Results 4,961-4,980 of 6,645 for speaker:Jimmy Deenihan
- Defence Forces Recruitment. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: The Minister is avoiding it.
- Defence Forces Recruitment. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: The Minister is getting narky. This is Deputy Willie O'Dea at his best.
- Defence Forces Recruitment. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: I wish to ask a final supplementary question. I am disappointed that the Minister trivialised the crèche issue.
- Defence Forces Recruitment. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: This is an ongoing problem. A committee is sitting to discuss the provision of a crèche at the Curragh and elsewhere. Can the Minister give us any assurance that the committee will be asked to report as soon as possible? If so, will he provide a crèche? There is one in the Oireachtas. I do not know how much it is used but it is available for us in the Houses. Surely there should be...
- Defence Forces Recruitment. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: It is still under 1% of GDP which it was in our time.
- Defence Forces Recruitment. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: It is getting smaller.
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: Will the Minister not increase the figure in case he needs more?
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: For what percentage of GDP does the Defence Vote account? I understand it is approximately 0.7%. Not so long ago it was 1%, albeit of a smaller GDP but it was even smaller before we took over.
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: I am talking about the return.
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: I am asking about what is provided in the budget.
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: If the mission does not go ahead, where will the money be spent? Limerick.
- Defence Forces Personnel. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: There are only nine brigadier generals in the country and they are not represented by any organisation in pay negotiations. I accept the chief of staff and his two assistants, who in a way are Government appointees, would not fall into this category. In the Civil Service assistant secretaries are represented and brigadier general seems to be the only category that is not. Brigadier...
- Defence Forces Personnel. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: Brigadier general is the highest level of commander in the Defence Forces and they are responsible for training, organisation and the three regions. Brigadier generals may be the most powerful people in the Defence Forces. Given the level a brigadier general occupies the increase mentioned seems very small compared to that recently proposed for Ministers. The Minister should consider...
- Defence Forces Personnel. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: Is the Minister one of the Cabinet members who agreed with the pay rise?
- Emergency Planning. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: This question is a good plant.
- Emergency Planning. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: Maybe they need panic buttons.
- Overseas Missions. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: I read that Lieutenant General Nash may retire in May. Will the Minister confirm he will be there for the duration of the mission? Is there a possibility the duration of the mission could be extended after a year if so demanded? With regard to water supply, I received reports from people who served in Liberia that the water supplied there by the United Nations was totally inadequate. The...
- Defence Forces Reserve. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendation of the Reserve Defence Force Review Implementation Board report, which was accepted by the Government, that the current members of the First Line Reserve of officers and men be reactivated and become involved in training of the RDF and that suitable members on discharge from the...
- Defence Forces Reserve. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: I am sure the Minister is aware that since the reform of the Defence Forces back in the early 1990s a large number of officers have retired and gone into alternative employment. This vast resource is now available to the Minister and with a bit of encouragement and incentive they could become part of the FLR. It was recently reported that there has been an alarming fall-off in the number of...
- Defence Forces Reserve. (12 Dec 2007)
Jimmy Deenihan: Will the Minister agree that this group could have a vital role to play in attracting more people back to the RDF? Some of the reasons for the fall-off in numbers include organisational difficulties and the question of the presence of professionals at all times at training camps and other exercises. The importance of attracting this reservoir of talent, as we have both described it, back...