111. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the establishment figure, size, and numbers recruited and who left each branch of the Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces in the years 2019 to date, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4267/25]
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117. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the Defence Forces purchase orders for 2024, by quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4273/25]
108. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his targets for attaining an establishment figure of the Defence Forces to that envisaged by Level of Ambition 2 of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2751/25]
109. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the target year by which the Defence Forces are expected to attain Level of Ambition 3 of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2752/25]
112. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the estimated number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank, that would be required to train a new Army cadetship class consisting of 60 persons. [2896/25]
113. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the estimated number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank that would be required to train a new Naval Service cadetship class consisting of 50 persons. [2897/25]
116. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if reports (details supplied), despite commitments to the contrary, that Ireland is to purchase military equipment from Israel are accurate; if so, to detail all equipment to be purchased and the value thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3081/25]
123. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of known unauthorised incursions into Irish territorial waters by military vessels of other States during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; if such matters have been raised with the States concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3406/25]
124. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the numbers of personnel leaving the Army in advance of their contract ending, each year from 2014 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3426/25]
125. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, by rank, currently serving in the Army; the current target figure for Army personnel across each rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3427/25]
126. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the numbers of personnel leaving the Naval Service in advance of their contract ending, each year from 2014 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3428/25]
127. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, by rank, currently serving in the Naval Service; the current target figure for Naval Service personnel across each rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3429/25]
130. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current number of commissioned officers and enlisted personnel, by rank, currently serving in the Air Corps; the current target figure for Air Corps personnel across each rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3432/25]
131. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the numbers of personnel leaving the Air Corps in advance of their contract ending, each year from 2014 to 2024, tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3433/25]
118. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank, required to fully crew LÉ George Bernard Shaw, LÉ Gobnait and LÉ Aoibhinn naval ships. [46389/24]
119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will consider an alternative to the Ishihara test, given that it is not used in other countries such as the US and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46488/24]
123. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the specific steps he has taken to ensure the total prevention of illegal encampments taking place across the Curragh Plains in 2025 (details supplied); the costs incurred by his Department in dealing with the incursions and the inevitable clean ups that are necessary in the aftermath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1068/25]
127. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a newspaper article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1686/25]
128. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by the Defence Forces where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1756/25]
131. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a timeline for the implementation of LDA 2 of the Recommendations of the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1957/25]
134. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current serving force in the Irish Defence Forces by rank; the total number serving; the number serving by rank in January 2024;in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2127/25]
135. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position with the derelict housing in the Curragh camp County Kildare; the outcome of the report he commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2128/25]
136. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of females serving by rank in the Irish Defence Forces; the number of females serving by rank in January 2022, 2023, 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2129/25]