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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (12 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure her Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of expenditure on external consultancy and advertising or communication. [46623/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (12 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 521. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of expenditure on external consultancy and advertising or communication. [46635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (12 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the role her Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure her Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of expenditure on external consultancy and advertising or communication. [46628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (12 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of work of the working group he set up following the Flemish decree case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46372/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (12 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role his Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure his Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of expenditure on external consultancy and advertising or communication. [46632/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (12 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 597. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role her Department is playing in the winter ready campaign; the expenditure her Department will incur in this campaign; and the details of expenditure on external consultancy and advertising or communication. [46625/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: In the context of the funding crisis in RTÉ and the job losses, the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019 does not provide for licence fee reform. Will the Government bring forward amendments on Committee Stage to address the issue or will it kick-it-to-touch for five years, as mentioned previously?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: As of 4 September, Ireland was contributing 651 personnel to UN missions and 27 to a range of international organisations and national representations. This compares with 761 in 2009 but is greater than the 426 personnel deployed overseas five years ago. Are there any other deployments in the pipeline? Opportunities to serve on UN missions, as the Minister of State knows, are popular with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: What is the optimum number of personnel we can have deployed at any one time, taking into account especially the retention crisis? Is there a concern that we cannot deploy as many as we have requested? This is often raised in the public domain. Can the Minister of State clarify the matter? Is there scope to provide additional numbers abroad if the demand is there? As we know, the UN...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the White Paper on Defence update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45728/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: I ask the Minister to report on the White Paper on Defence update. It is four years since the White Paper was published. It states: The Government intend to put in place a new fixed cycle of defence reviews. These are common practice internationally and give reassurance that policy remains up to date and relevant to changing...circumstances... Under this programmed approach, the first...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: What impact has that had on the retention crisis in the context of the implementation of the White Paper? There is a serious concern that all of the commitments mentioned in the White Paper have taken a complete back seat since the Minister of State published the Public Service Pay Commission report, and there is a complete information vacuum for the representative associations. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: Is the Minister of State saying it is the committee's fault?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: A year later.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: At that committee, I asked about the recruitment and retention crisis in regard to the White Paper. If that does not fit the Minister of State's priorities on the White Paper, what on earth is he doing in his ministerial office? Can the Minister of State outline the successful projects that have concluded as a result of the White Paper? Can he outline the position on the tech 2-6 review...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: It is not the committee's fault.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: I am not a committee member. I attend on defence issues.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: 8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the new United Nations missions he expects the Defence Forces to undertake in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45727/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: I want to ask the Minister about the new United Nations missions he expects the Defence Forces to undertake in 2020. On the previous issue, I will have to raise that with the Chairman of the committee, my party colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith, who I think the Minister of State has smeared here today by saying he would not facilitate the White Paper review, and given the fact Minister of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Army Barracks (7 Nov 2019)

Jack Chambers: Are they not worth it?