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Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Personnel Official Visits
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
20. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent visit of the Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces to Lithuania. [29112/13]
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Overseas Missions
Seán Crowe
21. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if a decision has been made regarding the request from the UN to deploy observers to the UN Truce Supervision Organisation in the Middle East to the headquarters of the UNDOF in Syria. [29109/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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European Council Meetings
Sean Fleming
22. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the seminar on the European Council on Defence 2013 held in Dublin Castle on 17 May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29086/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Personnel
Robert Troy
23. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm whether Defence Forces personnel face a downgrade and possible dismissal if they are injured while taking part in leisure activities. [29104/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Reserve Issues
Dessie Ellis
24. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Defence if he has met with representatives of the Reserve Defence Forces or representative associations to discuss their concerns regarding the recent changes to the Reserve Defence Forces. [29122/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Naval Service Operations
Dessie Ellis
25. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Defence the role of the Naval Service in fishery protection operations in the past year; and if there are any plans to increase same. [29121/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Irish Red Cross Governance
Dara Calleary
26. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Defence his plans to reform the Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29078/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Air Ambulance Service Provision
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
27. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Defence when the review of the Air Corps air ambulance service will be published. [29114/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Equipment
Éamon Ó Cuív
28. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Defence Forces mission to Lebanon has been supplied with apparel appropriate to the local environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29097/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Overseas Missions
Andrew Doyle
29. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Defence the work that has been undertaken by the 108th infantry battalion of the Irish Defence Forces that are currently deployed in Lebanon serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon since their arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28710/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Seán Crowe
30. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence his plans to cease the prescribing of lariam to Irish troops deployed in malarial zones. [29110/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Ministerial Transport
Thomas Pringle
31. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline his Department's role in the implementation of the new code of practice for the use of the Government jet in terms of the ministerial air transport service; if he will outline in tabular format the average hourly costs, as well as the statistics on the use of the service by each travelling Minister and the Taoiseach, including date of travel, destination, ministerial time on-board and the number of passengers travelling for 2012-2013. [29125/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Operations
Michael McGrath
32. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have been asked to undertake any duties in respect of the forthcoming G8 summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29105/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Operations
Catherine Murphy
33. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces Directorate of Intelligence cooperates with intelligence agencies in other countries to conduct remote electronic surveillance; if his attention has been drawn to any instances of such surveillance being conducted upon the communications of Irish citizens here by foreign intelligence agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29128/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Emergency Planning
Bernard Durkan
34. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the degree to which he expects the Defence Forces to be in a position to provide the widest possible scale of emergency and support services with particular reference to air ambulance, naval and air surveillance and any necessary requirements in the event of natural or other disaster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29028/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Strength
Bernard Durkan
35. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that he will be in a position to maintain the current strength of the Defence Forces including military installations and facilities notwithstanding the commitments entered into by his predecessors in office under the Memorandum of Understanding; if he expects that the normal and or periodic upgrading of facilities will be achieved in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29027/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Departmental Correspondence
Charlie McConalogue
36. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Defence if he will meet with the parents of a person (details supplied) to discuss their ongoing concerns regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their son; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29092/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Equipment
Michael Colreavy
37. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the procurement of new equipment for the Irish Defence Forces in 2013. [29120/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Operations
Martin Ferris
38. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Defence if leave has been cancelled for Irish Defence Forces on 17 and 18 June 2013. [29117/13]
Tue, 18 Jun 2013
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Defence Forces Operations
Mary Lou McDonald
39. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Defence the amount the security arrangements for the G8 summit in County Fermanagh will cost the Irish tax payer. [29116/13]