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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Eligibility (5 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are allowances available for capital acquisitions tax agricultural relief for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19272/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (5 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 579. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19117/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (5 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the cereal targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19141/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (5 Jul 2016)

Paul Kehoe: 583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the 2016 scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector; when the decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19171/16]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Chairman for his opening remarks. I look forward to working with him as Chairman of this committee and with its members. I thank him for his good wishes and wish him the very best of luck as Chairman of this important committee. I welcome my first opportunity to engage with the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence, to consider the 2016 Revised Estimates for...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Deputy for her comments. I have had conversations with her via parliamentary questions and in person about it. The Department and I have great respect for members of the RDF. Next week, I will have a bilateral meeting with the Chief of Staff and the Secretary General about a number of issues, including the RDF. One of the most serious problems with recruitment to the RDF is...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: There are a number of questions. Perhaps I could have received a written submission but I will do my best. If I leave something out the Deputy can come back to me. The Babcock contract will be paid from savings over the course of 2016 from the overall Department. When I come back looking for a Supplementary Estimate I will outline the specific saving in each subhead, down to the last...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Yesterday, I met the military people who carried out the climate survey with the University of Limerick. The university carried out the research. I received a brief on it. Today, I will have a copy of the full report.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: No, I will not forward it to anybody. I must still consider the report myself. I will consider it over the coming weeks and I assure the Deputy I will not rush into publishing the report until I consider every part of it. Something in which I have a general interest is with regard to the welfare and well-being of all members of the Defence Forces, from the newest recruit to the Chief of...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: There were going to be huge teething problems with the closure of the Western Brigade and it will take a considerable length of time. It will not be done overnight.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: No, there will not be a reversal. It will not be done overnight, but I have asked that new recruits from the west of Ireland are trained in Galway or Donegal, recruits from the east of the country are trained in Dublin or Kilkenny and people from the South will go to either Cork or Limerick, so that they are close to home when their training is finished. This will not always be the case and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: What I said was that I received a briefing yesterday from military officials. I will go back to both organisations, PDFORRA and RACO. I said this.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I will be giving them a full briefing on the climate change report. I am not holding anything back. I did say I would be getting the report first. I will consider the findings personally myself and then there will be a presentation by UL to both RACO and PDFORRA. Thereafter, we will publish the report. I will not specify the date I will publish the report, but as soon as I consider the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: I will not promise-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: On the last question first, that is not something I have considered but I will keep it in mind. I wish to assure Deputy Chambers very clearly that I will not be involving all of the organisations in each of the 88 projects. That is a matter for management and the military authorities. Let me tell the Deputy that every member of the Irish Defence Forces will be given every opportunity to...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: We have to implement the White Paper. If we were to involve every representative organisation and go into the detail of everything-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Absolutely, but there are 88 projects. There is a timeframe for the implementation of the White Paper and I want to get it implemented. Both PDFORRA and RACO have copies of the White Paper and I am meeting them before the end of this month. I have sent correspondence to say I would meet them. If they have anything to give to me on the White Paper and its implementation, I will gladly...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Sorry?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: Of course they are aware of the projects, and they are being consulted on the implementation of the White Paper. I would like the committee to be assured that the representative associations fed into the consultative process prior to the publication of the White Paper and were involved in every part of its drawing up. Any recommendations or suggestions made were encouraged.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Paul Kehoe: The sum of €23 million has been provided for equipment, and €5 million has been provided for the acquisition of ammunition types needed to maintain stocks, training and overseas requirements through the year in 2016. There is an ongoing upgrading of the Department of Defence. We had procurement for a number of missiles and recently upgraded the surface-to-air missile system....