Written answers

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

  • Naval Service Vessels
    53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the business case put forward in favour of the purchase by the Naval Service of three new ships, with a fourth ship on order at a cost of...
  • Defence Forces Retirements
    54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that 335 members of the Defence Forces have left voluntarily to date in 2017; if he has satisfied himself that the pay and...
  • Defence Forces Remuneration
    55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the work ongoing within his Department on the proposed review of allowances for Defence Forces personnel under the conciliation and arbitration...
  • Legislative Programme
    56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has prepared legislation to accord enhanced rights for PDFORRA and RACO in anticipation of the outcome of the European...
  • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
    58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he has taken further to the Dáil Éireann motion prohibiting the use of Lariam as a drug of first choice for soldiers...
  • Defence Forces Equipment
    60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continue to have available to them the equipment, training and personnel to meet all...
  • Departmental Reports
    61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the chemical exposure report 1994 to 2005 produced in 2014 by a person (details supplied); if a copy of that...
  • Permanent Structured Co-operation
    62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the benefits for Ireland of the decision to sign up for PESCO; the impact this will have for members of the Defence Forces in County Kildare and...
  • Defence Forces
    63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on strategies within the Defence Forces to combat mental health challenges of personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Overseas Missions
    65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of Defence Forces activities as part of operation Sophia to date. [52737/17]
  • Permanent Structured Co-operation
    66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of commitments if Ireland signs up to the PESCO agreement in view of that agreement's requirement to regularly increase the defence...
  • Defence Forces Strength
    67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to bring forward new measures to bolster the retention of serving members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Defence Forces Data
    68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the age profile of former members of the Defence Forces for each of the past five years that have had to avail of supports provided by an...
  • Defence Forces Personnel
    69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action being taken in the Defence Forces to address the findings in the recent climate survey regarding the stress experienced by personnel;...
  • Defence Forces Reserve Strength
    71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the effective strength of the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52902/17]
  • Defence Forces Personnel
    72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the services and supports available to former members of the Defence Forces that find themselves homeless or in financial difficulty; if these...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at the RACO conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/17]
  • Permanent Structured Co-operation
    74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the process by which the Government decided to join PESCO. [51717/17]
  • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
    75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the six monthly progress report on the use of Lariam for military personnel issued by the House of Commons...
  • Air Corps Operations
    76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps taken by his Department to increase the capacity of the Air Corps to provide priority air transfers for medical treatment in view of...
  • Defence Forces Strength
    77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the numbers to date serving in the Permanent Defence Forces; the expected recruitment level in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Permanent Structured Co-operation
    78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the considerations and planning his Department has taken with regard to Ireland's imminent joining of PESCO; if the defence budget for 2018, 2019...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department's Estimates for each year since 2008; the percentage of GDP and GNP it was annually; if he has had communications with the...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged with members of a group (details supplied) on 30 November 2017 during their 24-hour protest outside Dáil Éireann; and...
  • Defence Forces Equipment
    85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when the State Claims Agency interviewed Air Corps personnel in Baldonnel in 2013 that its...
  • Permanent Structured Co-operation
    86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the role of his Department and officials in PESCO; and if he will report on his discussions with his EU counterparts on...

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