Written answers
Thursday, 10 April 2008
- Defence Forces Equipment
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Defence if the working group established by the Defence Forces to investigate the possible provision of roll-over protection systems in troop carrying... - Overseas Missions
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received communication from the EU or UN requesting further deployment of Irish troops on overseas missions; and if he will make a... - Benchmarking Awards
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the disappointment expressed by PDFORRA at the failure of the benchmarking body to recommend an increase in the... - Random Drug Testing
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Defence if recent court decisions have had implications for the Defence Forces' drug testing policy; if members are still being randomly tested for drugs... - Overseas Missions
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the situation of the 217 personnel that are deployed in KFOR. [13549/08] - Defence Forces Accommodation
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of standard, substandard and emergency accommodation units and rooms for officers by post and barracks; and if he will make a statement on... - EU Treaties
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Defence the impact the Lisbon treaty will have on the Defence Forces. [13550/08] - Defence Forces Legal Costs
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the fact that the Defence Forces paid €15.3 million in compensation claims for injury and illness during the period 2003 to 2007 while... - Defence Forces Personnel
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Defence if a claim for an increase on overseas allowance submitted by PDFORRA has been agreed by his Department and the representatives association under the... - Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions during 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008, on which the Army bomb squad has been called out to deal with suspected explosive... - Defence Forces Review
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received a report following the first meeting of the review group within the Defence Force in regard to the implementation of the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence if he envisages cutbacks in services provided by or through his Department in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13561/08] - Overseas Missions
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is inappropriate that a person (details supplied) play a role in briefing members of the Irish Army going to Chad; his views on whether such... - Public Information Campaigns
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Defence when it is proposed to run the public information campaign on emergency planning; the research, consultations and planning that have gone into... - Departmental Funding
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence if the discussions between his Department and ONET and IUNVA in regard to an annual grant being made to both of these voluntary organisations has... - Commemorative Events
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the regularity with which the all-party 1916 Rising Commemorative Committee has met since it was announced and the remit of the committee. [7561/08] - Defence Forces Personnel
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Defence the procedure in place for members of the Defence Forces who received approaches from persons linked to criminal activity; his views on recent media... - Defence Forces Recruitment
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will request the military authorities to review the regulations governing the recruitment of persons who have had laser eye treatment to bring... - Overseas Missions
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to deploy a Defence Forces dentist to Chad; his views on whether such a deployment is necessary in view of the fact that the dental... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received a reply to a letter he wrote to a political party (details supplied) requesting an illegal organisation to desist from misusing a... - National Monuments
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the delay in the construction of the promised national monument to honour deceased members of the Defence Forces; if it is intended to... - Official Engagements
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Bosnia Herzegovina; the meetings he had while there; the nature of duties being undertaken by Irish troops... - Overseas Missions
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence if the UNIFIL investigation team lead by an Irish officer which is investigating the incident involving a roadside bomb on the main coastal road... - Child Care Services
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report from the Defence Forces partnership steering group sub committee on the feasibility of the provision of childcare...
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