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Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Defence Forces Personnel
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have succeeded in recruiting the required number of doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1391/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Overseas Missions
Seán Crowe
2. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if he will confirm plans to send Irish Defence Forces personnel to the Indian Ocean to tackle piracy; the number of personnel who will be involved; and the possible timeframe for deployment. [1394/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Overseas Missions
Clare Daly
3. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence whether he will acknowledge the serious mistake and breach of our neutrality by successive Governments in sending Irish troops to Afghanistan, making us complicit in war crimes and torture; the reason that mistake is now being compounded by the continued presence of Irish troops since the ending of the International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1318/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Defence Forces Personnel
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
4. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on any discussions or plans to revise the 21-year rule with regard to service in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1392/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Defence Forces Reserve
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
5. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the development of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1216/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Defence Forces Properties
Clare Daly
6. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if a stock-take of unused Defence Forces property has been conducted; the amount of property that has been disposed of by transfer to other State bodies or by way of private sale; the plans that exist for the remainder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1205/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Defence Forces
Clare Daly
7. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence in view of the fact that only two officers were ever retired under section 47(2) of the Defence Act 1954, as prescribed by Regulation A15 paragraph 18(1)(f) in the interests of the service, the only clause denying a court martial or right to make a defence, which was removed in 1985, if he will initiate a full independent inquiry into those cases, in the interests of natural justice. [1204/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Overseas Missions
Mick Wallace
8. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the decision to approve the participation of seven members of the Defence Forces in the resolute support mission in Afghanistan in view of it clearly not being a peacekeeping or humanitarian mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1219/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
oral
Defence Forces Records
Denis Naughten
9. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence when he will commence recruitment into the Army bomb disposal units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1203/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Defence Forces Equipment
Paul Murphy
10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the measures that are in place to ensure that the technologies developed following co-operation between the Defence Forces and companies and research institutions involved with the research and development of military capabilities are not used in the violation of human rights. [1222/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Defence Forces Reserve
Timmy Dooley
11. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Defence if he has considered legislative employment protections of members of the Reserve Defence Force, in order to allows a clear framework through which a reservist could be protected from employment termination due to the demands of carrying out their national duties; his views on the nature of poor retention rates of reservists compared to other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1209/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
12. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence regarding the deployment by the Defence Forces of one doctor and three medical NCOs to Sierra Leone if Lariam is being prescribed as an anti-malarial drug for these personnel; the other nations that are sending personnel on this mission; the anti-malaria medication that is being prescribed for personnel from other nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1218/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Defence Forces Operations
Clare Daly
13. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the number of occasions and cost of Defence Forces personnel being involved in aid to the civil power, ATCP, duties at Shannon airport in 2014; his plans to change same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1207/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Overseas Missions
Clare Daly
14. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence in view of the human suffering and human rights abuses taking place in Darfur and in Congo DRC, if this is an area where Irish troops could make a real difference in terms of peace-keeping missions. [1206/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Defence Forces Strength
Bernard Durkan
15. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent the strength of the Defence Forces at all levels remains sufficient to meet any and or all requirements of a security nature now and in the future; if provision continues to be made for emergency situations which might arise in the event of a natural disaster or a threat of terrorism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1201/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
White Paper on Defence
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
16. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence when the White Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1214/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Defence Forces Remuneration
Clare Daly
17. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the promised review of pay and remuneration for the Defence Forces; and if improvements are likely in the near future. [1208/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Air Corps Operations
Denis Naughten
18. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the operational roles of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1202/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Defence Forces Personnel
Bernard Durkan
19. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which discussions are ongoing or agreement reached in respect of members of the Defence Forces due to retire on completion of a specific number of years service; if he is satisfied that all options in this regard have been fully examined and satisfactorily resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1200/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
written
Military Aircraft Landings
Mick Wallace
20. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the effectiveness of his Department's interaction with the Departments of Justice and Equality and Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the oversight of foreign military aircraft on Irish territory in relation to our neutrality; if recent interdepartmental discussions have taken place on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1220/15]