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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome the suggestion that there can be ongoing screening if medically recommended. The Minister has not clarified the position on the LE Eithne. Is it tied up as a result of concerns about asbestos in her forward pump room? Also, can the Minister tell us if it is the case that consultants in the area of asbestos were brought in by the Minister's Department and the Naval Service, that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am not surprised.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The LE Eithne.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 9. To ask the Minister for Defence the action his Department is taking to address the plight of overholders in military residences in the Curragh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25805/14]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: This question returns to the issue raised earlier by Deputy Clare Daly on the plight of Army overholders and the responsibility of the Department of Defence as a landlord. This is an issue that has gone for many years. It probably was an issue when you were in the Department yourself, a Cheann Comhairle. While the response to Minister Daly-----

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----I mean Deputy Clare Daly. While the response on this matter earlier was not positive, we would like to hear what the Minister has to say on the matter again.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The former Minister for Defence was not noted for his softly-softly approach to issues. Accordingly, I am disappointed the Minister of State seems to be adopting a more hard-line approach and rejecting some of the progress achieved by people such as Deputy Clare Daly in raising this matter. In the course of the past month, I was struck by the plight of a family of a serving member of the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The overholders can take very little comfort from what the Minister of State has said, irrespective of who may have been brought to him by Deputy Heydon. I have given the Minister of State the example of someone who is not a member of the public who is not outside the Defence Forces; I have given him the example of a serving member of the Defence Forces, who has served this country with...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 12. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will be bringing forward any new proposals to enable members of the Defence Forces with 21 years service who are willing and able to continue in service to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25807/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence the way he proposes to improve gender balance in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 24. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to allow PDFORRA members in the Defence Forces to take up associate membership of the Irish Congress of Trades Unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25804/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal of a jobseeker's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26213/14]

Order of Business (19 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister has promised for some time a geothermal energy development Bill to regulate and license that sector. What progress has been made and when will we see the Bill? I also wish to raise the Istanbul Convention on violence against women. Has the Government given this convention consideration or will it do so in the near future? Will the Government sign this convention?

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I move amendment No. 44:In page 72, after line 31, to insert the following:"Provision of housing units 59.In the provision of housing units, a local authority shall give priority to persons that have been responsible tenants in leased accommodation under the Rental Accommodation Scheme.".This amendment addresses one of the critical aspects of the Bill. It is interesting that this...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister of State has admitted, and her officials have said, that they are coming off the local authority list because they are deemed to have had their housing needs met. There is nothing of equivalent status in the Bill to state that they will go on some other list and we know from experience, as was alluded to by Deputy O'Brien earlier during Leaders' Questions, that there is a wide...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Put that in legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (19 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be immediately returned to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26455/14]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is clear the Minister of State does not propose to accept any of the amendments proposed. It is a sad day for all of us in this House when a series of well-intentioned, well-constructed, reasonable amendments are tabled and a Minister or Minister of State fails to accept any of them. The Minister of State would have us believe that she has provided in the legislation that those in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Numbers (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 294. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the internal guidelines used in processing claims, when a note (details supplied) came into use; the purpose of the note in question; the authorisation given for the use of the note in calculating entitlement to State contributory pension; the period over which this note was used as a guideline in determining pension; the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 340. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27268/14]