Results 1-20 of 36 for defence forces strength speaker:Lisa Chambers

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...it is the easier route to getting stuff out. Such is the way the media cycle has gone. That is not good for debate, discourse or making sure differing views are aired. Senator Wall has asked for a debate on defence with the Tánaiste on the plan published yesterday by the Department to implement the recommendations for reform of the Defence Forces. I note with interest the plans...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2023)

Lisa Chambers: ...views known to the Minister. Senator Murphy also spoke about the attacks on gardaí we have witnessed in recent days, not just in Ballyfermot. We have seen an increase in attacks on members of the force. Senators Wall, Davitt, Seery Kearney and Craughwell raised the same issue. It is, therefore, fair to say that across parties and across the House there are genuine concerns about...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Cross-Border Healthcare Directive: Discussion (8 Mar 2021)

Lisa Chambers: ...relationship between the hospitals, PDFORRA and the health service, which is good because that benefits the patient. Mr. Bright is right that if we were to discuss recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces, we would be here all day and night and well into next week too. That is probably a topic for another day and another committee. He is right that anything we can do to keep...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (29 Mar 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up-to-date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14697/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (29 Mar 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up-to-date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14698/18]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Army Pensions (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Lisa Chambers: The next issue I wish to raise brings me to the Permanent Defence Force, PDF, allowances. In this context I wish to comment on the record on the outstanding work of the Defence Forces in respect of Storm Emma. So many of our soldiers went above and beyond the call of duty and worked day and night. I am sure they are still recovering and still quite tired after the work. I know some of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (14 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 772. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54050/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (14 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 773. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the most up to date figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54051/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (12 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...it had 2,280 effective members at the end of 2015, this decreased to 2,049 at the end of 2016 and to 1,975 at the end of March 2017, and figures given to me last month show that the current total strength of the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, is now 1,856. There is therefore a downward trajectory all the time. Recruitment is the lifeblood of the Reserve, and without a steady flow of new...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (12 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I accept that the Minister of State is committed to the Reserve Defence Force but the figures are going down all the time. While we are standing here saying how committed we are, there needs to be action to address the fall in the numbers. I believe the Reserve Defence Force is being strangled when it comes to recruitment and the recruitment process. I have outlined to the Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (12 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: My question relates to the number of units in which the strength in station for officers is running at less than 50%. When replying to that point, the Minister of State referenced cadets and training. That is not the same as officers in station. When questions are put to the Minister of State and his Department about the strength of the Permanent Defence Force, his response always makes...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (12 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: The reason we asked the question about strength in station is so that we can ascertain the level of officer numbers. This is the management level of the Defence Forces. I know for a fact that the Minister of State was presented with figures at the RACO conference which showed that a number of units including ordnance-bomb disposal, transport and engineering are currently operating at below...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Strength (12 Dec 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces units in which the establishment strength in station for officers is running at less than 50% for November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52899/17]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2017)

Lisa Chambers: .... I raised the superannuation arrangements for post-January 2013 entrants with the Minister for Finance in the past week and he was quite sympathetic to the anomaly that exists. Since 1995, Defence Forces officers pay a pay related social insurance, PRSI, class A contribution and their pensions are fully eligible for the social welfare system. Those officers fulfilling the agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (26 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recent figures for the strength in whole-time equivalent terms of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (26 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 296. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recent figures for the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45494/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (18 Oct 2017)

Lisa Chambers: ...six years. I accept that the Minister of State has a budgetary responsibility to the Government, but I remind him that as a Minister of State who essentially takes all the responsibility for the defence portfolio, he also has a duty to the men and women who are the members of the Irish Defence Forces. I do not believe he has advocated for them adequately in the context of next year's...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (12 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 491. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of figures for the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33128/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (12 Jul 2017)

Lisa Chambers: 492. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33129/17]

Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Lisa Chambers: I move:That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges the pride that Irish people take in the Defence Forces and the contribution made by the Permanent Defence Force, the Reserve Defence Force and Civil Defence; remembers those members who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of the State, including those on overseas peacekeeping missions; agrees that the single greatest asset the...