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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (11 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 27. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to commemorate victims of the Famine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10195/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: City of Culture Initiative (11 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the criteria for the selection of future Cities of Culture, to ensure a fair process, for all; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10194/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (11 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite approval for a domiciliary care allowance, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the dates on which the allowance will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10690/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed its analysis of the demographic trends in the catchment area of a school ( details supplied) in County Kildare; if that analysis supports the strong contention that additional second level places will need to be provided; if consideration is being given to an application by the school for additional classroom...

Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No. 76 on the legislative list is the Red Cross (amendment) Bill. Recent media reports on the resignation of the secretary general and the heads of finance and communications of the Irish Red Cross, which would indicate there is something going on within that particular organisation, suggest the need for some urgency in respect of the introduction of that legislation. Some weeks ago, the...

Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will request the National Employment Rights Authority to investigate the position of two company employees (details supplied) who have been owed wages by their employer since 2010; if it is considered that one employee has been constructively dismissed; if it is considered the other employee, who is on sick pay, is ill due to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, the instance of a disease (details supplied), for each of the past ten years; if there are any discernible trends in respect of the disease, that would give rise to concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10784/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cyber Security Policy (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 119. To ask the Minister for Defence the role he envisages for the Defence Forces in addressing cyber-security issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11697/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cyber Security Policy (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: This question focuses on the issue of our national security, which nowadays is not just concerned with the security of our communities and Border, but also the security of our cyberspace. Will the Minister focus on the need to develop within the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces a dedicated cyber-defence unit? Could the signals intelligence unit be the body to play that role?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cyber Security Policy (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am surprised and pleased to learn there is a unit within the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources but it is a very well kept secret because today is the first I have heard of it. It is, however, in the Department of Defence that such a unit should be based because the high level of expertise required to secure our cyberspace rests primarily within the Minister's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Cyber Security Policy (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: My problem with what the Minister has said is that the risk exists now. We have see the hacking of the Twitter account of central command in the US and production was stopped at Intel, in my own county, earlier this year following a bomb threat. Security risks exist now and we need to move urgently to address those risks. It is very much in the broad national interest that we do so, having...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Equipment (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 122. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the Air Corps is capable of dealing with unauthorised incursions into Irish airspace by military aircraft from other countries; the action he took on foot of recent developments involving military aircraft from other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11698/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Equipment (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: This question is straightforward. It asks the Minister whether he is satisfied with the capacity of the Air Corps to deal with unauthorised incursions by military aircraft into Irish airspace, whether sovereign or Irish controlled, and the actions that he has taken in the aftermath of the recent two Russian incursions, whereby bombers flew across Irish controlled airspace with their...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Equipment (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I ask the Minister to tell us what the agreed response was. One would assume there was some engagement by our Government with the representatives of the Russian authorities. The public were certainly concerned about the incursion. A security expert, Dr. Tom Clonan, referred to Ireland's airspace defences as Europe's weakest link and suggested that if terrorists took over an aircraft in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Equipment (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The capacity or range of our aircraft is between 10% and 20% of that of Russian aeroplanes. If we are to address any challenge, from Russia or anywhere else outside the European Union, we need to consider this issue. Can the Minister commit to some rolling programme to replace the five Cessnas? It is welcome that there has been some engagement with the Russian ambassador on this matter....

Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 124. 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. [11641/15]

Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister referred several times to the impending White Paper on Defence. It is two years since the Green Paper on Defence was produced and 18 months since the deadline for receipt of submissions elapsed. The Minister is running out of time to publish this important White Paper. Is he in a position to indicate a timeframe for its publication?

Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The timescale the Minister outlined is welcome if it can be realised. The Minister stated recently that he intends to consult on the White Paper nationally and internationally. With which categories of people or stakeholders will he consult? Will he also give an undertaking to use as a resource the large repository of skills and information that exists among retired officers? Those who...

Other Questions: White Paper on Defence (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Budgetary constraints are the major impediment at present and I note defence spending has fallen by approximately 20% since 2008, bringing Ireland to the point where it has the second lowest expenditure on defence in Europe, in terms of percentage of GDP spent, behind Luxembourg. As part of this White Paper process, does the Minister envisage that this fundamental situation will change?