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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: 14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the initiatives he is taking to improve accommodation for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38424/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: The deflection to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, does not wash. If there is an attack here, the Defence Forces will have to be involved. We know that the Defence Forces are unable to monitor their own internal networks on a 24-7 basis. Coupled with the fact that owing to a shortage of personnel in the Defence Forces, it is not possible to second Defence...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the work of his Department and the Defence Forces in cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38426/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: Will the Minister of State please report on the work of his Department, and the work done by the Defence Forces on cybersecurity? He will be aware that when I raised this issue previously, he deflected and referred to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, which is out of sync with how similar issues are managed by western democracies. The Department, the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Cyberattacks signify a grave threat to countries across Europe, yet we are not doing enough to protect ourselves. One example was in 2017 when Ireland's power grid was the subject of a suspected nation-state attack, which was discovered two months after the initial attack. It was not detected by Ireland; it was instead notified to the Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State should look at his responses to parliamentary questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State is breaking records for pay savings. Has he listened to himself? We are talking about a recruitment and retention crisis and he has record levels of pay savings, the very matter that is causing the recruitment and retention crisis and putting people on the bread line in the Defence Forces. He is telling us that he is buying a few aeroplanes and that a few ships will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: I have read the Minister of State's responses to parliamentary questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State should read his own responses to parliamentary questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State is silent.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State is silent.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the defence budget, specifically Vote 36, is on profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38889/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: Will the Minister outline whether he will require a Supplementary Estimate this year? The last two questions related to pay and allowances. I seek an update on the budgetary position of the Department of Finance.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State confirmed two things for all the military personnel looking in on proceedings. The pay budget is €24 million below what was budgeted for so far this year. That is because of the mass exodus under the watch of the Minister of State. They are not being paid the appropriate allowances and they are on the poverty line. The Minister of State is yet to outline...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: It is the Minister of State who is misinformed about the crisis. The pay commission report indicates that 57.8% of Permanent Defence Force members stated that they will leave in the next two years and, of those, 84.5% pointed to pay as a primary consideration. The Chief of Staff, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, stated today at the conference of the Representative Association of Commissioned...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State did not accurately reflect what was stated by RACO representatives. They stated that its acceptance of the recommendations should not be seen as an acknowledgement that the Defence Forces retention crisis is close to being solved. RACO considers that the reversal of the exodus of personnel is the true metric by which to measure whether the plan is working. Earlier...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: I will reference remarks made by all Deputies and some persons outside the Houses and correctly so. He humiliated the tenure of the Minister of State at the Department of Defence by showing leadership on the issue. RACO stated that there is much frustration and disappointment at the meagre increases set out in the Government's proposals, which is hardly an endorsement of the plan. Of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: 1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the pay recommendations of the report of the Public Service Pay Commission into recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces will be sufficient to end the retention difficulties being experienced by all three services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38888/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: What are the views of the Minister of State on whether the pay recommendations of the report of the Public Service Pay Commission into the recruitment and retention difficulties in the Defence Forces will be sufficient to end the current retention difficulties being experienced by all three services?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (24 Sep 2019)

Jack Chambers: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated number of persons likely to leave the Defence Forces in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38422/19]