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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Documents Issuance (27 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance when the correspondence requested will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49314/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sustainable Development Strategy (27 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a pilot programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49154/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (27 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49110/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (27 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing a pilot programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49155/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (28 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 to 112, inclusive, together. I am advised that the military authorities could not collate the information for these three questions within the time available. I will revert to the Deputy as soon as the information has been provided to me.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Staff (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The establishment figure for Seamen is 402. The Military Authorities have informed me that, as of 31 October 2018, the number of seamen by recruits, ordinary seamen and able seamen was as follows: Able Seaman Ordinary Seaman Recruit 377 0 38

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Data (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: It is not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy in the time available. I shall revert with the information when it has been provided by the military authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Personnel (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Approval has been granted, for the person to whom the Deputy refers, to assume the role of Barrack Foreman of Works on an acting up basis, with effect from July 2018. This sanction does not constitute an appointment to the position on a substantive basis. This was advised to military management by my Department. Substantive appointments would only arise following completion of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect the installation of a portacabin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 202. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the options for a person (details supplied) applying for an overage exemption for the ECCE programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49899/18]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I note the Austrian ambassador is in the Gallery. I thank the committee for the opportunity to present for its consideration the 2018 Supplementary Estimates on Vote 35, the Army pensions Vote. The Vote makes provision for retired pay, pensions, allowances and gratuities payable to or in respect of members of the Defence Forces and certain dependants. The 2018 Estimate provides a gross...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: That is a very important question. The pensions for personnel changed in 2013. A person leaving now will be on the old pension regime and there is an attractiveness there that they get their 21 years and then they get the pension. They are fit and well and can go out and work. The wider question the Deputy asked is a HR issue. The White Paper on Defence was published in 2015. The issue...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Yes.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The answer is similar to what I said to Deputy Barrett. Within the White Paper project, there is a gap analysis project which I am bringing forward to examine where we have gaps within the organisation. We can consider the criteria for extending the service beyond retirement age. The examination of retirement ages for enlisted personnel has been prioritised also. Given the retention...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I have been working with their representative organisations on this issue and this has been raised with me through them. It is not the first time it has been raised. It is an issue we have to face. The Deputy is quite right in saying that there are some people who could stay on in the organisation. There are many opportunities for personnel to progress through the organisation in terms of...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The Chairman is right and specifically those who go overseas have that corporate knowledge which they could show the younger personnel within the organisation. That is the same in every organisation. People would say the older people have the corporate knowledge and it is very important that they are able to hand it down to the next generation.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My Department has not issued any funding or grant aid to the Association referred to by the Deputy during the period from 1 January 2008 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The following table provides details of the external consultant reports commissioned by my Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the costs of those reports; the companies commissioned to completed the reports; and their titles and publication dates. Report Title Cost Year of Commission External Company Publication Date An independent review of United...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The matter of the proposed sale of the former married quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks has been on going for some time now. During this period, it emerged that there were legal difficulties in selling the properties as originally intended. In December 2016, the Chief State Solicitors Office met with the residents' legal advisers to outline the issues arising and, in order to resolve the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The position is that the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA) 2018-2020 provides for a series of increases in basic pay for public servants, including 1% from 1 January 2018 and a further 1% from 1 October 2018. The PSSA also sets out the policy on public service pension increases as adopted by Government for the duration of that agreement to end-2020, whereby some public service...