Results 9,601-9,620 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Staff (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: We have some very loyal employees of long-standing who provide excellent services for the Defence Forces and the Department of Defence. I suspect that many years ago the vetting processes may not have been as strict and robust as they are now and have been for the past decade. I am confident, however, that the vetting processes we have in place are robust enough to withstand any issue.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 31 and 32 together. The European Committee of Social Rights has considered a complaint submitted by EUROMIL, a European umbrella body for military associations, on behalf of PDFORRA, concerning the lack of certain rights for military representative associations in Ireland. In a non-binding ruling the committee concluded that prohibiting military...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: As I have said, I welcome the findings of the EUROMIL case and made sure they would be part of the conciliation and arbitration scheme review. In the first instance, I will wait until the independent chairperson of the conciliation and arbitration scheme publishes his report. I expect and hope that all the issues in the EUROMIL case will be looked at in terms of the entire scheme. I...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: The Deputy is well aware that on many occasions PDFORRA asked to become an affiliated member, or to take up associate membership, of ICTU. These requests create significant challenges from a governmental and societal perspective. The Deputy understands that. I am willing to ensure that all these issues are taken into account under the conciliation and arbitration scheme review. I will...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I am not sure if the Deputy read the press release and statement I issued on the conciliation and arbitration scheme. I said from the beginning of the scheme that I expected the report to be published within six months. I am not hiding behind the conciliation and arbitration scheme review. Had I not included the EUROMIL case in the terms of reference, I presume the Deputy would have jumped...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: As I said in my original reply, the complaint predates a number of significant Government initiatives over the past 12 months. PDFORRA and RACO were very much part of the public service pay agreement and the negotiations. The EUROMIL case was ongoing while negotiations took place. There have been a number of changes since my appointment. I want representative associations to be at the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I am advised that 1,902 personnel left the Permanent Defence Force in the three-year period from 2015 to 2017, inclusive. This includes 459 personnel who did not complete initial training to qualify as three star privates or officers. Given the unique and demanding nature of military life, there is understandably a relatively high level of turnover among Defence Forces personnel. This is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I know the Deputy is reading from an email and I do not accept everything in the email, but let me-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: Yes, but the Deputy is-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: No.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: What I am saying is-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: Some of the issues the Deputy has raised in what he has just read out form part of what is called "details supplied" in the question he asked. That is okay; I accept that. However, he refers to the high number of members of the Defence Forces on the working family payment. Less than 1% of the total staff of the organisation is on family income supplement - between 100 and 104, according to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: -----to that as well.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I have been doing that and will continue to do so, but we must abide by the public service pay stability agreement as well, and I think the Deputy understands the reasons we must do so. He stated no one should be in receipt of family income supplement. There are members of the Defence Forces who have particular roles or ranks and have no children, or perhaps one or two kids, and then there...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: My Department’s focus is the development and improvement of the physical environment and living conditions in existing military facilities to ensure that the Defence Forces have the capability to deliver on all roles assigned by Government. This is achieved through the Defence Forces built infrastructure programme. The programme is designed to modernise and enhance the training,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I understand the Deputy has tabled a Private Members' motion on this issue. I assume he is talking particularly about Cathal Brugha Barracks and McKee Barracks, which are in the greater Dublin area.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: These two very important military installations which are in strategic locations in this city are vital for the Defence Forces. I hope every Member of this House understands why we need military installations at such strategic locations within the city. Projects worth approximately €5 million are at different stages, including design, tender and construction, at Cathal Brugha...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: The reason for the strategic locations is a matter of the security of the State, and I am not going-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Paul Kehoe: Deputy Ryan was a member of the Government for a while.