Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2006

  • Overseas Missions
    Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Liberia; if he will report on his meeting with the new Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; and if he...
  • Defence Forces Investigations
    Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the changes that have been made to internal Defence Force procedures following the publication of the investigation into the death of a person...
  • Overseas Missions
    Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence if legislation is required to enable members of the Reserve Defence Force who are selected for overseas duties to return to their previous employment...
  • Defence Forces Property
    Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence if recent approaches have been made to him with a view to developing Casement Aerodrome at Baldonnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Defence Forces Equipment
    Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects the Defence Forces to take delivery of the 12,000 helmets purchased earlier in 2006; his plans to replace the personal body armour...
  • Overseas Missions
    Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had a request for troops to serve as part of a peacekeeping force in the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11848/06]
  • Defence Forces Recruitment
    Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of cadets and the number of private soldiers who were accepted into the Defence Forces in 2004 and 2005; the number of applications...
  • Overseas Missions
    Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops currently on service overseas on missions in Liberia, Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina; the nature of their duties there; and...
  • National Emergency Plan
    Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of the Government's interdepartmental working group on emergency planning regarding the threat of bird flu to Ireland...
  • Research and Technology Fund
    Question 53: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the common defence research and technology fund agreed by EU Defence Ministers in March 2006. [11820/06]
  • Defence Forces Investigations
    Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to the investigation into the allegations regarding the misappropriation of funds by two quartermasters; if he has received...
  • Defence Forces Equipment
    Question 56: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 on the purchase of uniforms, boots and other clothing worn by members of the...
  • National Emergency Plan
    Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish the findings of the simulated emergency situations staged in different parts of the country to test the effectiveness of the...
  • Commemorative Events
    Question 60: To ask the Minister for Defence the preparations the Defence Forces have carried out for the Easter parade commemoration in 2006. [11854/06]
  • Overseas Missions
    Question 61: To ask the Minister for Defence if the planned meeting between representatives from his Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Defence Forces of Sweden and Ireland to...
  • Defence Forces Investigations
    Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); his views on whether there is a basis to reopen this case; and if he...
  • Human Rights Issues
    Question 66: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to rectify the absence of human rights safeguards, identified by this Deputy, governing the provision of training to foreign...
  • Third Level Education
    Question 67: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of commissioned non-commissioned personnel attending third level education; the range of courses involved; the cost incurred in 2004 and...
  • Commemorative Events
    Question 69: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has arranged further meetings of the all-party group to plan commemorations of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising; the issues that were...
  • National Emergency Plan
    Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the March meetings of the interdepartmental working group on emergency planning and the task force on emergency planning; if the...
  • EU Ministerial Meetings
    Question 78: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of European Defence Ministers in Innsbruck on 7 March 2006; the issues that were discussed at this meeting; and if he...
  • Hearing Impairment
    Question 80: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of recruits in the Army, the Naval Service and the Air Corps who have been discharged on the grounds of hearing difficulties from 2000 to...
  • Military Archives
    Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in relation to increasing the staff and facilities at the military archives in Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin; and if he will make a...
  • Website Use
    Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received any indication from the owners of a particular website (details supplied) since his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 3...
  • Defence Forces Equipment
    Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of nuclear, chemical and biological suits available to each branch of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Defence Forces Travel
    Question 87: To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces other than those on UN service, travelled abroad as part of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; if so, details of...
  • Defence Forces Property
    Question 93: To ask the Minister for Defence if tourist-friendly signage will be put up to outline the range areas and details with regard to live firing practices at the Glen of Imaal, County...
  • Overseas Missions
    Question 94: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of apprentice mechanics working on the Irish overseas mission to Liberia; if all the fitter mechanics currently operating on this mission...
  • Security Escorts
    Question 99: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount received from the banks in 1996, in respect of cash escorts supplied by the Defence Forces; the amount received in 2006 and due to be...
  • Defence Forces Investigations
    Question 102: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with regard to the investigation into the circumstances in which a medical appointment (details supplied) was made; and if he will make...
  • National Emergency Plan
    Question 104: To ask the Minister for Defence if the task force on emergency planning has discussed the response to the recent riots in Dublin; if the task force has made recommendations with...
  • Defence Forces Investigations
    Question 105: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding allegations into the theft of diesel by a Defence Forces' member in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Defence Forces Deployment
    Question 106: To ask the Minister for Defence the security preparations involving the Defence Forces at Shannon Airport to facilitate the transit of the US President, Mr. George W. Bush, through...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 108: To ask the Minister for Defence if there are planned changes to defence legislation for the remainder of the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Defence Forces Property
    Question 109: To ask the Minister for Defence the approaches which have been made to his Department seeking to purchase property at Rockbrac House, Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
  • Defence Forces Strength
    Question 112: To ask the Minister for Defence the full complement of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/06]
  • Decentralisation Programme
    Question 114: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with regard to decentralisation within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11829/06]
  • Defence Forces Equipment
    Question 120: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces will be replacing the existing FN pistols; the stage such replacement programme is at; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Defence Forces Investigations
    Question 124: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the inquiry that is to be established into the events surrounding the Niemba ambush in the Congo in 1960; the length of...

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