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Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he chose to hire private contractors to provide search and rescue facilities when the Air Corps possesses six helicopters suitable to fill the role and has the staff capable for being trained for such a role; if he will in future, prior to the signing of contracts, assess whether the Defence Forces have the capability to fulfil part...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a contractor has been appointed to build a new Garda Station in Castleisland, County Kerry; when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15975/10]

Defence Forces Deployment. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: I do not think we will reach it.

Defence Forces Deployment. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: I disagree with the Minister to some extent. If there is a presence at sea it certainly operates as a deterrent. The lack of naval vessels along our shoreline means that drugs are coming into the country aboard cruisers and smaller vessels. The coastline of Kerry alone is 300 miles long, so it is impossible to intercept everything unless there is a continuous naval presence. If he has the...

Defence Forces Deployment. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Can the Minister confirm that the Naval Service cannot intercept a ship that may be carrying drugs unless it is told to do so? Does the Naval Service have to get directions to board a ship suspected of carrying illegal drugs?

Defence Forces Recruitment. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence when recruitment will commence for the Permanent Defence Force in view of the decline in numbers over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15929/10]

Defence Forces Recruitment. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: When does the Minister expect to announce that recruitment will take place for the Defence Forces? In the 2007 programme for Government a commitment was given that not alone would the numbers reach 10,500, but also that there would be 300 personnel in training at any one time. However, that commitment was subsequently renegued on by the Government. The McCarthy report suggested numbers...

Defence Forces Recruitment. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: How many vacancies will be advertised or has the Minister decided yet how many places will be offered? Obviously, more people will leave from various ranks before the end of the year. Concern about the gratuity also has an influence on people's decisions. They fear the gratuity may be taxed in the budget. It would be no harm if the Minister cleared up that issue. It is important to...

Defence Forces Medical Services. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: The first question I asked the Minister's predecessor back in October 2007 was about establishing a review of the medical corps in the Defences Forces, to which the then Minister responded. The consultancy group was taken on in 2008 and reported last year. It is very important that the report is implemented and I have concerns about the speed of implementation. The PWC report of the late...

Defence Forces Strength. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: How many ranks remain unfilled at the moment? How many officers are acting up? Would he agree with me that if ranks remain unfilled it affects the entire operational capacity of the Defence Forces and could affect their day-to-day running? Some feedback I am getting indicates that if the promotions fail to take place in the near future it will add to frustration and lead to a drain from...

Irish Red Cross Society. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Obviously there have been ongoing problems with the Irish Red Cross Society for a number of years and it is important that the Minister addresses the matter. Whereas he wants to keep at arms length from the organisation, the laws passed by this House give him the authority to get involved. This issue has been festering. I met the acting secretary general and the chairman of the Irish Red...

Irish Red Cross Society. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Department gave €1 million.

Irish Red Cross Society. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Absolutely. It is from a blog.

Irish Red Cross Society. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: The Minister will have to do better.

Overseas Missions. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence when he informed the United Nations officially of the decision to withdraw Defence Forces from participation in Chad; if he formally informed the United Nations of the decision prior to, or following, his announcement of, or revealing of, the decision publicly on 30 March 2010; if the United Nations either formally or informally urged that the...

Overseas Missions. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: I welcome the Minister, congratulate him on his new portfolio and look forward to a very good working relationship with him. I also extend my best wishes to the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Dermot Earley, and his family following the announcement of his premature retirement on medical grounds. Lieutenant General Earley showed great leadership not only in the Defence Forces, but also...

Overseas Missions. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: To repeat my earlier question, who will protect the refugee camps the Irish mission was protecting? What arrangements are in place to do the work the Irish contingent was doing very successfully? The Irish personnel on the successful Chad mission earned considerable international respect arising from the manner in which they operated. Is it the Minister's intention to leave some equipment...

Defence Forces Deployment. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will reverse the decision to reduce by 200 the number of days that the Naval Service patrol in view of the drugs and other smuggling threat and its impact on the public and on the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15848/10]

Defence Forces Deployment. (21 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: The country is overcome with drugs at the moment and all communities, be they urban or rural, are affected in some way by drugs. In view of the fact that most of these drugs are coming in by sea, surely the Minister would agree that cutting back the number of naval patrol days was a retrograde step. The savings that will be made by cutting back by 200 days will be lost when we examine the...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (20 Apr 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of job facilitators here; the average waiting times to access support from a job facilitator [15427/10]