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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: The Garda Síochána does the vetting in conjunction with the Defence Forces intelligence. No civil servant is involved in the process. Of course, setting out the terms and conditions of pay and everything like that is done by civil servants in the Department. The process is exactly the same as the process that applies to An Garda Síochána. The Defence Forces do not set...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: Mr. Mooney's role relates to Defence Forces personnel, support services, communications, conciliation and arbitration and the litigation branch. The new appointment was to ensure an appropriate focus on human resources and to give greater support to that. I say this in Mr. Mooney's presence and I do not wish to flatter him in any way-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: He is an excellent civil servant, as are all the civil servants in my Department. They come in for criticism on occasion. I will defend every one of my civil servants to the bitter end. They are absolutely outstanding public servants. I appreciate the work they do every day for the improvement and promotion of the Defence Forces. I know that message might not always come through. Of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I will not publish it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: It is a copy for the pay commission and the pay commission will probably publish it when it finishes its deliberations. Last year, I sought that the Defence Forces be highlighted and in fairness to the pay commission, it came back after meeting the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe. The Minister highlighted two areas, namely, health and the Defence Forces. I am...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I will come back to the Senator with the number in training. That has always been part and parcel of the numbers. The Senator said that the air ambulance had been contracted out to a private-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: No. The air ambulance based in Athlone is fully operated by the Defence Forces.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: No. Somebody else also mentioned that. That is a service level agreement that we had with the HSE. There is a big difference between aid to the civil power and aid to the civil authority. The service level agreement is that we will provide that service if and when available.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: We still provide some services to the HSE and will continue to do so. In approaching the challenge we had, we had to own up and say that we were not able to guarantee the service. We cannot say that we would be able to fly through the night or whatever the story is. We will not be able to be there 24-7. It would be wrong of me and I would be shirking my responsibility if I did not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I have said we have a number of challenges in the Naval Service on a number of issues, as I highlighted in the past few weeks. They could be due to personnel, weather or technical issues that we were not able to get to sea, but that is nothing new. There are lost days every year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: We are addressing those issues. I have stated we have challenges.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: The Deputy is absolutely wrong in saying that. Earlier this year I met the CEO of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority in Haulbowline. The Naval Service has been able to fulfil any request it has received from it, An Garda Síochána or the Customs service. I am not sure if the Deputy saw the successful drugs interdiction a number of weeks ago by the Naval Service in co-operation...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I hear also this information-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: The Senator put out a tweet a number of weeks ago in which he said-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I do not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: The Senator said all of our ships were tied up, which was totally incorrect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I dealt with the Chief of Staff and the Accounting Officer. I will speak to Deputy Grealish separately about the medals. I do not wish to get into that matter now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: I have addressed the non-pay retention issues and also those on the pay side.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: All contracts are being examined. I can talk to the Senator separately about that matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)
Paul Kehoe: The White Paper on defence provides the policy framework over a ten-year planning horizon. A key commitment is the introduction of a system of fixed cycle reviews to ensure policy will remain up to date. The approach is to have an update every three years and a more strategic review every six years. The first White Paper update review is under way and I understand it will be before the...