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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (18 Dec 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 634. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form all appointments made by her to State boards since taking office; the qualifications held by those persons making them appropriate for that office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49363/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have succeeded in recruiting the required number of doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1391/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome staff and colleagues back to the House and wish them a happy new year. My question reflects the difficulties experienced by the Defence Forces in recent years in recruiting the full complement of doctors to provide services to members of the forces. I am seeking to ascertain what progress has been made in this regard.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome the Minister's statement to the effect that Defence Forces personnel are receiving the medical care they need. That is an issue of paramount importance to all of us. My interest in the area of medical services dates back to the decision of the Minister's predecessor, Deputy Shatter, to close the Curragh families clinic. When I previously raised this matter with him, Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I take the Minister's point. However, it seems extraordinary that in 2011 and 2012 - this also appears to have been the case in 2013 and 2014 - it was necessary to make contractual or other arrangements with anything between 45 and 51 general practices in order to meet the needs of what should be - and is - the healthiest cohort of people in the country. Some 39,000 and 36,000 visits were...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 4. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on any discussions or plans to revise the 21-year rule with regard to service in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1392/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: My question seeks to establish what sort of progress is being made in revising the 21-year rule as it applies to members of the Permanent Defence Force. I am aware that an adjudication is due on this matter on 30 January 2015. At the outset of the last Question Time at which this was discussed, we complimented the Minister on what he has done for the beef sector, but made the point that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can I take it the Minister will accept therefore the recommendation of the arbitrators in this matter? I emphasise again that much has changed since the 21-year contract was envisaged in 1994. Commandants can serve an additional two years, until they are aged 58; lieutenants can serve until they are aged 54; gardaí and prison officers can serve until they are aged 60 and firefighters,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Am I to take it, therefore, that there is some degree of flexibility on the Minister's part; that he appreciates there is a problem; and that he is willing in his approach to this to find a solution to that problem that will inevitably have to provide for some additional service for people who have reached their late 30s or very early 40s and continue to be absolutely fit and capable of...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 5. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the development of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1216/15]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The question focuses on the future development of the Reserve Defence Force. I tabled the question given that the Minister had made a very positive statement about the Reserve Defence Force at an Estimates meeting of the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality before Christmas. It is also based on the fact that a little earlier the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Does the Minister accept that while the integration of the Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces is a very positive thing, operationally it has presented difficulties in the short term and that, in effect, the Reserve Defence Force has been imposed on some permanent units? That provides for difficulties arising, not least in areas in which there is assessment through the operation of...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In that regard, the Minister has put his finger on the problem. In the new system, passing the key performance indicators is critical to a person's continued involvement and successful participation in the Reserve Defence Force. These types of assessment invariably take place during the hours of 9 a.m to 5 p.m.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: My understanding is that this is what is happening. Therein lie many of the difficulties for the reservists. It is proving necessary for them to take time off work. Unless some sort of arrangement can be worked out with employers, it is difficult to see how we can develop the Reserve Defence Force along the model initiated by the Minister's predecessor. Everything the Minister has said...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 12. To ask the Minister for Defence regarding the deployment by the Defence Forces of one doctor and three medical NCOs to Sierra Leone if Lariam is being prescribed as an anti-malarial drug for these personnel; the other nations that are sending personnel on this mission; the anti-malaria medication that is being prescribed for personnel from other nations; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence when the White Paper on Defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1214/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 22. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a progress report on the Defence Forces’ participation in the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1215/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an AEOS payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (14 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is suffering from continuous pain that requires orthopaedic surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49541/14]