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Dáil Éireann DÁIL ÉIREANN Dé hAoine, 6 Meán Fómhair, 2019 Friday, 6th September, 2019 CEISTEANNA QUESTIONS 64.2 DÁIL ÉIREANN 3113 Dé hAoine, 6 Meán Fómhair, 2019 Friday, 6th September, 2019 CEISTEANNA LE hAGHAIDH FREAGRAÍ SCRÍOFA QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER Chun an Taoiseach agus Aire Cosanta: To the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence. *1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a member of the Defence Forces not rationed on duty can claim a sub-allowance for €33 tax free but will only be paid €20 for the 24 hour duty. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [34770/19] *2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has liaised with officials in the Department of Defence regarding a person (details supplied) and efforts to return them here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34778/19] *3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; the salary of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34843/19] *4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position with regard to the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to leave the Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [34917/19] *5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive an Army pension after 21 years of service. — Peter Fitzpatrick. [34965/19] *6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention or that of his predecessors has been drawn to correspondence in 2016 between the HSA and the Air Corps regarding personal protective equipment (details supplied); if so, the action taken on foot of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [35006/19] *7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of active members of the Reserve Defence Forces; the number of new reservists recruited during the 2018 campaign; if a recruitment campaign will open in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Eamon Scanlon. [35118/19] *8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent on the renewal of such licences by his Department over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [35338/19] *9. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and ongoing upskilling of staff regarding the regulation; the cost expended on the external advice and training of same to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [35573/19] P.T.O 3114 *10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to issues and or problems in having complaints registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [35641/19] *11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 11 June 2019, if a review has been completed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Fiona O’Loughlin. [35846/19] *12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of additional Army personnel he plans to assign to the Border with the UK in relation to preparedness for the forthcoming departure of the UK from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [36014/19] *13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel he plans to assign to the Border with the UK if there is an agreement with the UK by 31 October 2019 and in the event of a no-deal Brexit, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [36015/19] *14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost to date in 2019 and the expected cost in 2019 to his Department of expenses payable to staff being relocated to work in respect of the Border with the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joan Burton. [36016/19] *15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Oral Parliamentary Questions he has answered as Minister for Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Kelly. [36139/19] *16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons that took up unpaid internship roles in that timeframe; if his Department continues to offer unpaid internships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [36145/19] *17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the safeguards in place to protect the identity of the person that has made the protected disclosure in instances in which protected disclosures are shared with external consultants; if the person that made the protected disclosure is notified in advance; if their consent is required to share the disclosure with external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Murphy. [36202/19] *18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff in relation to cybersecurity protocols under the remit of his Department; if such specialists are being recruited; if his Department maintains a risk register of security breaches; if so, if there are staff that analyse, log and maintain such a register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [36225/19] *19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and or disaster recovery sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [36241/19] *20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to remedy the issue with Defence Forces regulation R5 which prohibits Reserve Defence Forces officers commissioned 3115 after 2005 from being promoted above the rank of lieutenant and which was identified three years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jack Chambers. [36357/19] *21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when pay and conditions for members of the Permanent Defence Forces will be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [36435/19] Chun an Tánaiste agus Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála: To the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. *22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a passport by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [36542/19] *23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the death in solitary confinement of a person (details supplied) following a number of in- depth interrogations in Israeli holding centres; if he has contacted his Israeli counterpart regarding this death in custody to request an explanation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Seán Crowe. [34683/19] *24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role and supports Ireland will provide in response to the latest Ebola crisis in view of the recent declaration regarding the outbreak of the disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. — Seán Crowe. [34722/19] *25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Irish persons aside from a person (details supplied) being held following the conflict in Syria and Iraq. — Seán Crowe. [34723/19] *26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to return a person (details supplied) here; the meetings he has had in this regard; the progress made on the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Niall Collins. [34779/19] *27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Bernard J. Durkan. [34794/19] *28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; the salary of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McGrath. [34847/19] *29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when documentation and a refund will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Healy-Rae. [35032/19] *30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries other than EEA member states and Switzerland in which the passport card is accepted.
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