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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Training Programme (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 391. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Army cannot conduct live firing training in Kilworth Camp due to the fact there is a lack of corporals to oversee the training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18857/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: International Agreements (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 392. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to enter a bilateral air defence agreement with Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18858/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 393. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress which has been made in his talks with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to secure funding to retain specialist personnel in the Defence Forces; and the status of efforts by his Department to improve the capacity of the Air Corps. [18859/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 394. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of recruits enlisted to serve in the Reserve Defence Forces since 2010 in tabular form. [18860/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 395. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to return a full level of air traffic control services to the Air Corps; and the options that are being considered to ensure the longer term sustainability of air traffic control. [18861/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 399. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the training of additional air traffic controllers will be completed to the point that the Air Corps can provide 24 hour duties; and if before a qualified controller can work in a tower on their own, they must have obtained the rank of sergeant or higher. [18865/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 396. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the efforts to refurbish the Army’s fleet of armoured personnel carriers; and the projected date for completion of this contract. [18862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 397. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the work that has been done by his Department to address issues relating to personnel travelling between barracks. [18863/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Lansdowne Road Agreement (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 398. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the benefits that will be afforded to PDFORRA’s members as a consequence of their decision to sign up to the Lansdowne Road Agreement by grade and rank in tabular form. [18864/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 400. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the loss of experienced ground crew technicians resulted in helicopters having to be sent to Belgium for inspections; and the dates when this has happened in tabular form. [18866/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Training (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 401. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of the 28 Air Corps cadets currently in training that will be assigned as tech and fire crews. [18867/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Search and Rescue Service Provision (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 402. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if 6.4 and annex 2 of the service level agreement between the ICG and his Department explicitly states that SAR top cover is an Air Corps function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18868/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Equipment (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 403. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the State’s elementary daytime interdiction capability against slow to moderate speed targets now no longer exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18869/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 404. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the number of specialist explosive ordnance personnel has fallen from 24 in 2014 to 16 in 2017; if the number available for bomb disposal operations is 11 due to the fact the five remaining personnel are on training courses or serving overseas; and if the EOD section of the Defence Forces lost its capacity to deliver world class benchmark...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 405. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of discussions between the Workplace Relations Commission and PDFORRA on the Public Service Pay Commission. [18871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 406. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Public Service Pay Commission will be published; and when a decision will be made to reverse the cuts to PDFORRA members of the Defence Forces. [18872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 407. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress which has been made in replacing major equipment platforms for the Defence Forces, as identified in the 2015 White Paper on Defence. [18874/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 408. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of progress made towards an institute for peace support and leadership training to focus on international education in the field of peacekeeping and conflict resolution. [18875/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Employment Support Services (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 409. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress which has been made in developing a new employment support scheme which has the direct involvement of the Defence Forces and is aimed at persons in the 18 to 24 age group that might otherwise struggle to break out of cycles of disadvantage. [18876/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (13 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 410. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel based in camps in County Donegal and Dundalk that have been assigned to duties in Dublin on a monthly basis from the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [18877/17]