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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I believe I have covered the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: There is. This is one of the things I want to find out when I visit. I have been informed that there has been a reduction because there are not as many people leaving the Libyan coastguard as there were previously. They are also better trained and so forth. We are destroying some of the illegal boats that were bringing migrants from the Libyan coastline. That is all part and parcel of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I wish to mention an issue Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan raised with me. She spoke about the Defence Forces working with humanitarian organisations. The Defence Forces had a mission exercise last week in Athlone, Exercise Viking, in which it worked with seven or eight different humanitarian organisations, aid agencies and so forth and it worked very well. I hope we can further explore the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Any policy position we take in the European Union - I am very strong in all of the contributions I make - and every contribution I make reflects national policy. Commissioner Federica Mogherini is a very forceful lady who might have personal views on the direction she wants to take, but members can be absolutely assured that I reflect Irish policy and that any decision I make are reflective...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I take Deputy Seán Barrett's views on board. He must get very annoyed on a Saturday and Sunday morning when he listens to the political programmes, on which observers tell us what is happening in each political party and what we should be doing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Yes. I will now respond to the questions about the Reserve Defence Force and the changes to R5 and F7. Work is ongoing on both. I understand my officials sought to meet the representatives of Reserve Defence Force, but they were not available in the past few weeks. However, I know that a meeting is planned. On the eye sight standards required to be met by recruits to the Naval...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I know that officers have their own private health insurance cover.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I will revert to the Deputy on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: If the Deputy gives me the direct query, I will look into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I will have my office communicate directly with the Deputy on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: He is not the Accounting Officer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: He is accountable to me, but he is not the Accounting Officer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: This has been ongoing since prehistoric times. He is not the Accounting Officer, although he answers directly to me. I am willing to come before the committee at any time or answer parliamentary questions on the matter in the Dáil. The Secretary General will also appear before the committee. The Chief of Staff is not the Accounting Officer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: That is a matter for the------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: He is not the Accounting Officer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Defence and Related Matters (26 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: We have been over this ground before. He is not the Accounting Officer.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (25 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My Department has not incurred any costs for social media training. As part of the Be Winter Ready information campaign the Office of Emergency Planning engages the services of a media communications company to create and manage an information campaign on Twitter. The costs associated with this for the years in question are provided in the following table. 2014-2015 2015-2016...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Training (25 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: No training has been delivered in my Department in relation to the use of social media.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (25 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Military occupational pension (superannuation) schemes operate within the broader context and framework of public service pension policy as determined by Government.  The design, structure etc. of military superannuation arrangements has evolved in the overall context of public service pension reforms, especially developments over the past two decades or more.  For operational and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (25 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The maintenance of a cadre of personnel capable of meeting the physical demands of a career in the Defence Forces is a key human resources requirement. The provision of medical services by the Defence Forces is designed to ensure that Defence Forces personnel are medically fit to undertake the duties assigned to them. The granting of sick leave or the administration of medical treatment is...