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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (29 Mar 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 personnel as stated n the 2015 White Paper on Defence. The manpower requirement is monitored on an ongoing basis in accordance with operational requirements of each of the three services. As there is significant...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Naval Vessels (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Visits from foreign naval vessels are a long-standing and common practice in Ireland and worldwide. Foreign naval vessels are granted permission by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to visit Irish ports on condition that they meet the necessary policy stipulations. This requires that visiting naval vessels do not carry nuclear weapons and do not engage in military exercises. The...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49 and 51 together. The Air Corps continues to provide a broad range of services on a daily basis for a diverse range of tasks such as Army and Naval Service support, the Emergency Aero-medical Service, maritime patrols and fishery protection, the Ministerial Air Transport Service, inter-hospital transfers and Aid to the Civil Power duties including the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Public Service Pay Commission, announced by my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, has been tasked with providing analysis and advice on public sector renumeration, including the Defence Forces, in the context of the FEMPI Acts 2009 – 2015. The Public Service Pay Commission is expected to report in the coming months. Once this report is available, the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: As the Deputy is aware the scheme of Conciliation and Arbitration for members of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) provides a formal mechanism for the PDF Representative Associations, RACO and PDFORRA, to engage with the Official side. The purpose of the scheme is to provide a means for the determination of claims and proposals from the Associations relating to remuneration and conditions of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Health and Safety (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I wish to assure the Deputy that t he health and welfare of the men and women of the Defence Forces is a high priority for me and for the Military Authorities. I am advised that it is the policy of the Defence Forces to manage Health and Safety risks to all of its members. This is achieved in line with national Health and Safety regulations. The Defence Forces are committed to continuous...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Equipment (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My priority as Minister with Responsibility for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Defence Forces, including the Air Corps, is maintained to the greatest extent possible so as to enable them to carry out their roles as assigned by Government. Future equipment priorities for the Air Corps are being considered in the context of the lifetime of the White Paper on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Fatalities (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: In December 2014, the then Minister for Defence, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., appointed former High Court Judge, Mr. Roderick Murphy to conduct an independent review of the investigation of the death of Private Hugh Doherty and the disappearance of Private Kevin Joyce (Caomhán Seoighe) on 27 April 1981 while serving as members of the Irish Battalion with the United Nations Interim Force in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Information from military records show that the individual in question was issued a Service medal in September 1993. If it is a case that for some reason this ex-member of the Defence Forces did not receive his medal at that time, then contact should be made with the Regulations Staff Officer in “A” Administration, Defence Forces Headquarters, Newbridge, Co. Kildare.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I am advised by the Military Authorities that the strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 31 January 2017 was 9,136, comprising 7,346 Army, 705 Air Corps and 1,085 Naval Service, whole time equivalent personnel. The following table outlines the establishment, strength and vacancies of the Permanent Defence Force, by Army, Air Corps and Naval Service as at 31 January 2017, based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Planning (29 Mar 2017)

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. There is significant engagement on an ongoing basis with respect to international terrorism with other countries in the EU. Among the roles assigned to the Defence Forces in the White Paper on Defence is the provision of Aid to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Government is committed to maintaining the stabilised strength of the Permanent Defence Force at 9,500, comprising of 7,520 Army, 886 Air Corps and 1,094 Naval Service personnel,as stated in the 2015 White Paper on Defence. The manpower requirement of the Defence Forces is monitored on an ongoing basis in accordance with the operational requirements of each of the three services. As...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The primary function of training and education in the Defence Forces is to develop and maintain the capabilities necessary to enable it to fulfil the roles laid down by Government. The Defence Forces conducts training and education under four broad categories namely; leadership, skills, career and collective training. Leadership training is the medium through which the Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Air Corps is not tasked or equipped to monitor aircraft overflying the entirety of Irish airspace. However, on a routine basis the Air Corps monitors and communicates with foreign military aircraft where such aircraft are flying in the airspace in the vicinity of Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, where air traffic control is provided by the Defence Forces. The Government’s White...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Providing for the military defence of the State’s territory is a fundamental security requirement and responsibility for this is vested specifically in the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. The defence contribution to security also encompasses defence inputs to domestic security (Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP)) in support of An Garda Síochána, who have primary...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My priority as Minister with Responsibility for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service, is maintained to the greatest extent possible so as to enable the Defence Forces to carry out their roles as assigned by Government as set out on the White Paper on Defence. Equipment priorities for the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps are being...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: As of 01 March 2017, Ireland is contributing 585 Defence Forces personnel to 9 different missions throughout the world and also to a range of international organisations and National Representations. The main overseas missions in which Defence Forces personnel are currently deployed are the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) with 378 personnel and the United Nations...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The manpower requirements of the Permanent Defence Force are monitored on an ongoing basis in accordance with the operational requirements of each of the three services. Personnel are posted on the basis of operational needs across the organisation both at home and abroad. As there is a significant turnover of personnel in the Defence Forces, targeted recruitment takes places on a regular...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The following table sets out the number of ‘Whole-time equivalent’ female personnel in each of the three elements of the Permanent Defence Force as of year end for the period 2012 – 2016 and as regards this year, until 28 February 2017, the latest date for which figures are available. ​ ​2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 ​Army 485 ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts Data (29 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My Department has not hired any private investigation firms in the past 5 years.