Written answers

Wednesday, 18 October 2017

  • Defence Forces Training
    34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the training exercise which recently took place in Sweden and the outcomes from this training in respect of a new air defence...
  • Protected Disclosures
    38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a person's (details supplied) contention contained within their report on health and safety procedures at Casement Aerodrome that...
  • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
    40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he anticipates the Reserve Defence Force achieving the overall establishment personnel number of 4,169; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Defence Forces Ceremonies
    41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ceremonial public events that the Defence Forces have participated in alongside members of other military forces, excluding those...
  • Defence Forces Recruitment
    42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there will be a particular emphasis on the Border region due to Brexit in the Army recruitment campaign. [44070/17]
  • Defence Forces Allowances
    43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the claim that a combined 146,000 days annual leave were lost to members of the Defence Forces in the past five years; and if he...
  • Defence Forces Strength
    44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who have sought to buy their discharge since January 2016; the reason for this; the response he and...
  • Defence Forces Reorganisation
    45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that the 2012 reorganisation of the Defence Forces has meant many personnel have much longer commutes to work, which is a...
  • Common Security and Defence Policy
    46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contacts he and his Department have had with the EU institutions and also with other EU member states in the past six months; the nature of...
  • Defence Forces Strength
    48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce retention policies to reduce the numbers leaving the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Defence Forces Recruitment
    49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the new Army recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44069/17]
  • White Paper on Defence
    51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for a peace and leadership institute in the Curragh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44032/17]
  • Defence Forces Recruitment
    52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the results of campaigns to encourage the recruitment of more women into the Defence Forces; if these campaigns are proving...
  • Defence Forces Review
    54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way he plans to address the issues of manning levels and retention of experience in the Defence Forces as identified by the University of...
  • Defence Forces Remuneration
    55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department's allocation in budget 2018 will see the issue of chronic low pay addressed in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
  • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
    56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he has had ongoing discussions with the relevant representative bodies in the Defence Forces with a view to identifying and...
  • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
    57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding progress toward the discontinuance of the use of Lariam in the Defence Forces following the passage of a motion in the...
  • Defence Forces Pensions
    60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the reference within LRA 2 to an interdepartmental working group on the alignment of the mandatory public service retirement age...
  • Departmental Contracts
    62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has entered into contracts for the procurement of services or products with suppliers in attendance at a trade fair (details...
  • Defence Forces Retirements
    64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on recent reports that, due primarily to poor pay and conditions, almost 3,000 members of the Defence Forces have taken early...
  • Defence Forces Training
    66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that training for Defence Forces recruits has been reduced in a bid to reverse an exodus of personnel from the organisation;...
  • Defence Forces Reorganisation
    67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review the decision to disestablish the 4th Western Brigade and the implications arising from the reduction in the number of Army...
  • Defence Forces Personnel
    69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that proper security clearance has not been given to new recruits in the Defence Forces; his plans to rectify this; and if...
  • Budget Measures
    70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocated in budget 2018 to current and proposed Defence Forces projects and infrastructure in County Kildare; and if he will make a...

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