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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Discussion (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Barrett: That is the point the Minister of State is making. It is the missions we decide to involve ourselves in. That is the point I am making. The Defence Forces are small and my point is that our expertise is in genuine peacekeeping. We do not need to get in with the big boys and all this heavy equipment where it is peacekeeping plus. Peacekeeping is peace-keeping. There are plenty of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Forces: Discussion (7 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: A recruitment campaign was launched on 23 April 2018 and a total of 1,364 applications were received, which is an astonishing number. It shows the interest out there among people who are available. Some 129 of the 1,364 were inducted to the Army Reserve and the Naval Service Reserve. What happened to the other 1,100? Were they just dismissed? To be honest, I was amazed at the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (12 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a screening programme for haemochromatosis such as in the UK in order to ensure that no person goes undiagnosed with an iron overload (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6488/19]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency Project: Motion (12 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: In recent times, whenever I receive a document from the Department of Defence, I get shivers down my spine. There is an increasing feeling that we are being walked into circumstances. There were references to capabilities for peacekeeping and international crisis management operations. What are international crisis management operations? It is as though we are ashamed of the fact that we...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency Project: Motion (12 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: I am sorry to have to disagree. Peacekeeping has not changed - we have changed. We have a very proud record in peacekeeping and have engaged in various missions abroad that were genuine peacekeeping missions. It is still possible to participate in peacekeeping and we do not have to be involved in crisis management, which means situations of conflict. We have built up a lot of respect for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (14 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) is not included in negotiations on a new deal for general practitioners regarding the reversal of FEMPI and other matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/19]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: Could the Ceann Comhairle tell me when No. 14, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland’s participation in a European Defence Agency project, is going to be taken?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: This matter was raised at the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, where I expressed deep concern about how the role of the Defence Forces would be changed by engaging in this project. I would expect that if participation in this project is to be discussed and approved by this House that it would first get a full report based on what was said in the committee. I ask...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: I ask that this matter not be taken until we get a full report.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: I did not agree. This item was not reached. That is why I am raising it.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

European Defence Agency Project: Motion (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: This matter was raised at the committee. The Minister of State was present. I do not have any great problem with what is being suggested in the motion, provided that what we were led to understand about it will actually apply. Am I in order to speak?

European Defence Agency Project: Motion (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: I am sorry. I thought the Ceann Comhairle was calling me.

European Defence Agency Project: Motion (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: My apologies.

European Defence Agency Project: Motion (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: This matter was discussed in the foreign affairs committee and I expressed my concerns there. I will continue to express concerns about the direction in which we seem to be getting pushed. I did not sign up to a European army. I did not sign up to the European Union joining with other states eventually to have a European army. We have our Defence Forces, of which all of us are very proud....

European Defence Agency Project: Motion (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: I am not signing up to a European Defence Agency. I did not sign up to it in the first place, and I have no intention of doing it now.

European Defence Agency Project: Motion (19 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: The Deputy had his turn to speak, and he read very well. I do not know if he wrote the speech but he read it very well. Let us be clear on what we are doing here. This is a creepy-crawly, step-by-step situation where we want to be among the big boys. The work the Army does as peacekeepers, and has done over the years, has been respected. When I went abroad as a Minister I saw the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Bilateral Relations between Ireland and Malta: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Seán Barrett: I welcome the witnesses to what I regard as an important event. Given the fact that Britain has decided to leave the European Union, this country finds itself out on its own in the middle of the Atlantic, further away from mainland Europe and therefore that has a psychological effect. It is important that we renew the friendships that we have with people within Europe and that we realise...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (5 Mar 2019)

Seán Barrett: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is taking a minimum of 16 weeks for a carer’s allowance application to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10904/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early Childhood Care and Education (13 Mar 2019)

Seán Barrett: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the decision was taken to decrease enrolment opportunities for the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme to only once a year in September in view of the fact it used to be reopened in January and April also (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12668/19]