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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The Department of Defence previously owned a property at Iveragh Road, Killorglin, Kerry. In 2005 Kerry County Council acquired this property for inclusion in a major town development project and in exchange a new purpose built Defence Forces facility was provided on a nearby site at Iveragh Park. I have been advised by the Defence Forces that the new facility continues to be regularly...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Programme for Government Implementation (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The Programme for a Partnership Government contains an ambitious range of commitments that my Department continues to prioritise. Separately, the White Paper on Defence has set the defence policy agenda over a ten year planning horizon. Several of the commitments assigned to my Department arising from the Programme for a Partnership Government overlap with existing White Paper commitments...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The 2015 White Paper on Defence sets the defence policy agenda over a ten year planning horizon and encompasses all work carried out by the Department of Defence, the Defence Forces and Civil Defence. It comprehends the Government’s policy on defence of the State from armed aggression, the defence contribution to domestic security, the defence contribution to international peace and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. Normal statistical returns made to me by the Defence Forces do not include details of age. Permanent Defence Force Strength - as of the 28th February 2018 PDF Male Female Total LT GEN 1 0 1 MAJ GEN 2 0 2 BRIG GEN 8 0 8 COL 37 1 38 LT COL 128 2 130 COMDT 280 47 327 CAPT 307 66 373 LT 218 21 239 Total Officers...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The Government approved arrangements in July 2011, whereby Enterprise Ireland would support the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces capability development through engagement with Irish-based enterprise and research institutes on the use and application of innovative civilian technologies in the military sphere. The White Paper on Defence confirms this arrangement, stating the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy for the period 2015 to 2017: Year Category Rank Inducted 2015 General Service RECRUITS 307 2015 Cadets CADETS 49 2015 Direct Entry Medical Officers & Direct Entry Conductor CAPTAINS 1 2015 Direct Entry Enlisted Engine Room Artificer SERGEANTS 5 2015 Army School of Music PTES 19 2015 Air Corps Apprentice...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 and 141 together. The nature of military service requires that the age and health profile of personnel in the Defence Forces must be appropriately managed to ensure that capability requirements are met. In this context, the Defence Forces have a higher level of turnover than other areas of the public service and this is a feature of military...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. Rates of pay and conditions of employment in the Defence Forces have traditionally been set by, inter alia, reference to relative levels of pay across the various sectors of the Irish public sector. The Working Family Payment (formerly the Family Income Supplement) provides a means to supplement a family’s income, be they...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Under the Army Pensions Acts 1923-1980 a disability pension or gratuity may, following retirement, be granted to a former member of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) for permanent disablement due to a wound or injury attributable to military service (whether at home or abroad) or to a disease attributable to, or aggravated by, overseas service with a United Nations Force.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My priority as Minister with Responsibility for Defence is to ensure the operational capability of the Defence Forces is maintained to the greatest extent possible so as to enable the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service to carry out their roles as assigned by Government. In this regard defensive equipment requirements for the Defence Forces are kept under constant review. As part...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My priority as Minister with Responsibility for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Defence Forces is maintained to the greatest extent possible so as to enable the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service to carry out their roles as assigned by Government. In terms of suppliers of military equipment, the principle of competitive tendering is used by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: In 2017, as part of the Mid-Term Review of the Capital Plan, ‘Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016 – 2021’, submissions were made by Departments, including Defence,  to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). These submissions, including my Department’s, are available publicly on the DPER website at www.per.gov.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Since 1998 my Department has been engaged on an ongoing programme of barracks consolidation and the property portfolio is under continual review. This has resulted in the disposal of a range of properties that were identified as surplus to military requirements. The properties outlined in the following table are those that have been disposed of over the last five years yielding a total of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Primary responsibility for security matters and the internal security of the State rests with the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence is the provision of Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP) which, in practice, means to provide assistance and support to An Garda Síochána when...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The Joint Task Force on Drug Interdiction (JTF) was established in 1993 as a Government measure to improve law enforcement in relation to illegal drug smuggling and consists of members of An Garda Síochána, the Customs Service and the Naval Service. Overall responsibility for the prevention of drug trafficking rests primarily with the Customs Service of the Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: Primary responsibility for security matters and the internal security of the State rests with the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence is the provision of Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP) which, in practice, means to provide assistance and support to An Garda Síochána when...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together. The Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) provides the Government and the President with an independent and flexible air transport service to assist in meeting national and international obligations. The Service has been primarily provided by the Learjet 45 aircraft and information in relation to Ministerial Air Transport is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: My priority as Minister with Responsibility for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Defence Forces is maintained to the greatest extent possible so as to enable the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service to carry out their roles as assigned by Government. The most significant investment of recent years by the Defence Organisation has been on the procurement of the new...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The Air Corps provides a broad range of services in accordance with its primary security role.  The Air Corps also undertakes a diverse range of non-security-related tasks on an ‘as available’ basis including the provision of air ambulance services to the Health Service Executive (HSE).  The HSE’s Aeromedical Desk in its National Emergency Operations...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Risk Assessment (17 Apr 2018)

Paul Kehoe: A National Risk Assessment for Ireland 2017 was submitted to the European Commission on 5th December 2017, after it had been endorsed by the Government Task Force (GTF) on Emergency Planning and subsequently noted by Government. It was forwarded to the European Commission in response to the invitation to all EU Member States (MS) to provide such a National Risk Assessment (NRA)...