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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (27 Nov 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Documents Issuance (27 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance when the correspondence requested will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49314/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Sustainable Development Strategy (27 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a pilot programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49154/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (27 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49110/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (27 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing a pilot programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49155/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be rolled out for schools (details supplied); the way in which it can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48744/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I am very proud of the work members of the Defence Forces, inlcuding the Naval Service, have been doing in the past few months. Our mission statement changed when we joined Operation Sophia. I was not hiding behind anything. Part of it was picking up migrants. The UN Migration Agency has stated the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean has decreased in the past few years. If one...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I am not arguing, but if one talks to any of the NGOs, they will agree that the number of migrants has dropped. Our number one priority was reducing the number of lives being lost because no one was stopping smugglers from bringing migrants across. We are now stopping them from bringing migrants across very unsafe waters in unsafe vessels.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I will pick up on a point made by Deputy Wallace. The European Union was also building capacity in Libya aimed at improving conditions for the exact people to whom the Deputy referred. That is a known fact which the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, has stated in the House. Operation Sophia is only one element of the European Union's response. We in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I have the figure, but I do not have it to hand. It is in my notes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I will get the Deputy the number of boats that were destroyed. We are operating within a UN mandate and will continue to do so. Members of the Naval Service are doing a very proud job for them and Ireland.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68, 71 and 82 together. As in other military organisations, turnover in the Defence Forces is higher than that which normally prevails in other sectors. In that context, there is ongoing recruitment to replace personnel who depart. Recruitment to the Permanent Defence Force has continued throughout 2018. It encompassed two general service recruitment...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I totally disagree with the Deputy when he says that we have not saved any lives. I think we have saved thousands because we have interrupted the smugglers' model and have destroyed the boats that they used to smuggle migrants. The UN migration agency has been compiling migrant arrival data across the Mediterranean since 2014 and has reported that the number of migrants arriving by sea has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I agree with the Deputy 100% that it is a military mission, but it is also a UN mandated mission. When we joined PESCO, which I brought to Cabinet and to the House. Members of this House voted democratically to join Operation Sophia. It totally changed the mission in which we were participating under Operation Pontus. Operation Sophia specifically seeks to counter human trafficking and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I was at a European Council meeting yesterday at which Operation Sophia was discussed-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The health and safety of members of the Defence Forces is a priority for me and the military authorities. Many of the activities of the Defence Forces comply with the provisions of the working time directive. As the Deputy will appreciate, implementation of the directive will amount to a fundamental change in working conditions that have been in place for many years. The implementation of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: When the numbers drop, of course there will be more challenges within any organisation. The Defence Forces' organisation is no different. Then we have to prioritise the work. What are the most important pieces of work? Is it sending people overseas, aiding the civil power, aiding the civil authority, or the daily ongoing duties that members of the Defence Forces carry out? I have tasked...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Less than 1% of the personnel in the organisation is on the working family payment. People talk about 70%, 60% and 40% but it is actually less than 1% of the Defence Forces organisation personnel. That includes the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. I have not come across people who have not been able to get on the housing list. I do not know about people's personal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 67, 73 and 74 together. The EU Common Security and Defence Policy operation, EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia, was launched in June 2015. It is part of the EU's broader action to provide a comprehensive response to the global migration and refugee crisis and to encourage a democratic, stable and prosperous Libya. It specifically seeks to counter human...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (21 Nov 2018)

Paul Kehoe: It is a matter for the House, not me, if Members want to debate a document. I have no problem in coming before the House. Ireland's participation in the Permanent Structured Cooperation, PESCO, arrangement has no implications for its policy on military neutrality. It is very important that I point this out to the Deputy. The PESCO projects in which we are participating will not require me...