Reserve Defence Force (RDF). It provides that the overarching establishment of the Army Reserve (AR) and Naval Service Reserve (NSR) will be 4,169 personnel, consisting of 3,869 Army Reservists and the expansion of the establishment of the four NSR Units from currently 200 personnel to 300. The current total...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I can confirm that three protected disclosures, which have been the subject of previous Parliamentary Questions, have been made to my Department which relate to allegations concerning health and safety in the Air Corps. Each of the three disclosures was made by a different individual. Under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, I have an obligation to protect the identity of those making...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: As I indicated in my responses to other recent parliamentary questions on this issue, it is not appropriate for me to comment on the matter of former Air Corps personnel who claim personal injuries alleging exposure to workplace chemicals at this time as these cases are the subject of ongoing civil litigation before the High Court. In reference to enquiries conducted in Australia, I am...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: On 27 September 2010 the Adjudicator under the Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme for members of the Permanent Defence Force awarded an increase in the Army Ranger Wing allowance. This award is backdated to 1 June 2006. The Adjudicator’s Findings cannot be implemented having regard to the provisions of Sections 2 and 5 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2)...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Every member of the Defence Forces who has been injured, in the line of duty or otherwise, as well as any individual who suffers from an illness, disability, impairment or handicap, will be examined as part of the Military Medical Occupational Surveillance programme and will be assigned a specific medical classification code (MCC). The MCC takes account of the particular injury or disability...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (7 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána have primary responsibility for the internal security of the State. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence is the provision of Aid to the Civil Power which, in practice, means to assist An Garda Síochána when requested to do so. On each occasion that the support of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time for orthodontic treatment in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12212/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (9 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 252. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the financial position of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the extent of its pension liabilities; if the funding mechanism has to date been approved; if so, the detail of that funding mechanism; his views on whether it is appropriate to accumulate large reserves from fee and registration income; the way in which this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Freedom of Information Requests (9 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My Department has not received any Freedom of Information requests in the past three years in which the Chief State Solicitor’s Office had any involvement.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (21 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Revenue Commissioners is adopting a position when dealing with self employed people who are due a tax refund and farmers who are claiming VAT back on capital expenditure, whereby they deduct the property tax from this repayment, even though the individuals had already signed up to a payment instruction...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Programme (21 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposed legislation following the receipt of submissions as part of the public consultation on a sugar sweetened drinks tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13335/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Superannuation Schemes (21 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) who has submitted a completed SHF1 form regarding service as a part-time teacher may expect to have service history transferred to the Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board for the purpose of pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13572/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (21 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 673. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the criteria under the built heritage investment scheme; if an historical site (details supplied) would qualify for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Local Authority Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 674. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when local authorities will receive funding under the structures at risk fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13673/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (21 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 866. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new pilot scheme for an MS drug; the procedure to get on such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13426/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (21 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 984. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the disused health centre in Shillelagh, County Wicklow; the avenue for submitting a proposal for its future use as a community facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14027/17]