Results 41-60 of 610 for speaker:Tom Kitt in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen and Women, or Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann Teoranta (ONET) has enjoyed the long-standing official recognition of the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces. ONET is dedicated to looking after the welfare of all ex-service personnel of the Irish Defence Forces. A main objective of ONET is to ensure the welfare of ex-servicemen and women...

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 45 together. During the lifetime of the 29th Dáil an All-Party Consultation Group on the commemoration of the 1916 Rising was established in relation to official preparations for the re-instatement of the traditional military parade at Easter and the commemorative programme to be put in place in coming years in relation to the centenary of the Easter...

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

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38 and 51 together. All members of the Defence Forces are advised to report any inappropriate contacts or requests linked to criminality, to their Commanding Officers. Such incidents will be dealt with by the Military Authorities and where necessary will be passed to the Gardaí. The Defence Forces do not openly discuss specific incidents that may have a...

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

Tom Kitt: There are no Defence Forces personnel working as Dental Hygienists at present. Two persons are currently serving in the Defence Forces who had been trained as Dental Hygienists, at public expense. Both of these were subsequently re-assigned to other duties on promotion.

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

Tom Kitt: The position is that there are a number of physical and medical standards laid down by the Military Authorities for entry to the Defence Forces. These requirements are based on the professional advice of the Medical Corps and having regard to the nature of the job, the duties of military service and the training exercises undertaken by members of the Defence Forces. The Medical Corps...

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

Tom Kitt: As part of the Defence Forces deployment to the UN mandated EU-led mission to Chad and the Central African Republic, EUFOR TCHAD/RCA, it is intended to deploy a Dental Officer and a Dental Surgery Attendant to CHAD. Experience in Liberia has shown that even among personnel who are dentally fit, unforeseen dental health issues can arise which, if not taken care of as they arise, can lead to...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: Minister O'Dea first wrote to the President of Sinn Féin, Mr Gerry Adams, M.P., M.L.A., on 3 November 2005 requesting the removal, from a website associated with that party, of a range of items bearing the title "Óglaigh na hÉireann" which were being offered for sale on the site. This letter was acknowledged on November 11th 2005, noting that Mr Adams was away on business. There was no...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The Memorial being designed by the artist, Mr. Brian King, is a complex art piece comprising many components, the four main components being, stone, steel, glass and bronze. Each individual component is crafted by specialists and the artist has worked closely with the various craftspeople to ensure precision in each component part to ensure minimum delay in constructing the piece. The...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (10 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: During the period of the 4th — 6th March 2008, Minister Willie O'Dea visited troops serving with EUFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina and met the Senior Irish Officer (SIO) EUFOR and the Irish Contingent Commander. There are currently 29 countries contributing to EUFOR and the force now numbers some 2,500 troops. Ireland contributes 45 members of the Irish Defence Forces to EUFOR. The Minister...

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 — Trade Statistics: Trade Statistics (9 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The data requested by the Deputy is presented in the table for 2000 to 2007 incl. The table shows the merchandise trade balance for the countries requested i.e. exports minus imports over the period. Balance of Trade (Merchandise Exports minus Imports) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 â'¬000 â'¬000 â'¬000 â'¬000 â'¬000 â'¬000 â'¬000 â'¬000 Burma -1,249 -584 161...

Written Answers — Census 2006: Census 2006 (2 Apr 2008)

Tom Kitt: The most up-to-date information available, as requested by the deputy, is taken from the Census 2006 and is contained in the following tables. Students and school children aged 5 years and over usually resident and present in the state by county enumerated by broad age group and means of travel to school or college Age group Total On foot Bicycle Bus, minibus or coach Train, DART or LUAS...