Results 4,961-4,980 of 17,012 for speaker:Paul Kehoe
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: I cannot even answer a question "Yes" or "No". There is an explanation for each answer.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: I have been here since 10.30 a.m.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: I have no problem with that whatsoever.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: I am accountable to the House, but I will not accept people cutting me off-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: -----and not allowing me to answer questions.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: The total handed back to the Exchequer in the years 2014 to 2018, inclusive, was €4.2 million, which equated to 0.09% of Votes 35 and 36. The Deputy is now asking me to hand back to the Minister major pay savings stemming from us not having a personnel level of 9,500. I will not do that.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: I want to reinvest it in the Defence Forces. The Deputy has signed up-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: Deputy Chambers's party-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: Over the past three years, less than 1% of funding for the Defence Forces funding has gone unspent. To address Deputy Chambers's specific comments, I will not hand back pay savings to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe. Nor will I tell him at the start of next year that, since we will not be able to use up our full allocation for 9,500 personnel, we will not need it. Maybe the Deputy wants to do...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: Off the top of my head, a commissioned pilot has a service obligation, as does a commissioned officer in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps. There are various service commitments that apply. For example, if a person receives training and education and then leaves the service, he or she will have to buy out the associated costs. The State has invested in that person and it is right and...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: The saving under subhead A3, wound and disability pension allowances and gratuities to or in respect of former members of the Defence Forces, is €529,000. This arises due to lower than expected numbers of new pension awards coming on stream in 2019. Under subhead A4, payments to spouses of deceased veterans of the War of Independence, a saving of €21,000 arose. This is a...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: I would definitely do that. I have given that commitment. Deputy Barrett spoke about the process in and around recruitment. I asked for an independent review of recruitment to be put in place and that is ongoing. That was also in the independent pay commission recommendations.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: Going back to what Deputy Chambers stated about a response he received to a parliamentary question, the "net surrender" is a technical term. If one looks into it, the net surrender to the Exchequer includes the surplus of appropriations-in-aid. It does not reflect the Vote 35 or Vote 36 that I, along with my officials, negotiate with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: We received money from the Dormant Accounts Fund in the past two years. These funds were transferred to the Civil Defence, which also comes under my remit, and were used to purchase new vehicles last year. Additional vehicles will be bought this year using income from the Dormant Accounts Fund.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: The Civil Defence is a voluntary organisation. The Dormant Accounts Fund income is specifically for the Civil Defence, which is a volunteer-led organisation.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: My Department has statutory responsibility for it and we fund it along with the local authorities, but it is a volunteer-led organisation. The Dormant Accounts Fund is there for investment in communities. The new vehicles will be used at community events, field days, concerts and so on where the Civil Defence serves the safety and well-being of the people who attend.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: To clarify the position, the funds were provided to the local authorities to be spent on behalf of the volunteers of the Civil Defence.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: I will revert to the Deputy with an answer. The Department channels the funds.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: It was a surplus. I will revert to the Deputy with a full explanation.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Supplementary Estimates for the Public Services 2019
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (28 Nov 2019) Paul Kehoe: We channel the Dormant Accounts Fund funding to the Civil Defence on behalf of the local authorities. Local authorities make a proposal and we then channel the funding back into the local authorities for them to allocate. The Deputy should not try to muddy the waters.