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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (24 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 to 272, inclusive together. As you will be aware the Pay Commission Report was published on 9 May last and contains a very comprehensive and detailed analysis of pay and pensions issues in the public sector and notably addresses issues surrounding recruitment and retention. My Department made a detailed submission to the Commission setting out these very...

Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Did Deputy Mattie McGrath take Deputy Healy-Rae's sheet?

Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I need one minute, if that is agreeable to the House.

Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The exact requirements of the commission will become clearer once the commission is established and begins to scope out its work in more detail. The appointment of staff and their terms and conditions will be subject to approval by the Taoiseach as the specified Minister with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Significant costs may arise in recruiting independent...

Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017,copies of which Order in draft were laid before Dáil Éireann on 9 May 2017. I will briefly summarise the matters that have led the Government to accept there is a need for a commission of investigation into matters of significant public...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available to a person whose land has been lost to erosion on the River Slaney in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: As the Deputy will be aware, the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 establishes the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) as the competent Authority for securing efficient and effective enforcement of sea fisheries protection legislation and the sustainable exploitation of marine fish resources from the waters around Ireland. To this end, the SFPA has a Service Level...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 680, 681 and 702 together. Naval vessels have a life expectancy of around 20 – 25 years. The three ships most recently due for replacement with the Naval Service were LÉ Emer, commissioned in 1978, LÉ Aoife, commissioned in 1979 and LÉ Aisling, commissioned in 1980. Extensive surveys were carried out on these vessels given their age and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 682 and 683 together. It was not possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the timeframe available. I shall provide the figures to the Deputy when I receive them from the military authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I am advised by the military authorities that the Defence Forces Personnel Management System does not capture data on the number of suicides of serving members of the Defence Forces. Therefore the Defence Forces are not in a position to provide the information requested in relation to death by suicide. All sudden deaths must be reported to the relevant Coroner’s Office. It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 685 to 689, inclusive, and 692 together. I welcome the opportunity to clarify the situation regarding the sale of the decommissioned Naval Service vessel LE Aislingfollowing various media reports and speculation with regard to the resale price. This ship, which had a life expectancy of between 20 to 25 years of age, was withdrawn from service in June 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Travel (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The information in relation to Ministerial Air Transport is available publically via a link entitled Ministerial Air Transport Service (MATS) on the Department of Defence homepage at

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Policy (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: There are no plans at EU level to establish an EU military headquarters. The proposal, currently being advanced is the development of civil/military planning and conduct capabilities, coordinated through a joint support coordination cell (JSCC), to improve the EU's capacity to react in a faster, more effective and more seamless manner. The proposal is to build on existing structures with a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Records (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I have corresponded with the Deputy recently by way of follow up response to Parliamentary Question No. 36 of 15 February 2017 and the position is as set out in my letter of 17 May 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: ​ ​2010 ​2011 ​2012 ​2013 ​2014 ​2015 ​2016 ​2017 (30/04/17) ​Officers ​53 ​72 ​70 ​59 ​82 ​75 ​80 ​22 ​Other Ranks ​481 ​657 ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: It was not possible to collate the data in the timeframe available. When the information is received from the military authorities, I shall pass it on to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Rates of remuneration and conditions of employment in the Irish public sector have traditionally been set by reference to relative levels of pay across the various sectors of the Irish public sector. The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts of 2009-2015 and the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2018 (Lansdowne Road Agreement) currently define the pay policy for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables: Air Traffic Controllers Year (31 Dec) Air Traffic Controllers Fully Qualified Partially Qualified % Change from previous to current year (total ATC) 2013 17 9 8 0% 2014 17 13 4 0% 2015 17 14 3 0% 2016 14 11 3 -18% 2017 14 10 4 0% “Partially qualified” personnel refers to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: It was not possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the timeframe available. I shall provide the figures to the Deputy when I receive them from the military authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (23 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Government is committed to maintaining the establishment 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. The manpower requirements of the Permanent Defence Force are monitored on an ongoing basis in accordance with the operational requirements of the three services. Personnel...