Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My office has written to the people who made these complaints and I have informed them of the process I have begun and of the fact that we have appointed an independent person. From the time these complaints were made in late 2015, the HSA has come to the Air Corps on 4 February, 5 April and 28 September and has made a number of recommendations on which the Air Corps is acting. Through my Department's Secretary General, I have asked that whatever recommendations have been made be carried out. Although it will take time for all the recommendations to be carried out, the Air Corps has informed me that all the HSA's recommendations will be in place by December of this year. I would say that 95% to 99% of them will be implemented by May. I have asked that all members be issued with whatever gloves and respiratory equipment they need to ensure this does not happen again. The health and welfare of all members of Óglaigh na hÉireann is a priority for me.

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