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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will reconsider his decision not to publish a report on the use of the controversial anti-malarial drug Lariam. [46847/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This question is with regard to the working group established in January 2011, which has apparently reported to the Minister, and why the Minister has not published the report. I am asking the Minister to reconsider this position.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is very disappointing that the report has not been published. It has been raised on numerous occasions on this side of the House by various Opposition spokespersons. It is a matter of controversy. Cases are being taken by former members of the Defence Forces and possibly some serving members. It would have been in the public interest to redact whatever the Minister felt needed to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is the Minister concerned about an article in The Sunday Times which stated that one of the contributors to the report, Professor Patricia Schlagenhauf, availed of research funding from Roche, the manufacturer of Lariam? The newspaper report contains a quote from Dr. Remington Neven, a researcher in the United States, who stated it is akin to hiring a tobacco company scientist to consult on...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I understand the official title is no longer the FCA but the Reserve Defence Force. Has the title changed?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reason I ask is that the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association made a presentation to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence in which it outlined its concerns. Its representatives expertly addressed the issues that have resulted in the depletion of the Reserve Defence Force. The association is seeking a meeting with the Minister. Has he met its representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has recently met with the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association to discuss their concerns regarding the changes to the Reserve Defence Forces and if he will provide an update on same. [46633/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 23. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the deployment of troops to Syria; and his plans to deploy any further troops to Syria. [46631/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 19. To ask the Minister for Defence the full cost of his visits to Cyprus, the Lebanon and Israel for St Patrick's Day earlier this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46635/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 21. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the assertion of the Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks Representative Association that 20% of its members are on family income supplement and the measures he will take to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46634/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 25. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding a replacement programme for the older vessels in the Naval Services fleet. [46632/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Investigations (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance the period back in time investigators from the Financial Regulator of the Central Bank can investigate; and if it would be expected that based on a complaint going back many years, the regulator would examine the records of the company-financial institution in question over the maximum allowable period of time. [47270/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protections there are for whistle blowers in the private sector who are self employed/commercial agents as opposed to employees. [47212/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the impact on fishermen in some coastal communities of the directive to increase the size of a lobster allowed to be caught from 87mm to 90mm in length; the consultation that took place in advance; and his views on whether the conservation practices of fishermen are the same along the coast....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are in public session to record the decisions of the committee. We have had an opportunity to deliberate on the petitions received. I will detail the proposals and recommendations on those petitions. Petition No. 28-12, from Mr. Michael O'Flanagan is to save Kilmainham Mill. The committee considered this petition and referred it to the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it agreed to update the section of the website dealing with frequently asked questions? Agreed. This petition is closed and we will correspond with the petitioner. Petition No. 33-12, from Mr. Cearbhaill Ó Dálaigh, is on the application of the Freedom of Information Acts and the Ombudsman Acts to the Central Bank of Ireland. The recommendation of the committee is that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Freedom of Information Bill 2013 will be dealt with in committee on Tuesday, 12 November 2013 at 4.15 p.m. and on Wednesday, 13 November 2013. I am sure the petitioner will be pleased with the outcome of his petition. Petition No. 25-13, from Mr. Alan Jackman, is on the strict professional secrecy provisions in the Central Bank Act 1942.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will invite the petitioner and the Minister for Finance to attend the committee and we will ask the Department of Finance to act as an observer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that recommendation agreed? Agreed. Petition No. 52-12, from Mr. David Garvey, relates to the alleged theft, fraud and illegal sale of the assets of dissolved companies vested in the Minister for Finance. The committee has assessed this petition and it has been deemed inadmissible as it has come through the courts system. We will write to the petitioner to make him aware of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Deputy Penrose. We have agreed to submit several questions to the Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority. They are on the system. We will report to the committee when we get responses to them. Is that agreed? Agreed. We have surrendered our room for the hearing on the Freedom of Information Bill about which we spoke. I propose that the joint...