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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My Department is committed to reducing its energy consumption and to improve energy efficiency by 33% by 2020 as required under the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP). By the end of 2017 (the latest date for which figures are available), the Department had reduced it's energy consumption by 25%. The energy consumption reduction achieved to date is as a consequence of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied); when payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51104/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My Department has not issued any funding or grant aid to the Association referred to by the Deputy during the period from 1 January 2008 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The following table provides details of the external consultant reports commissioned by my Department in each of the years March 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the costs of those reports; the companies commissioned to completed the reports; and their titles and publication dates. Report Title Cost Year of Commission External Company Publication Date An independent review of United...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The matter of the proposed sale of the former married quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks has been on going for some time now. During this period, it emerged that there were legal difficulties in selling the properties as originally intended. In December 2016, the Chief State Solicitors Office met with the residents' legal advisers to outline the issues arising and, in order to resolve the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The position is that the Public Service Stability Agreement (PSSA) 2018-2020 provides for a series of increases in basic pay for public servants, including 1% from 1 January 2018 and a further 1% from 1 October 2018. The PSSA also sets out the policy on public service pension increases as adopted by Government for the duration of that agreement to end-2020, whereby some public service...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Meetings (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The following table contains details of the Defence related public events I attended in my capacity as Minister of State with Responsibility for Defence in the period 1 May to 29 November 2018. COUNTY EVENT DATE Carlow IT Carlow Graduation in Carlow 1 November 2018 Cork HRH Prince Charles visit to Haulbowline Naval Base Cork 14 June 2018 Cork Naval Service Commissioning 22 June 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Civil and military staff in the Department of Defence have worked closely together on examining issues arising for the Defence Forces related to the Working Time Directive. Military management are fully engaged in this process and a Military Board is currently undertaking further work on this matter. As I have previously informed the House, a Government Decision dated 18 November 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The report of the independent person appointed to investigate health and safety matters in the Air Corps is published and available on my Department's website. Appendix C of that report lists documents and materials consulted and reviewed by him. The document, to which the Deputy refers, is the subject of legal advice and in light of ongoing litigation, I am not in a position to comment...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My Department has no contracts, nor has awarded any tenders, to that company. Notwithstanding this, there is an arrangement in place for the payment of the costs for meals provided to military personnel participating in courses in some external training establishments. In a number of these establishments the canteen facilities are provided by Aramark and Aramark claim recoupment from the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Suicide Incidence (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I am advised by the military authorities that the Defence Forces are not in a position to provide the information requested in relation to death by suicide. All sudden deaths must be reported to the relevant Coroner's Office. It is a matter for the Coroner to decide whether a post mortem should be conducted and to determine the cause of death. The health and welfare of the men and women of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The health and welfare of the men and women of the Defence Forces is a high priority of mine and of my Department. Mental health supports are part of a range of medical and non-medical services provided to ensure that Defence Forces personnel are medically fit to undertake the duties assigned to them. Medical mental health services available to personnel include access to clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Security (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy will appreciate that policy in respect of telecommunications is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. I can assure the Deputy that the security of the State and the people is a matter of the highest priority for the Government. It would not be in the public interest to detail the measures that are taken by our authorities in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Security (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy will appreciate that policy in respect of telecommunications is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. I can assure the Deputy that the security of the State and the people is a matter of the highest priority for the Government. It would not be in the public interest to detail the measures that are taken by our authorities in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Status (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can upgrade its DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50645/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (4 Dec 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant assistance is available to persons with their own private well to have their water tested in view of recent concerns from the EPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50242/18]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I note the Austrian ambassador is in the Gallery. I thank the committee for the opportunity to present for its consideration the 2018 Supplementary Estimates on Vote 35, the Army pensions Vote. The Vote makes provision for retired pay, pensions, allowances and gratuities payable to or in respect of members of the Defence Forces and certain dependants. The 2018 Estimate provides a gross...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: That is a very important question. The pensions for personnel changed in 2013. A person leaving now will be on the old pension regime and there is an attractiveness there that they get their 21 years and then they get the pension. They are fit and well and can go out and work. The wider question the Deputy asked is a HR issue. The White Paper on Defence was published in 2015. The issue...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Yes.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The answer is similar to what I said to Deputy Barrett. Within the White Paper project, there is a gap analysis project which I am bringing forward to examine where we have gaps within the organisation. We can consider the criteria for extending the service beyond retirement age. The examination of retirement ages for enlisted personnel has been prioritised also. Given the retention...