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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks Closures (24 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid to private security firms for the provision of security services by the Defence Forces in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3504/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Meetings (24 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of meetings his Department had with the representative associations regarding the working time directive 2003; the dates on which they occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3533/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (24 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the joint submission to the Public Service Pay Commission from the Department of Defence and military authorities underwent changes after it was sent to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; if so, the nature of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3532/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 25 September 2018, the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the third stage of the part unwinding of the public service pension reduction, PSPR, as part of pension restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2394/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Deer Culls (22 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a risk assessment on the safety of the public was conducted prior to the operation of the recent deer cull in the Phoenix Park overseen by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2612/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Deer Culls (22 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the precautions undertaken by his Department and the OPW to safeguard the public and to alert the public that firearms would be used as part of the recent deer cull in the Phoenix Park overseen by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Deer Culls (22 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if An Garda Siochána was informed in advance of the operation of the recent deer cull in the Phoenix Park overseen by the OPW and that firearms would be discharged as part of the operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2614/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Deer Culls (22 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the considerations given to animal welfare in relation to the recent deer cull in the Phoenix Park overseen by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2615/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (22 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 579. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of available childcare services especially in the Dublin 15 area (details supplied); the efforts underway to address same; the advice for parents that cannot secure a place in a childcare service for their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2304/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State told me in reply to a parliamentary question just before Christmas that the effective strength of the Reserve Defence Forces stood at 1,745. As with the Permanent Defence Forces, the Reserve has been in decline for years. While the Reserve Defence Forces had 2,280 effective members at the end of 2015, this had reduced to 2,049 by the end of 2016 and to 1,975 at the end...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: Much of this relates to the large breakdown in rural and regional units of the Reserve Defence Forces. Mr. Richardson mentioned at that committee meeting that 6,000 applications were received between September 2015 and December 2016 and out of those applicants, 60 were recruited. That shows the mismatch between the numbers who might be interested and the numbers who go on to become...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his priorities for the Reserve Defence Force in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1860/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: What are the Minister of State’s priorities for the Reserve Defence Forces in 2019? During his tenure, he has said little about the Reserve Defence Force. There has been a recruitment problem which has been outlined by the Reserve itself. What are his plans to address the diminishing numbers in the Reserve?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medical Services (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: There is a new strategic HR unit within the Department of Defence. It does not take a rocket scientist to know that if one advertises for a position at half the salary being offered by the HSE, there will not be any applications. There have been no applications for many of the vacant positions within the HSE. Has the Minister of State asked the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the working time directive will be implemented for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1861/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: I ask the Taoiseach and the Minister for Defence when the working time directive will be implemented for members of the Defence Forces and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: Late last year, we learned how a shortage of officers in the Defence Forces resulted in bomb disposal experts and marine engineers having to work 70 hours and 65 hours a week, respectively, without any overtime, and a survey carried out by RACO highlighted the Government's total disregard for implementing the directive, which would cap their working week at 48 hours. Germany, Britain and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: The reason I asked the question about the representative associations is that PDFORRA stated that it saw more of the Department's officials in the courts than at negotiation meetings. There is a concern that the Department is more concerned with the High Court cases than with honouring and addressing this issue in a meaningful way. PDFORRA states that, as of late June 2018, departmental...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Directives (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: That is what PDFORRA said.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (17 Jan 2019)

Jack Chambers: I also subscribe to the view that personnel must be physically and psychologically fit to meet the challenges of the job. The Minister of State has outlined another review based on a previous review. An international comparison shows that in Malta, the age limit is 55 years; Finland, 55; Belgium, 56; Cyprus, 52; and Australia, 60. Many personnel in their thirties who must make large...