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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Remuneration (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Defence Organisation includes civil servants, military personnel and civilian employees attached to military installations. The annual cost, including Employer’s PRSI, of introducing a minimum weekly gross wage of €600 in respect of Civil Service Staff and Civilian Employees employed by my Department is estimated at €344,554.82. The costs in relation to Civilians...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Appointments to State Boards Data (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The only state body under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. In the period since I was first appointed as a Minister of State at the Department of Defence in February 2011 there have been no applications submitted to my Department from former TDs for board positions on the Army Pensions Board.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Surveys (13 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1342 to 1351, inclusive, together. The latest report referred to by the Deputy has not yet been released. This report is a follow up to the first phase of the Climate Study and it further explores the issues raised in the original survey. The Focus Groups engaged in the study were conducted towards the latter end of last year and early this year. The...

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: From an operational and logistical perspective the timing of the transfer of Naval Service operations in the Mediterranean to Operation Sophia, the Government has directed that this will take place at an appropriate juncture, which I will decide, based on advice from the Department and the Defence Forces. I believe that Ireland joining with the 25 other member states already contributing to...

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves, pursuant to section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960, as applied by section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, the deployment of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force to serve as part of EUNAVFOR MED - Operation Sophia, and in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 2312 (2016) and UN Security Council...

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I mean finishing the debate tonight within the 80 minutes allocated.

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Yes.

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Okay.

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: No bother. It was worth asking. I know that others might have to go to bed early, but I am normally-----

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I have great respect for the staff of the Houses. I understand it having been Government Chief Whip for five years. The motion has been placed on the Order Paper for Dáil Éireann-----

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Deputy Mick Wallace for his support.

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Earlier this year, following discussions with the Defence Forces general staff, I asked the Deputy Chief of Staff and the Naval Service Flag Officer to visit the headquarters for Operation Sophia to meet the commanding officer and report back to me. The subsequent advice and recommendation received from the Defence Forces general staff was that we should participate in Operation Sophia, the...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Outrageous behaviour.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy Murphy caught Sinn Féin out before.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the qualifying criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme and the primary medical certificate which underpins it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Pensions (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 490 and 501 together. The last occasion that public service pensions, including Defence Forces pensions, were increased was on 1st September 2008. Up until then, Defence Forces pensions were generally increased in line with, and from the same operative date as, relevant pay increases applied to serving military personnel. Such public service pension...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Government is committed to maintaining the stabilised strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 9,500 personnel, comprising of 7,520 Army, 886 Air Corps and 1,094 Naval Service as stated in the 2015 White Paper on Defence. I am advised by the Military Authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, at 31 May 2017, the latest date for which de tails are available, was...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 492, 494 and 496 together. As of 31 May, 2017 (the latest date for which figures are available), the effective strength of the Army Reserve and Naval Reserve was 1,941 personnel. The following table sets out the details requested by the Deputy: Army Reserve (effective strength) Rank Male Female Total Lt. Colonel 5 0 5 Commandant 49 2 51 ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I am advised by the Military Authorities that a number of recruitment competitions for entry in to the Permanent Defence Force are currently underway. They include the 2017 Cadet Competition and the General Service Recruitment Campaign . Recruitment up to 10 July 2017 totals 250 personnel. Details are set out in the following table: General Service Recruits Army General Service Recruits...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Bomb Disposals Data (12 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána have primary responsibility for the internal security of the State. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence is the provision of Aid to the Civil Power which, in practice, means to assist An Garda Síochána when requested to do so. The Defence Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal...