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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Strategy Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: My Department is currently preparing a draft Strategy Statement 2016 - 2019 for the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. This will reflect the requirement to include an assessment of relevant human rights and equality issues, in accordance with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014. The Programme for Partnership Government contains a number of commitments...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The Defence Organisation includes military personnel and civilian employees attached to military installations and civil servants. Information is not available in relation to the numbers of public sector pensioners re-employed in the public sector prior to 1 November 2012. Prior 1 November 2012, holders of public sector pensions who were subsequently re-employed in the public sector were...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (4 Oct 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The number of staff employed by my Department at 30 September 2016 is 357 and the number seconded to my Department on the same date is 5.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (29 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) qualify for the retirement relief exemption when transferring their land to their son; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27827/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the first tranche of GLAS 1 payments are not being paid until December 2016, 85% and March 2017, 15% when the deadline for completion was spring of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27575/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I have been hugely impressed by the work of the volunteer members of the Reserve Defence Force and have observed them in training and on ceremonial duties. Similar to many other voluntary organisations, members of the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve undertake unpaid activities on a voluntary basis and are to be commended for their commitment. While members of the Army Reserve and Naval...

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Insurance Regulation (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: -----and is working with all of the relevant stakeholders, Departments and offices to identify immediate and long term measures that can address the rising cost of insurance. Consultation with the relevant stakeholders is ongoing. The working group looks forward to receiving the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and the Taoiseach on this...

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Insurance Regulation (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I thank Deputy Mattie McGrath for raising this very important issue. I am glad he did not use that language because I would be very sensitive towards any language like that. Introducing measures to address the rising cost of motor insurance is a high priority for Government. The working group on the cost of insurance, chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is...

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Insurance Regulation (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I understand the Deputy's frustration. Many, if not all, Deputies across the House are frustrated with the rising cost of motor insurance. Not a day goes by without someone mentioning the rising cost of motor insurance to me and particularly people involved in the haulage business. County Wexford is heavily reliant on the haulage business, as I am sure is the case in County Tipperary and in...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Such grandstanding has not been witnessed for some time.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Training (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The occasional temporary road closures at the Hollow Road by the Defence Forces are in accordance with the provisions of section 274 of the Defence Act 1954, as amended. This provides the Defence Forces with the powers to temporarily stop all traffic in the vicinity of any place used for artillery or rifle practice. I take on board the point made by the Deputy and I will bring it to the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The independent monitoring group, IMG, was established in May 2002 to oversee the implementation of recommendations arising from a report on the interpersonal relationships within the Defence Forces. The Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, and the Permanent Defence Forces Representative Association, PDFORRA, are both represented on the IMG. The third and most...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The report has not been on my desk in June. I did not receive a copy until mid to late July. On my appointment, I met representatives of PDFORRA and RACO who asked me to provide them with a copy prior to publication. I indicated I would do so and I will give them a copy of the report tomorrow prior to the presentation on Thursday in the University of Limerick. I will publish the report in...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I tried to publish the report at the end of July but unfortunately the staff of the University of Limerick who carried out the review were not available at the time. I wanted those who were at the coalface and carried out the review to be present. I did not want other staff from the university to join me in giving the presentation to RACO and PDFORRA. I wanted those who produced the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: It does not matter.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The most important issue will be to address the detail of the document and make the changes it recommends. It will not make much of a difference if the document is provided 24 or 48 hours in advance. I will meet representatives of PDFORRA and RACO after the document is published and we will go through it in detail. I met both representative organisations in late June or early July and they...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Training (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Range No. 3 is a rifle range within the Curragh Camp and since March 2016 the Defence Forces have resumed training on this range. This has resulted in the occasional temporary closure by the Defence Forces of the Hollow Road. The temporary road closures are required as part of strict control and safety measures put in place by the Defence Forces to ensure public safety during the firing of...

Other Questions: European Defence Capabilities (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Let me repeat to the Deputy what I said in my original reply: the Treaty of Lisbon does not provide for the creation of a European army or conscription of any military formation. Any change to this position would require a treaty change. Let me state absolutely that no change is proposed in any manner or means. As I said in my original statement on the President of the European Commission,...

Other Questions: European Defence Capabilities (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: All member states of the European Union understand Ireland's position on neutrality. As is stated in the White Paper, "Ireland will continue to maintain a policy of military neutrality which is characterised by non-membership of military alliances and non-participation in common or mutual defence arrangements". I know that the Deputy might have concerns about the comments made by Mr....

Other Questions: Military Neutrality (27 Sep 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Dáil and Government business has precluded my attendance at the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Bratislava which started yesterday, 26 September, and continued into this afternoon. Accordingly, the Minister for Defence is being represented by the Secretary General of the Department of Defence. This is an informal meeting and, as such, no decisions are being taken on any...