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Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The information I have is that in some instances the number of officers is so low that those in ranks below them must move to other barracks to perform routine duties. I understand the points being made by the Minister of State in a number of replies today around the recruitment ban to the effect that numbers were not there or that soldiers and other members of the Defence Forces of...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State has read out what the targets are or what is achieved and he said that officers can be abroad or sick and we understand this. It is, however, bad planning if there are ongoing vacancies and absences because of training and other duties. It means that those positions are not filled. In other companies in other walks of life there is the possibility for people to act up...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are still at least 47 vacancies in the Air Corps. When will personnel be in place for the Air Corps to be in a position to provide 24-hour top cover whenever they receive a request for such assistance? When does the Minister of State expect the 12 trainee controllers to be in place to provide the 24-hour duties? Can he confirm that before qualifying a controller is only allowed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps was requested to provide top cover for Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 during its ill-fated mission off the County Mayo coast; if its inability to assist in the search-and-recovery mission was directly attributable to cuts which have reduced the number of air traffic controllers and other experienced personnel to the point...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I want to express my sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the crew the Irish Coast Guard helicopter, R116, Dara Fitzpatrick, Mark Duffy, Ciarán Smith and Paul Ormsby. Guím suaimhneas síoraí orthu. Was the Air Corps requested to provide top cover for Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 during its ill-fated rescue mission off the County Mayo coast which led to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The tragic loss of R116 has caused shockwaves across the emergency services. Regrettably, the sense of grief has been compounded by what has emerged after, namely that the Air Corps was unable to assign a fixed-wing patrol aircraft to provide the top cover that would normally happen which meant that R116 was scrambled. The Minister of State confirmed recently, and just repeated again, that...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: During the term of the last Government - I know that Deputy Donohoe is not responsible for the last Government as such, but he was a member of it - a move was made to get rid of some so-called quangos or agencies. One of those agencies was the Digital Hub in Dublin, which was to be subsumed into Dublin City Council. Legislation which was promised at the time and is still promised, namely...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister was not even born then.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the 28 cadets currently in training will be assigned specialised roles as technicians, fire crews and as air traffic controllers, in tabular form. [15274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of qualified air traffic controllers who have left the service since 2010, in tabular form. [15272/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on criticism of the efforts to reorganise the Army, which in view of unprecedented retirements and resignations have left a significant skills deficit; and his further views on whether low pay, poor morale and isolation from family and home are primary drivers that have resulted in an exodus of personnel. [15275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who have left the three branches since 2013, in tabular form. [15273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of requests the Air Corps could not fulfil from 2015 to date in 2017 as a consequence of inadequate aircraft, pilot or air traffic controller availability, in tabular form. [15271/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Could I ask a brief supplementary question?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are not going to get through the next group in any event.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are not going to get through them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are six different topics.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Given the range of questions here, grouping them together is ridiculous. I will concentrate, in the short time available, on the collapse of talks yesterday in Northern Ireland. The Taoiseach is well aware of the goings on in the weeks since the election and the failure by the DUP in particular to engage in a positive way in the talks. Given that the current British Government has a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We know that the last Government failed to implement many of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention, of which I was a member. In fact, during a one-hour debate in this Chamber, four of the reports of the Convention were dealt with. That was an insult to those who took part and made the recommendations. The proposals put were dismissed out of hand. That was a pity because of...