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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: They are finding the cost of taking their annual leave when on a mission very difficult in certain circumstances. Has consideration been given to providing a subsidy to allow them to take their annual leave with their families?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: I am only asking-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: I have one other question on the Partnership for Peace analysis. Have gaps been identified?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: I am referring to the analysis that is part of the Partnership for Peace programme. As the Minister of State is aware, there is an ongoing examination of our capability through the Partnership for Peace and NATO.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: There is. Is the Minister of State not aware of it?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: When will the Minister of State introduce an overseas establishment for officers and NCOs to allow vacancies to be filled when people are overseas? Has he considered that possibility? It can be slightly misleading when 700 personnel overseas are counted as part of the strength figures that are given. Those who are left behind must plug the gaps and are effectively double-jobbing, which has...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: I asked about the gaps. The Minister of State said that there was an overseas establishment above the rank of captain, but the issue around the gaps relates to captains and non-commissioned officers, NCOs, such as corporals and sergeants. As such, the Minister of State's response did not answer my question. I want to know about those particular ranks.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: Instead of detailing people, when will the Minister of State reintroduce the policy of personnel acting up to higher ranks to fill overseas gaps?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: The Minister of State said "above the rank of captain", but I am asking about personnel at or below the rank of captain. Is the Minister of State considering this issue?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: On the matter of Jadotville, while I acknowledge that the Minister of State brought a motion or the like to the Cabinet, will people get the awards as recommended by Commandant Pat Quinlan? That is what the families want.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Missions: Motion (16 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: I know that.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address correspondence regarding the awarding of military medals to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21807/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been a change of policy to change the use of lodges in the Phoenix Park from use by staff to short-term market rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21376/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the home tuition grant application process to make it less cumbersome and onerous for parents of children with autism; if his attention has been drawn to criticisms of the application process by parents which requires parents to acquire three refusal letters from schools; his views on whether the home tuition grant...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if the healthcare assessment and needs of children suspected of having foetal valproate syndrome will be prioritised; if there will be no delays in diagnosis and service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21563/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Clinical Trials (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical trials conducted on sodium valproate prior to its licensing in 1975; if no clinical trials were conducted here, the international clinical trial data used as the basis for its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21565/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if software (details supplied) is being used by the HSE; if not, the reason therefore; the cost breakdown for the software; if new software has been or will be acquired; his plans regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21734/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to engage with community employment supervisors to find a satisfactory pathway to address the pension issues for such supervisors and assistant supervisors based on the 2008 Labour Court recommendation and in view of the Fianna Fáil motion on this issue which was passed by Dáil Éireann in 2018; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commemorative Medals (21 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 9 October 2018, the status of the awarding of medals to staff of the Dublin Fire Brigade and national ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22006/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Garda Vetting of Personnel (22 May 2019)

Jack Chambers: 81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if civilian personnel under the aegis of his Department are checked and security vetted by the Garda Central Vetting Unit prior to being assigned to working there both as new entrants and transferring in from other areas of the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22152/19]