Results 281-300 of 610 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Tom Kitt

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: Two members of the Permanent Defence Force, serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), were injured in an incident on 8 January 2008. The soldiers had superficial injuries and were taken to the local hospital in Sidon by Lebanese army personnel. The soldiers were treated for their injuries and kept in over-night for observation. Both were discharged from the...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: A request to provide crèche facilities for members of the Defence Forces has been made by the Defence Forces Representative Associations. The Defence Forces Partnership Steering Group, which was established following on from Partnership 2000, has tasked a Partnership Sub-Committee with examining the issue of the provision of childcare facilities under a number of headings, including demand...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The White Paper on Defence outlines the blueprint for a new Reserve Defence Force. An Implementation Plan has been developed that will ensure the realisation of the White Paper vision. The Implementation Plan is being rolled out over the period to end 2009. The new Reserve has a clearly defined role, an enhanced relationship with the PDF, better equipment and training and opportunities to...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The person concerned retired on grounds of ill-health from his position as a civilian employee with the Defence Forces in April 1986. He was awarded a gratuity amounting to £4,709.33 and an annual pension amounting to £508.61 on retirement, under the terms of the non-contributory pension scheme for non-established State employees. The person in question received on his retirement all of his...

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The Minister for Defence as Chairman of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning has encouraged all departments and agencies to ensure that their plans are kept up to date and are exercised regularly. Potential threats to the State arising from international terrorism are continuously monitored by those involved, principally the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces. They provide a...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: With regard to Ireland's participation in future Battlegroups we are committed in principle to participation in the Nordic Battle Group (NBG) in 2011. Other contributors to the (NBG) are Estonia, Finland, Norway and Sweden acting as framework nation. Potential participation from other EU member states in the battle group has at this moment not been announced but the possibility of additional...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The Reserve Defence Force (RDF) is comprised of the Army Reserve and the Naval Service Reserve. The current number serving in the Army Reserve is 8,018 and in the Naval Service Reserve is 311. The White Paper on Defence outlines the blueprint for the RDF. An Implementation Plan has been developed to realise the White Paper vision and is being rolled out over the period to end 2009. The RDF...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The White Paper on Defence of February 2000 set out a figure of 10,500 personnel for the Permanent Defence Force as the strength sufficient to meet all foreseeable military requirements for the period comprehended by the White Paper (i.e. up to 2010). This remains the position. It is the Minister's intention to maintain the established Government policy of ongoing recruitment to the Defence...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. Minister O'Dea is constantly in touch with his EU colleagues both in the context of European Defence and Security and other matters, which would include discussions on possible future EU lead peacekeeping deployments. Two (2) official meeting of EU Defence Ministers are held during each six (6) month EU Presidency. These present the...

Written Answers — National Statistics: National Statistics (22 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The most up to date information on the population of Gorey town, classified by nationality, is taken from the 2006 Census and is set out in the following table. Persons usually resident in Gorey classified by Nationality Number Total Irish 6,541 Total Non-Irish 973 of which EU 770 Estonia 30 Poland 201 Portugal 39 Slovakia 26 Latvia 87 Lithuania 63 France 12 UK 262 Rest of...

Written Answers — National Statistics: National Statistics (22 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The most up to date information sought by the Deputy is in the following table drawn from the Census 2006 dataset. Please note that the Census of Population does not capture any information on the number of bedrooms in households. By Electoral Divisions Persons in Dublin City aged 55 years and over, either living alone or with another adult, who are usual residents, classified by number...

Written Answers — National Statistics: National Statistics (22 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey. The survey provides estimates for eight NUTS-3 level regions. The latest results are for the period September to November 2007 and showed an unemployment figure of 30,100 persons in the Dublin region. This equates to an...

Written Answers — Housing Statistics: Housing Statistics (23 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: Information on vacant dwellings arises as a direct result of the enumeration work carried out by enumerators at the time of a Census of Population. In the case of the 2006 census, attention was first drawn to the extent of vacant dwellings on publication of the Preliminary Report in July 2006. The tentative estimate at the time was 275,000 housing units. Table 40 of the Principal Demographic...

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (29 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The Central Statistics Office will be commencing the consultation phase of Census 2011 in August 2008. It will place notices in the national press and on the CSO website inviting submissions from the public and interested parties on the suggested content of the 2011 census questionnaire. The CSO will directly contact the national organisation representing autism during this consultative...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Jun 2008)

Tom Kitt: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the current situation in Zimbabwe in view of the recent detention and illegal arrest of Mr. Tsvangirai on 4 June 2008 and other MDC leaders during June 2008, the beating, intimidation and murder of MDC activists and voters and domestic election observers and the displacement of thousands of people through a campaign by...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Jun 2008)

Tom Kitt: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role he is playing in the region and internationally to assist Zimbabweans to end the violence and intimidation and ensure that Zimbabwe abides by the SADC principles and guidelines governing democratic elections (details supplied). [23689/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Jun 2008)

Tom Kitt: Question 498: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if election results in Zimbabwe will again be posted outside polling stations; if licences have been granted to domestic election observers; and if the police and army will be banned from entering polling stations. [23690/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Jun 2008)

Tom Kitt: Question 499: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent the Government or any government within the European Union has been working with the SADC country government to ensure that the numbers of SADC election observers are scaled up considerably, that they will be present to monitor the pre-election environment and that they will remain until the election results have been released....

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Jun 2008)

Tom Kitt: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will endeavour to ensure that international peacekeepers, from the AU initially, will be deployed in Zimbabwe. [23692/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Jun 2008)

Tom Kitt: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action being taken at EU level in relation to the situation in Zimbabwe. [23693/08]