29. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Defence for an update on her Department's plans for establishing an allowance for members of the Reserve Defence Forces. [46113/26]
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167. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Defence if the security duty allowance will be paid to Irish reservists for all activities undertaken during the Irish presidency of the EU.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19671/26]
474. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Defence if the security duty allowance will be paid to Irish Reservists for all activities undertaken during the Irish presidency of the EU. [2502/26]
475. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Defence if the security duty allowance will be paid to Irish Reservists for activities whether classified as training or operational undertaken during the Irish presidency of the EU. [2503/26]
476. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Defence if a review of the security duty allowance will be undertaken to ensure Irish Reservists receive appropriate renumeration for all activities during the Irish presidency of the EU. [2504/26]
19. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report the work of his Department in responding to the decision to withdraw the international peacekeeping force in Lebanon in 2027. [49119/25]
21. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces has engaged in static guard and cash escorts for the Central Bank in each of the past four years. [36397/25]
23. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces continues to provide security on campus at any prisons across Ireland. [36399/25]
24. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the planned withdrawal of tasking the Defence Forces from the provision of static security at a premises (details supplied). [36400/25]
222. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to confirm if a critical review of the RDF regeneration and development plan is scheduled at any point, to assess the plan’s effectiveness and implementation; and if any actions listed therein require review. [31403/25]
225. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the milestones that have been reached by the 11 actions within the RDF Regeneration and Development Plan that are directly linked to the Commission on the Defence Forces Work Packages. [31700/25]
226. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of the progress of his Department in increasing the future Reserve Defence Forces establishment strength as per a Commission on the Defence Forces Report. [31701/25]
227. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the initiatives currently being implemented by his Department to enable the Reserve Defence Forces to deliver enhanced military capabilities when required to support the Permanent Defence Forces. [31702/25]
228. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the number of reserve training and support days completed in 2024; and the number of such days envisaged for 2025. [31703/25]
229. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the work undertaken by his Department in reviewing the framework governing the relationship between the Minister for Defence, the Defence Forces and the Department of Defence. [31704/25]
230. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the work of his Department in identifying key governance reforms required to modernise the Defence Forces to bring high-level structures in line with international comparators. [31705/25]
231. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on any stakeholder engagement that has or will take place towards the goal of modernising the Defence Forces governance in line with international best practice. [31706/25]
232. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Ministerial management board meetings he has attended since his appointment. [31707/25]
233. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the number of meetings of the Defence Forces board; and the most senior female member of the Defence Forces has attended in 2025, and in 2024, as is provided for. [31708/25]
234. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has met with the senior leadership forum within his Department since his appointment. [31709/25]
235. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for Defence if any new EU Common Security and Defence related initiatives are under consideration within his Department following the EU White Paper on Defence. [31710/25]
236. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on his Department’s priorities for Ireland’s term of the EU Presidency. [31776/25]
237. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the progress of his Department in creating the next White Paper Update, as set out in the White Paper on Defence, 2015. [31778/25]
239. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has received the most recent quarterly report regarding the delivery of actions of the Strategic Framework–Transformation of the Defence Forces; and if the secretary general and the chief of staff have ever failed to provide this report since the Strategy’s publication in September 2023. [31780/25]
240. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the implementation of the Working Time Directive across the Defence Forces. [31781/25]