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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: It is 7,764. I note that in the response to a recent parliamentary question tabled by my comrade, Deputy Carthy, the Tánaiste stated that his immediate focus would be on stabilising the number of personnel in the Defence Forces. I welcome that because retention is the most important thing. We have to retain the military personnel who are already trained and in whom money has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Carthy. Will the Tánaiste outline the establishment figure for the Army, the Naval Service and the Air Corps, the current number in each branch and the numbers in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: In April, Lieutenant Colonel Conor King, general secretary of RACO, said that we cannot recruit ourselves out of a retention crisis. He is right because we would just be putting water into a leaky bucket. The figure I have for the number of discharges in 2022 is 891. That was higher than the figure for any year since 2017. The Tánaiste mentioned the working time directive at a recent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: Have they been recording the working times?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: I ask the Tánaiste to outline his intentions regarding the acquisition of primary radar; if matters have progressed to the extent that either the Office of Government Procurement or the contracts branch of the Defence Forces are actively working in support of this; and if the Defence Forces have begun the work of identifying suitable locations for installations.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: The figure that is bandied about for the cost of this primary radar is €300 million. The Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, referenced the €176 million capital budget for the Defence Forces in budget 2023 and stated that the Government was going to prioritise the development of our primary radar capability. I understand that, as of March, an initial planning team has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: I heard it in the media and I just thought that maybe------

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: A starting point.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: In the report on the high-level action plan that was published in March of this year, the recommendation regarding primary radar is accepted in principle rather than being accepted, as most of the other recommendations were. Delivering primary radar really is a prerequisite in ensuring the surveillance of Irish-controlled airspace. I have spoken to members of Air Corps. There is a worry...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is willing to apply the terms of reference provided by the Women of Honour group to the planned statutory inquiry into abuse and bullying in the Defence Forces. [29859/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: Is the Tánaiste willing to apply the terms of reference provided by the Women of Honour group to the planned statutory inquiry into abuse and bullying in the Defence Forces?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: I understand the Tánaiste has met other stakeholders. I believe we have a particular duty to the Women of Honour group, especially given how the review into the situation of these women used language of a type and depth that I suspect has not been seen in very many other reports that have come to the House. Earlier we spoke about recruitment and retention. I have met these women....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: I would not disagree that the IRG was beneficial. I know the Women of Honour were not particularly supportive of it. They wanted it to go further. It cast light on many problems in the Defence Forces. The Opposition would be prepared to work with the Tánaiste on this. We could meet and talk about the terms of reference that would be used in this statutory inquiry and make sure that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Pre-budget Submission: Dóchas (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: Deputy Carthy and I met a member of World Vision or Christian Aid a couple of weeks ago in Buswells Hotel. She spoke to us about the ratio of debt developing countries have to pay to the IMF. It is frightening. While the witnesses' presentations today were very good, they leave you feeling a bit hopeless at times. The portion of debt these countries have to pay to the IMF is appalling....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Overseas Development Aid (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the specifics of how Ireland 'positively influences' the IMF in the context of overseas aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29075/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Overseas Development Aid (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline how Ireland challenges any conditionality in IMF programmes that undermines our own, stated commitment to public services, our own aid programme and those concerning women's rights in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Overseas Development Aid (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will conduct an assessment of the impact of IMF programmes in the context of both gender and human rights; if Ireland will examine whether or how they undermine Irish Overseas Aid objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29077/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 278. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that the proposed development of the lands immediately surrounding Castletown House will not impact negatively on the structure and its historical, aesthetic, architectural and cultural integrity; if he will publish the expert basis for that satisfaction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29679/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 279. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the State did not purchase the lands adjoining Castletown House; if the purchase was ever a consideration; if so, the reason it was not concluded by and for the State; if he will publish the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29680/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 Jun 2023)

Réada Cronin: 280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the State has conducted an environmental and wildlife assessment of development of the lands adjoining Castletown House; if so, if he will publish the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29681/23]