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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Protected Disclosures (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a person's (details supplied) contention contained within their report on health and safety procedures at Casement Aerodrome that they lacked the powers, experience and competence to investigate the allegations made by the whistleblowers; the reason the scope of a review was so limited despite assurances made by him in Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the reference within LRA 2 to an interdepartmental working group on the alignment of the mandatory public service retirement age with the payment of the State pension contributory; if the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform informed the Defence Forces representative associations during pay talks that, due to the unique...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review the decision to disestablish the 4th Western Brigade and the implications arising from the reduction in the number of Army brigades from three to two; if none of the three Army brigade commanders was consulted prior to the report that recommended the decision to reduce the number of Army brigades being lodged with them in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medication pain plasters were taken off the medical card; and if they can be reinstated onto the list of items covered under the medical card. [44228/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (17 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a detailed breakdown of a debt her Department is seeking a person (details supplied) to repay. [43597/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (17 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare entitlements for which a person (details supplied) qualifies. [43816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (12 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason or fault for which a building (details supplied) at Casement Aerodrome, Dublin was condemned and ordered out of bounds to all personnel; the date of condemnation; the person that signed the order condemning the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43216/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (10 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 747. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date on which the surviving veterans of the siege of Jadotville and the family members of deceased veterans will be presented with their medals; the details of the design; and the status of the medals. [42466/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (10 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 750. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date on which the surviving veterans of the siege of Jadotville and the family members of deceased veterans will be presented with their medals; and the design and status of the medals. [42212/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Strategy Statement 2017 to 2020: Department of Defence (5 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank Mr. Quinn for coming before the committee. There are a number of issues. It is important that we engage as early as possible in any of the plans around the Defence Forces. I have greater engagement with the Defence Forces since being made defence spokesperson in this Dáil and that has led to me raising major concerns about issues such as health and safety, and pay and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Strategy Statement 2017 to 2020: Department of Defence (5 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are a number of issues. The example of the Air Corps is the one of which most people are aware. There are problems in ordnance, engineering and other sections of the Defence Forces which are losing personnel. The Defence Forces as a whole are under-strength. The Reserve is another example and is well below its intended strength. Even with the current recruitment and the one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Strategy Statement 2017 to 2020: Department of Defence (5 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On recruitment, I have not followed the most recent recruitment phases as closely as I probably should have. A number of people who fell outside the age bracket - one in particular - have contacted me during the years. They are graduates and fully skilled. It was a female in one case. Has there been any thought given to changing the cap considering that people are living longer and more...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Go dtí cén lá?

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Muna bhfuil an Whip isteach ní féidir leis teacht isteach roimh 12 meán lae amárach.

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Níl raibh sé i gceist agam labhairt faoi seo anocht so níl mé go hiomlán ullamh. Bhí sé i gceist agam labhairt amárach. Bhí mé ag iarraidh cinntiú go mbeadh an deis agam mo ladar a chur isteach sa scéal seo. Níor labhair mé chomh minic agus ba chóir dom faoi táillí uisce. Thar na 15 bliana a raibh mé...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (4 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 233. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of chemical risk assessments on record with the Air Corps group formation health and safety office. [42130/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (4 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 234. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if chemical health and safety training is provided to new recruits and cadets as part of their basic training; and if not, if it will be made mandatory as soon as possible. [42131/17]

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I recognise the Bill as, in the main, positive. There are changes in it which reflect the fact that our social welfare system is quite complex. Whenever changes are made there can be unforeseen circumstances and not all of the intended changes can be captured in the legislation. Some of the Bill is a tidying-up exercise because legislation has given rise to the need to delete a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (3 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has agreed to the provision of a day to day support worker to assist with the needs of persons (details supplied). [41595/17]

Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Referral to Joint Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 1:1. To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following:“(a) a Special Committee be appointed to be joined with a Special Committee to be appointed by Seanad Éireann, to form the Joint Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) Rights; (b) the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, copies of which were laid before...