247. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a breakdown, by rank, of the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, in tabular form, as of the end of May 2025. [39303/25]
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1,115 questions from 105 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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248. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current status regarding the procurement of Defence Forces uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39304/25]
249. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a breakdown of the established strength and current strength of both the Army and Naval Service Reserve, by rank, in tabular form, as of the end of May 2025. [39305/25]
251. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if suitable qualified civilian personnel can apply to join the Defence Forces school of music; if not, if all posts within the school of music are reserved for sworn members of the Permanent Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39668/25]
252. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he agrees that a whole-of-Government air and maritime services ‘needs analysis’ should be undertaken in the short term in an attempt to highlight trends and predict needs into the future over a 1020-year period, as recommended by the Report Of The Commission On Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39724/25]
161. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38526/25]
162. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to continue the process of improving pay and conditions for serving Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38359/25]
163. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline his engagement with stakeholders, such as an organisation (details supplied), with regard to improving pay and conditions for serving Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38360/25]
168. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update as of July 2025 on the digitalisation of the Military Service Pensions Collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38366/25]
169. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide data on new Defence Forces recruits figures for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38367/25]
170. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of retirements and resignations in the Defence Forces for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38368/25]
231. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has sanctioned the expenditure of €299,000 excluding VAT to convert artillery towing Land Rovers from diesel to electric power; if such vehicles, if converted may be suitable for use in towing gun carriages at military funerals; if there are any other perceived advantages in such conversions, whether there are any further plans f…
232. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 29 April 2025, the outcome of the consultant’s report cited; whether he will make this report public; the steps his Department is taking to retrofit or otherwise bring vacant married quarters previously used by the Defence Forces owned by his Department back into use as accommodation; and if he will make…
236. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that Nenagh Military Barracks is maintained and a plan is put in place for its future. [37879/25]
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]
199. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Force Regulations made by him under the Defence Acts 1954 to 2015 are not laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas or included in the electronic Irish Statute Book or made public, whether pursuant to section 3 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1947 or otherwise; if the Defence Force Regulations have been expressed to be secret …
229. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on a situation (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33591/25]
235. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress being made in relation to an Army pensions case (details supplied); if he will consider an administrative interim solution to the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33712/25]
237. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of instances in 2024 and to date in 2025 in which bombs, grenades or improvised explosive devices have been used; and the number of occasions during this period where Gardaí sought the assistance of the Army ordnance corps to manage such cases, in tabular form. [33966/25]
238. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of horses that had trials to get into the Defence Forces Equitation School in the years 2024 and to date in 2025; and of the number of horses that had trials, the number that were successful in being accepted into the equitation school in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [33979/25]
213. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there are any recent requests by the UN DPO for explosive ordnance removal units; the units that are currently deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33435/25]
15. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the appropriate contact in his Department to address an issue (details supplied). [32961/25]
16. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total cost of the continuous Defence Forces recruitment campaign; the number of new recruits to each service; and for a breakdown of the spend for each of the services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33069/25]