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Mark Wall Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
265. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of visitors to the museum on the Curragh Camp for each of the past five years; and the cost of operating the museum on the Curragh Camp, for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [17025/25]
Mark Wall Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
266. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the number of visitors to the Curragh Camp Museum; the signage in relation to the museum; the overall presentation of the site and museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17026/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
267. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the criteria for a person to be inducted as a member of the Irish Defence Forces legal services club. [17042/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17050/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
269. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to clarify that a UN General Assembly resolution may authorise the deployment of Irish troops overseas under the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006; that such authorisation would not be subject to a UN Security Council veto or require changes to the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17135/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
270. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on his Department's work to encourage female participation and recruitment in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17305/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
271. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the current gender balance of all serving members of the Defence Forces in percentage form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17306/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
272. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and his plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17473/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Defence
273. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legi…
Paul McAuliffe Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Defence
180. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update in relation to a matter (details supplied). [16449/25]
Alan Kelly Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Defence
70. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16197/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Defence
163. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of actual and attempted cyberattacks on his Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, the countries of origin of those attacks [14686/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Defence
164. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total sum spent on cybersecurity measures within his Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [14668/25]
John Connolly Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Defence
165. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to seek the reopening of a pedestrian walkway for public access in a location adjacent to the grounds of Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa military barracks at Renmore, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14884/25]
John Lahart Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Defence
21. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware that in previous times, the Defence Forces used to make available marquee community organisations for family and community day events, and also erected and removed such marquees for the group; whether such a facility remains in place; and if so, how a community group in the constituency of Dublin South West can go about availing of this…
Alan Kelly Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Defence
22. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and all agencies under its remit, in terms of compliance with data protection legislation. [14436/25]
Brendan Smith Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Defence
23. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if additional funding is provided, the programmes and schemes that will benefit from this additional expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14564/25]
Niall Collins Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Defence
24. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to clarify matters raised in correspondence regarding the purchase of military jets (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14631/25]
Albert Dolan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Defence
208. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13551/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Defence
209. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13570/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Defence
210. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if funding is available this year to replace the air traffic control tower at Casement Aerodrome; and, if so, when this work will commence. [13869/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Defence
211. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to bring vacant units on the ground floor of the married quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13946/25]
Gary Gannon Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Defence
212. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translations, between 1 January 2024 and …
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Defence
217. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total number of copper communication lines within his Department currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a monthly basis inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12981/25]
Alan Kelly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Defence
218. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount that the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from Japanese companies in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13137/25]