Written answers

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

  • Defence Forces Training
    42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding plans for a peace and leadership institute on the Curragh; the next steps in the plans; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Defence Forces Properties
    43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department will ensure that essential works that are required in the schools located in the Curragh Camp will be carried out; and if he...
  • Defence Forces Remuneration
    44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if sailors in the Naval Service who served on migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea received the extra payments agreed in November...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature, scale, scope and subject matter of the discussions he has had with the UN Under-Secretary-General and head of the Department of...
  • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
    46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to recruit new members to the Reserve Defence Forces in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23268/17]
  • Defence Forces Strength
    47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he expects Permanent Defence Force numbers to reach the current agreed ceiling of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Public Procurement Regulations
    48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to review procurement procedures in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23261/17]
  • Naval Service Operations
    49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to deploy the Naval Service on a humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23092/17]
  • Air Corps Equipment
    50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the support the Air Corps has been able to provide when assisting emergency services dealing with serious gorse and forest fires; the type of...
  • Defence Forces Contracts
    51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Ireland increasing its purchasing of military hardware from Israel; his further views on whether these purchases are ethical in view...
  • Defence Forces Deployment
    52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the projected number of personnel will be based in Custume barracks, Athlone, in view of the fact that on the announcement of the Defence...
  • European Council Meetings
    53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will be attending the EU Foreign Affairs Council defence meeting taking place on 18 May 2017; the items on the agenda for discussion at the...
  • Defence Forces Remuneration
    54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers of members of the Defence Forces who must rely or relied on family income supplement to survive in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and...
  • EU Meetings
    55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he attended the recent informal meeting of EU defence Ministers; if so, the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Defence Forces Reorganisation
    56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the reduction of Army field engineer companies from three to two arising from the 2012 Defence Forces reorganisation has decreased the...
  • Defence Forces Operations
    57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has given consideration to Defence Forces participation in EU efforts to counteract illegal person trafficking and to disrupt the business...
  • Army Barracks
    58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has been contacted by a group (details supplied) seeking to use Mullingar barracks as temporary accommodation to house homeless...
  • Protected Disclosures
    59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has received and read a recent protected disclosure on serious breaches of health and safety procedures at Casement Aerodrome, including...
  • Army Barracks
    61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for Columb barracks, Mullingar. [23325/17]
  • Air Corps Equipment
    65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department investigated claims that students from the University of Limerick were exposed to hazardous chemicals and organic solvents...
  • Defence Forces Properties
    66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in negotiations with overholders in accommodation in the Curragh camp; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Defence Forces Remuneration
    67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the endemic low pay among personnel in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23276/17]
  • Curragh Plains Representative Forum
    68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the work of the Curragh forum; when it last met and is next due to meet; if progress has been made on agreeing a work...
  • International Terrorism
    69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional initiatives the Defence Forces are taking in the wake of international terror attacks over the past 18 months; and if he will make...
  • Brexit Issues
    70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to redeploy personnel to the Border region should a hard border be reintroduced in view of Brexit; if his Department held discussions...
  • Air Corps
    72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the Air Corps' improvement plan for health and safety at the Air Corps premises at Casement Aerodrome,...
  • Defence Forces Operations
    73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces performed aid to civil power duties at Shannon Airport on 25 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Defence Forces Remuneration
    75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to improve the pay, conditions and contracts of Defence Forces members following his meeting with a group (details supplied) in May...

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