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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: I wish to ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a report on the Air Corps recommissioning scheme and make a statement on the matter. There is considerable concern within the Defence Forces regarding this scheme which the Government seems to have designed and created without much collaboration with or agreement from the representative organisations. Those...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: The response of the Minister of State does not match what I have been told. The scheme is viewed as a blind call on behalf of the Government, whereby it ploughed ahead without the agreement of or consultation with the representative organisations. The Air Corps is currently 30% under strength. The Minister of State referred to two former officers rejoining, but I understand that more than...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: This displays the complete failure by the Government to develop a retention policy. The Defence Forces are gaining two pilots and losing more than ten because they have no retention policy. The Minister of State is not making it attractive enough to stay in the Defence Forces, including the Air Corps. That is the core issue. The Government is exacerbating underlying difficulties with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: The existing officers should be retained.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State should deal with the issue.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State knows-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: It is not working.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State is losing more-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Corps Recruitment (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: Because the Minister of State has no retention policy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the review of the conciliation and arbitration scheme in the Defence Forces further to the Barry report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9303/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: What is the status of the review of the conciliation and arbitration scheme in the Defence Forces further to the Barry report? Could the Minister of State make a statement on the matter? He received the report in the autumn. What progress has been made since?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: I was delighted to learn that, after the question was submitted last week, the Defence Forces representative associations were contacted by the Department. That was an ironic coincidence.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: Is it the Minister of State's intention to implement all the recommendations? Are any of the recommendations being advised against by his officials? What timeframe does he have in mind? We have had a timeframe of months in which there has not even been a meeting to make progress on this. Will it be like many of the other difficulties involving the Department whereby those concerned hear...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: When does the Minister of State think that will occur? One of the recommendations in the Barry report states that there should be a significant allocation of resources in order to facilitate the report's implementation. Has the Department provided for a separate allocation to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations this year? That is a concern of the representative...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a pension issue for a former member of the Defence Forces (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (26 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transport support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9466/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Amusement Machine Licences (27 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners are taking to ensure all gaming machines in use are properly licensed and not being passed off as amusement machines to bypass the laws governing the area; if the Revenue Commissioners are taking measures to ensure that gaming licences are only issued for premises operating in areas in which Part III of the Gaming and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (27 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of investigations carried out by An Garda Síochána into breaches of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the number of files referred to the DPP by An Garda Síochána in the same years as part of these investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Heat Incentive (27 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to introduce a support scheme for renewable heat; if state aid approval has formally been applied for; and if so, when approval will be granted and the scheme opened for biomass; if approval has not been sought, when it will be applied for; when he expects the scheme to open for biomass; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax (27 Feb 2019)

Jack Chambers: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if motor tax can be paid in smaller monthly instalments rather than larger quarterly payments to assist those with limited means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9974/19]