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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (29 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Gormanston Army Camp stands on 105.93 Hectares (261.77 acres). The Department of Defence has let 62.3 Hectares (154 acres ) of this land to a local farmer. The remaining lands are operational and used day to day as part of the permanently occupied Gormanston Army Camp. The Department of Defence also leases additional land of 7.29 Hectacres (approximately 18.024 acres) adjacent to the camp...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (29 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I appointed Special Advisers Mr. John Coughlan and Ms. Clare Mungovan under Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. Their contracts of employment commenced with effect from 6 May 2016 and with effect from 18May 2016 respectively. Their appointments are to temporary, unestablished positions in the Civil Service. The term of office of each Special Adviser shall cease on the date...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] - Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following:Dáil Éireann declines to give the Bill a second reading in order to protect the authority of the Executive to conduct external relations pursuant to Article 29.4 1° of the Constitution; noting also, for example, that the Bill, as currently framed, may constrain the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (24 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 and 281 together. The only State body currently under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board. The Army Pensions Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act, 1927. The Act specifies that the Board shall consist of a chairman and two ordinary members. The two ordinary members must be...

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Where is Bríd tonight?

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Until it is finished.

Finance Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: We will have to bring back old politics.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (23 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Gormanston Camp is, and will continue to be, an important operational military installation, and there are no plans to change this. My Department has invested considerably in facilities and infrastructure at Gormanston Camp. Since 2010, just over €688,000 has been spent on a range of capital and non-capital developments and improvements. This is in addition to routine ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing a decision on an application for incremental credits to a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36285/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Functions (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Pursuant to the Defence (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 314 of 2016), statutory responsibility for a wide range of Defence matters as provided for in enactments relating to the Department of Defence has been delegated to me. As well as specifying the powers that have been delegated, the Order also specifies the Ministerial powers and responsibilities arising under...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Since October 2015, the processing and payment of monthly Defence Forces pensions on behalf of the Department of Defence is carried out by the Payroll Shared Services Centre (PSSC) operated by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The person concerned is in receipt of a Defence Forces occupational pension, which is liable to income tax and the universal social charge on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Ceremonies (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The National Day of Commemoration is held annually by the State in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham. Annual commemorations are also held by the Defence Forces at the National Memorial in Merrion Square during the summer months. In addition, commemorations are held in military barracks during November. A commemoration to honour deceased members of the Defence Forces was conducted in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Provisions (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: There has been no application for injury warrants under the Superannuation Acts in my Department, in the period since 1995.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The outcome of the vote of 23 June 2016 in the UK will have implications across all aspects of the business of the European Union. While the vote does not give rise to fundamental strategic issues for Defence Forces operations or for Ireland’s continuing engagement within the EU in the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), it is expected that Brexit will have an impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I wish to advise the Deputy that the only vacant accommodation owned by the Department of Defence in the Dublin city council area are three vacant apartments, in a small development of former married quarters, located outside of Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines. It is the Department’s policy to sell off vacant married quarters which are located outside of Barracks. However, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (22 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I attended the ceremony held in Galway in June 2016 to mark the decommissioning of LÉ Aisling, following 36 years of outstanding service to the State. The proud record of the ship in operational service with the Naval Service was duly recognised and the range of activities which the ship was involved in was recalled and commended. There are a number of recognised methods for disposing...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (17 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Civil Defence, which operates under the aegis of the Department of Defence, provides assistance to the Principal Response Agencies, such as An Garda Síochána. Civil Defence services are delivered at local level by the relevant local authority. Civil Defence is funded on a 70:30 basis by the Department of Defence and the local authorities. The Department of Defence does not...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (17 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Defence Forces. I will revert to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (17 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The only state body currently under the aegis of the Department of Defence is the Army Pensions Board which is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. The Army Pensions Board does not have a Chief Executive so the question of pension top ups does not arise. In the years 2011-2012 two other state boards operated under the aegis of the Department of...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Uncertain Hours) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I hear the same rubbish from the Senator's colleagues and those on the left in the Lower House.