Written answers
Thursday, 29 September 2005
- Official Travel
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his meeting in Sarajevo with Major General David Leaky, commanding officer of the European Union Forces and with Lord Ashdown, UN... - Overseas Missions
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Defence the requests he has had from the United Nations to supply troops to UN missions since September 2004. [25680/05] - Regional Airports
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline his concerns regarding the proposed developments at Weston Airport, near Lucan, County Dublin; if he will elaborate on his fears... - Defence Spending
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Defence the implications for defence spending of recommendations from the Assembly of the Western Union to increase research technology and development... - Overseas Missions
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to acknowledge or mark the actions of Irish troops with KFOR on 17 and 18 March 2004, as outlined in the Defence Forces annual report 2004;... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Defence the stage of implementation at which the review of the Reserve Defence Forces is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25676/05] - National Emergency Plan
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of task forces or agencies which have responsibility for national security and emergency planning; and if he will make a statement on the... - Military Courts of Inquiry
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence if the court of inquiry reports, prepared by the Defence Forces, are available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25946/05] - Defence Forces Equipment
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself that adequate resources and equipment are available to the Defence Forces in the event of their being called upon to... - Civil Defence
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the members of the board of the Civil Defence; the criteria which is used for appointment to this board; the name of its... - Defence Forces Property
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with regard to the availability of St. Bricin's Hospital to the Minister for Health and Children; his views on the extent to which St.... - Defence Forces Equipment
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Defence if the capability of the Air Corps will be augmented over the coming six months through the acquisition of new craft; and if he will make a statement... - Official Engagements
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence his policy with respect to courtesy calls from foreign military personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25650/05] - Ministerial Meetings
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence when he last had a meeting with the flag officer of the Naval Service; the issues which were raised at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on... - Overseas Missions
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence if he is considering any changes to Ireland's triple lock authorisation procedure for sending Irish troops abroad; and if he will make a statement on... - National Emergency Plan
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of funding which was allocated for emergency planning and the implementation of such plans in the Department of Defence's budget for 2002,... - Overseas Missions
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on plans for the withdrawal of Irish troops from Liberia; if there is any prospect that Irish troop presence in Liberia will be... - National Security
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence the new security measures involving the Defence Forces which have been put in place at Dublin and Shannon Airports following the terrorist bombings in... - Overseas Development Aid
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence the current level of assistance being given to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - EU Summits
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the agenda for the EU Defence ministerial conference in October 2005 at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, England; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Emergency Plan
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence when the proposed booklet advising persons on the action to take in the event of specific national emergencies will be produced; the scope of this... - Bullying in the Workplace
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the conclusions of a recent military police investigation that two members of the Defence Forces were guilty of bullying at McKee... - Departmental Staff
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in his Department at 1 June 1997 and at 1 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/05] - Overseas Missions
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the EU peace mission to Indonesia to which a group of Irish Army officers have recently been sent; the length of time... - Defence Forces Equipment
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the implications for Ireland's military procurement of the May 2005 decision by EU defence ministers that the next generation of armoured fighting... - Forcible Retirement
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence if he plans to take action arising from the decision of the High Court to overturn a report of the Judge Advocate General which concluded that a... - Defence Forces Development
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of recommendations contained in the White Paper for Defence 2000; the number of these which have been implemented to date. [25667/05] - Overseas Missions
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the Army's commitment to the UN and EU missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo; if he has plans to extend and expand these... - Suicide Incidence
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on new research published in a journal (details supplied) and completed with the full co-operation of the Defence Forces showing that the... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on details of the investigation under way into the way in which the Army paid up to €60,000 on foot of bogus meal receipts... - Overseas Missions
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Defence the requests, he has had since September 2004 for Irish troops to participate in exercises abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Defence Forces Ombudsman
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the role of the newly appointed first Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, Ms Marrinan-Quinn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/05]
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