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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: I am advised by the military authorities that the individual in question was discharged on the 13 December 2019. For reasons of confidentiality I am not in a position to provide further information.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: A wide range of non-capital goods and services are procured directly by the Defence Forces. These include items associated with day to day operations such as food, clothing, transport, utilities and the maintenance of equipment. The services of the Office of Government Procurement and centralised framework agreements are also used to acquire items that may be in common demand...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: Vote 36 Defence was allocated a gross funding provision of €758 million for 2019. Gross expenditure at the end of November 2019 was €594 million, representing 78% of the Defence Vote allocation. This level of expenditure was some €91 million (13%) behind expenditure profiles, at this point. There is a number of significant expenditure projects planned to advance before...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a refund of the fee for a general employment permit can be offered if the employment permit is issued but the visa application is refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53129/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a project (details supplied); the timeframe for commencement of a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53027/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: As noted on previous occasions, the outcome of the vote of 23 June 2016 in the UK will have implications across all aspects of the business of the European Union, including in the area of defence.  While the vote does not give rise to fundamental strategic issues for Defence Forces operations or for Ireland’s continuing engagement with the EU’s Common Security and Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: The military authorities have advised that, as at 30thNovember 2019, 605 personnel were inducted into the Defence Forces and 10 serving soldiers were awarded a cadetship. They have further advised that, on that date, the strength of the Permanent Defence Force (whole time equivalent), across all services was 8,751 personnel. I am very much aware that there continues to be...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: My priority as Minister with Responsibility for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service, is maintained to the greatest extent possible to enable the Defence Forces to carry out their roles as assigned by Government, including overseas deployments. The acquisition and updating of equipment for the Defence Forces remains a clear...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: My priority as Minister with Responsibility for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Defence Forces is maintained to the greatest extent possible to enable the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service to carry out their roles as assigned by Government. At National level, representation on the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning by both the Department of Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: The following table shows the number of females by branch and by rank (wholetime equivalent strength), within the Permanent Defence Force as at 30th November 2019, the latest date for which such information is available. ">Strength in Defence Forces

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: Similar to other sectors in the public service, the pay of Permanent Defence Force personnel was reduced as one of the measures to assist in stabilising national finances during the financial crisis. Improvements within the economy have provided an opportunity for the unwinding of the FEMPI legislation which imposed pay cuts across the Public Service. Pay is being restored...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: The White Paper on Defence, approved by Government in July 2015, resulted from a comprehensive examination of Defence requirements.  It provides the defence policy framework for the period up to 2025.  This policy framework is designed to be flexible and responsive given the dynamic nature of the security environment and enables the Defence Organisation to be adaptive to changing...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: Following previous unsuccessful attempts in 2018 to recruit a direct-entrant military psychiatrist and locum psychiatrist for the Defence Forces, sanction was sought from, and granted by, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to conduct a competition for a contracted civilian consultant psychiatrist. The pay rates applicable are equivalent to those available...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: The former Naval Service vessel LÉ Aisling has been the subject of a report by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Libya that the decommissioned vessel which was sold by way of public auction on 23 March 2017 was subsequently disposed of to a Libyan military commander, Khalifa Haftar, represents a breach of a UN arms embargo by a company in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: To date in 2019, my Department has recruited 40 civil servants through a combination of the Public Appointment Service, Civil Service Mobility and secondment from other areas of the public service. These staff were recruited primarily to replace staff who left my Department through retirement, resignation, promotion or secondment to another area of the public sector. ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising Data (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: My Department did not incur any advertising expenditure in relation to Brexit for the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Personal Injury Claims (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: The State Claims Agency (SCA) manages personal injury claims on behalf of the Minister for Defence.  In respect of personal injuries, details of the number of claims and associated costs are set out in the Department’s Annual Reports which can be accessed at www.defence.ie. Note that the Annual Report for 2019 will be published in 2020. With regard to a specific breakdown...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: Expenditure by my Department is mainly on pay and allowances, operational costs and capital investment across the Defence Forces. Capital expenditure on projects in Counties Meath and Louth by my Department, in the period in question, was limited to expenditure on the maintenance and upgrade of military installations. The capital expenditure on projects in County Meath and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (18 Dec 2019)

Paul Kehoe: The White Paper on Defence sets the defence policy agenda over a ten year planning horizon and covers all aspects of defence within overall security policy. The White Paper on Defence – Update 2019, which I published last week following Government approval, is the first in a new fixed cycle of defence reviews which the Government decided to introduce when it approved the White Paper in...