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Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was not Francis Street and it was not resisted. The Minister has his facts wrong. He is misrepresenting what happened.

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On a point order, the Minister is misrepresenting the facts to the House.

Statute Law Revision [Seanad] Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yesterday we discussed how our Statute Book lay and everybody in the House, as I noted yesterday, was in favour of making it much cleaner and more accessible. The Bill deals with legislation from the founding of the State to the 1950s. Most of the Bills are definitely superfluous, although some are of major interest. I raised a question yesterday about the Garda Síochána...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (30 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 104. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for the back to education allowance will be awarded without delay as the person (details supplied) has no financial means. [37871/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (30 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 132. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will review its policy that states a nurse that provides care under a home care package cannot be left alone with a child they are caring for in order that single mothers such as a person (details supplied) may be able to leave their child in the care of a nurse, leaving them to take a break and spend time with their other children. [37835/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be awarded a bed in the national rehabilitation programme to undergo a three month programme. [37875/16]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary)
Vote 36 - Defence (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I apologise for being late, I was stuck in the Dáil. On Army pensions, I do not believe that anybody has a problem with it. I wonder if an actuarial review has been done, given that all of us - as a nation - are living longer. Obviously, ,any pensioners who retired from the Army are, like the rest of us, living longer. Is this taken into account for the future? As with everywhere...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Data (1 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 65. To ask the Minister for Health the types of contracts that exist between his Department, the HSE, the NTPF and private hospitals for treatments commissioned by the private sector; if contracts are awarded en bloc, either in terms of funding allocated, speciality and so on or on a case-by-case basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37861/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy (1 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 93. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 48 recommendations of the national steering group on rare diseases; the specific actions that are being taken on access to medication and technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37862/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Syria: Discussion (1 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am substituting for my colleague, Deputy Seán Crowe today. I dtús báire ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na toscairí atá anseo. I wish the delegation well on its journey. It has been a long journey by the look of it considering where Syria is today and where it was many years ago when it was an example to many in the world. I am from a party that was...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Capabilities (6 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 494. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the Government’s position on the European military headquarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38722/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ferry Services Provision (6 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 496. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any contingency plans have been put in place involving the Naval Service to provide a replacement ferry service for the persons of Inis Mór on a temporary basis until a more permanent solution is found. [38826/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: NATO Membership (7 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 293. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason he attended a NATO summit in Warsaw in July 2016. [39066/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (7 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 294. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the location and number of houses currently owned and maintained by the military authorities. [39068/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (7 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 295. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of boardings of fishing and other vessels for each year in the past ten years, in tabular form; the number of persons arrested and vessels and equipment confiscated. [39069/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (7 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 296. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the outsourcing of previously employed civilian tasks; and the number of civilian staff in the Defence Forces and current cost of employing such person versus private sourcing. [39070/16]

Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Today's business shall be No. 9, motion re Committee on the Future of Healthcare, without debate; No. 14, Courts Bill 2016 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 15, Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages. Private Members’ business shall be No. 81, motion re flooding introduced by Fianna Fáil. Wednesday’s Government...

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will be attending the meeting of the European Council of Ministers in Brussels on 15 December 2016; and the Government’s position on the European Commission's European defence action plan which is to be discussed there. [39978/16]

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I listened with interest to the Minister of State's response to Deputy Lisa Chambers. Is the Minister of State aware that there is a defence or military industry in Ireland? On the Order of Business today a Deputy from the county where Timoney is based appealed for the purchase of more military equipment from Timoney. There is also a huge industry in respect of dual use goods, including...

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Rather than retaining spending at the current cost, the proposal is based on the fact that the EU as a whole has a decreasing military spend. That is a laudable result and is not to be lamented, nor should it be increased to create an arms race similar to those from Europe suffered greatly in the past. The Minister of State is saying that the Government has no position and does not want to...