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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Service Medals (2 Nov 2016)

Seán Sherlock: 484. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason ex-members of the Naval Service who served on Operation Pontus on board LE Niamh from July to October 2015 are being excluded from medal ceremonies on 5 November 2016 to mark the service of Operation Pontus. [32651/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Data (13 Feb 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The additional costs incurred from the deployment of Naval Service vessels to the Mediterranean under Operation Pontus and Operation Sophia comprise the costs of allowances, fuel and other ancillary costs.  Details of these costs and the numbers of Naval Service personnel deployed in the Mediterranean for each of the last three years are set out in the following table. YEAR...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (18 Oct 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

Mick Wallace: Operation Pontus, the search and rescue mission, was established as a humanitarian mission with the primary focus being on saving lives. Wonderful work was done and almost 16,000 lives were saved in the Mediterranean. The recent Dáil motion to bring Operation Pontus within the remit of Operation Sophia was a terrible development. The day before the motion was considered, a House of...

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: I do not accept the Deputy's assertions and I definitely do not accept his assertion that Operation Sophia is a military operation. I accept that we are part of a different mission now. We were part of Operation Pontus, which was independent of ourselves, and we are now part of the EU-mandated mission. This mission operates under the triple lock and went through Government and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018) See 4 other results from this debate

Paul Kehoe: ...100% that it is a military mission, but it is also a UN mandated mission. When we joined PESCO, which I brought to Cabinet and to the House. Members of this House voted democratically to join Operation Sophia. It totally changed the mission in which we were participating under Operation Pontus. Operation Sophia specifically seeks to counter human trafficking and smuggling in the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2021)

James Browne: Any involvement by the State in international humanitarian search-and-rescue missions and operations, including the involvement of the Naval Service, is done in co-operation with our EU partners and in the context of our UN missions. The Naval Service's involvement in the Mediterranean was as part of Operation Pontus and Operation Sophia. The Naval Service has not been deployed to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (10 May 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the role of the Naval Service in Operation Sophia when it changed from Operation Pontus. Is the Navy contributing to an ongoing immigration problem and abuse of human rights, particularly in detention centres in Libya?

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2017) See 4 other results from this debate

Séamus Healy: The Naval Service is participating in Operation Pontus as part of a bilateral agreement with the Italian Government. Operation Pontus is a purely humanitarian mission rescuing migrants at risk of drowning in the Mediterranean. To date, the Naval Service has saved approximately 16,800 migrants. The Government's proposal to participate in Operation Sophia, which is supported by only eight of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Staff (3 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...(PSS) office, under the direction of the Defence Forces PSS office, provide Pre-deployment Stress Management briefings to all Permanent Defence Force personnel deploying to the Mediterranean on OPERATION PONTUS, in accordance with the Defence Forces’ regulations. Prior to a ship’s return to home waters, Naval Personnel Support Services (PSS) office again provide post...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (23 Jan 2018)

Paul Kehoe: The deployment of Irish Naval vessels to the Mediterranean to engage in humanitarian search and rescue tasks as part of Operation Pontus from 2015 to 2017, was an important element in Ireland's response to the migration crisis in the Mediterranean. Overall, 17,509 migrants were rescued under Operation Pontus and details are out in the table below. Year Deployed Naval vessel Persons ...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (23 Mar 2017)

Paul Kehoe: In response to the questions on Operation Pontus from both Deputies, I received the review of the 2016 mission from the Defence Forces last Friday week, before I went on my St. Patrick's Day trip to Lebanon. I have looked at the review but I have not had a chance to consider it. I am due to meet the Chief of Staff and the Secretary General of my Department next week or the following week...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (15 Nov 2016)

Paul Kehoe: ...are a total of 211 members of the Defence Forces with addresses in Waterford, of which 15 are serving overseas. The overseas figure includes one member of the Naval Service currently serving with Operation PONTUS in the Mediterranean.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Jun 2016)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 574. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will respond to allegations that some members of the Defence Forces serving on missions, such as Operation Pontus in the Mediterranean, are being paid less than the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17052/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (22 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...and support for the primary role of the United Nations, in the maintenance of international peace and security, is expressed in Ireland's long-standing tradition of participating in UN peacekeeping operations. This commitment is also expressed in our engagement in the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Details of overseas Missions where Defence Forces personnel have served...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (17 May 2017)

Paul Kehoe: An additional payment in respect of personnel who deployed to the humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean on Operation Pontus was agreed through the Conciliation & Arbitration Scheme for members of the Permanent Defence Force by PDFORRA, the Representative Association for enlisted personnel. This payment was subsequently authorised by the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 434. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will proceed with the Defence Forces operational service medal to be awarded for service on missions not governed by the United Nations, the European Union or similar mandates; and when the sailors on Operation Pontus and the members of the Defence Forces on the ebola medical mission in Sierra Leone will be paraded to receive the medal. [46649/15]

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: In respect of the defence motion that is scheduled for tomorrow, we have not had sight of it yet. Obviously there was some discussion of the change from operation Pontus to operation Sophia. We would need to see the detail. It is not good policy to have a very significant decision being made without the Opposition parties having more than a matter of hours' sight of it. If it has not...

Business of Dáil (12 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: I objected to the Order of Business yesterday on the basis we needed some more time to reflect on the proposal to change Operation Pontus into Operation Sophia. My understanding is that an amendment was brought in at 10 o'clock this morning simply to increase the time. My intention was to raise it today and ask that the matter be deferred entirely but I was not notified that there was to be...

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Apr 2017)

Brendan Ryan: ...to provide access for the Garda Associations to the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court; — that the agreement on 11th November, 2016, through an independent adjudicator, that crews serving in Operation Pontus in the Mediterranean should be paid the armed allowance of €15 per day; — that over 20 per cent of enlisted personnel in our Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (26 Jan 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Members of the Naval Service have already received the main allowance due to them for their participation in the humanitarian rescue operation in the Mediterranean. The issue of further recompense in respect of this mission was the subject of a claim under the Defence Forces Conciliation and Arbitration Scheme. There was adjudication hearing in respect of PDFORRA’s claim in relation...