136. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the plans in place for the residential units in the Curragh Camp; if she is aware that some of them are semi-derelict; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71622/25]
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246. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Curragh Camp in 2025; if each of those capital work projects are completed or still ongoing at present; the new capital works projects that are scheduled to commence at Curragh Camp during the first half of 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72394/25]
247. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if she will report on capital funding to Defence Forces Projects in the National Development Plan for the period 2026 to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72395/25]
249. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the key measures taken to increase recruitment to the Defence Forces during 2025; her priorities for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72500/25]
250. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the key measures taken to increase retention levels in the Defence Forces during 2025; her priorities for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72501/25]
251. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the key measures taken to support and expand the Reserve Defence Forces during 2025; her priorities for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72502/25]
176. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will address the genuine concerns regarding RDF treatment issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62534/25]
264. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the budget allocation for Defence Forces Equitation School in the years of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61135/25]
22. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on plans for Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60418/25]
60. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to improve retention levels in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60417/25]
20. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the action he is taking to improve retention levels in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48977/25]
44. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the strength of the permanent Defence Forces as of 31 August 2025, or the latest date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48978/25]
350. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacant posts for dentists, nurses and doctors within the Defence Forces Medical Corps; the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/25]
238. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if progress has been made in restoring the training officer arrangements that existed between the Irish Defence Forces Cadet School at the Curragh Camp and the Navy of Malta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38888/25]
239. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the benefits for the Irish Defence Forces and international reputation of the country arising from cooperation between individual national defence forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38889/25]
15. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 19 March 2025, he will set out the steps that have been taken to date to implement the Programme for Government to introduce a new management system for the Curragh Plains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/25]
16. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, having regard to the expeditious manner in which he and his Department dispersed earlier encampments this year on the Curragh Plains, his Department will move with equal alacrity to seek the removal of the current very large illegal encampment now relocated to the Rathbride Road, including a number of vehicles, caravans, and campervans with F…
17. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total cost incurred by his Department from 2020 in clean-ups of the Curagh Plains following illegal encampments; any legal costs incurred; for an indication of the man hours required to deal with the situation on the part of employees of the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34606/25]
176. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current capital works that are ongoing at present at Curragh Camp; when each of those projects will be completed; and the estimated cost of each project, in tabular form. [31967/25]
39. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the arrangements between the Defence Forces and the Maltese Defence Forces whereby Maltese cadets receive training at the Curragh Camp has ceased; when this occurred; if he has plans to recommence the bilateral arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31055/25]
158. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to radically restructure Defence Forces recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17594/25]
166. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the Institute for Peace Support and Leadership Training in the Curragh proposed in the 2015 White Paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17595/25]
179. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of horses that joined the Defence Forces equitation school in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21789/25]
342. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) about the provision of fire services in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19702/25]
263. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will expedite a decision in relation to the 62 residential units under the control of his Department in County Kildare, with a view to refurbishment and reuse of the properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16926/25]