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Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It will be too late by the time the Public Service Pay Commission or anybody else produces a report into this and the report is considered to address serious shortfalls we have seen in terms of the ability of the Air Corps to carry out its duties. It is not just the Air Corps. Does the Minister of State not accept that the Defence Forces are totally different to the vast majority of the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans on aligning the Defence Forces industrial relations with that of the initial findings of the Garda Síochána working group which was recently approved by Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44021/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the Minister of State's position on the findings of the senior Garda management report on industrial relations and whether it has implications in regard to the Defence Forces. If the proposals of Garda senior management were adopted by the Defence Forces, does he believe it would be contrary to the European court decision regarding the right to representation?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have raised the issue before and I will not labour it but what is the fear of the Defence Forces organisations having full representational rights and being given the full ability to discuss pay and conditions in talks with their employer, even if it without the right to strike? Both the representative organisations which I met during the recent months are not looking for full trade union...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State said that they were accorded the same rights of participation as other trade unions, but that was not the case. Does the Minister of State agree that many of the issues they raised were ignored while side deals were being made with other unions at those pay talks? RACO and PDFORRA continue to seek full rights and access at all levels that a trade union organisation...

Other Questions: Military Neutrality (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I agree with both Deputies who have spoken on this. If the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, is appointed or succeeds in his nomination, does he resign his commission? If not, will he still be bound by departmental guidelines, policies and instructions? We were told before the summer that the pressure for us to move a motion signing up to Operation Sophia...

Other Questions: Military Neutrality (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is he still answerable?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Protected Disclosures (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on a person's (details supplied) contention contained within their report on health and safety procedures at Casement Aerodrome that they lacked the powers, experience and competence to investigate the allegations made by the whistleblowers; the reason the scope of a review was so limited despite assurances made by him in Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Pensions (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the reference within LRA 2 to an interdepartmental working group on the alignment of the mandatory public service retirement age with the payment of the State pension contributory; if the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform informed the Defence Forces representative associations during pay talks that, due to the unique...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will review the decision to disestablish the 4th Western Brigade and the implications arising from the reduction in the number of Army brigades from three to two; if none of the three Army brigade commanders was consulted prior to the report that recommended the decision to reduce the number of Army brigades being lodged with them in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (18 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medication pain plasters were taken off the medical card; and if they can be reinstated onto the list of items covered under the medical card. [44228/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who requires a bone scan cannot receive the scan due to the fact the DXA machine which carries this out in St. Vincent's Hospital is broken which means that anyone under 21 years of age cannot get the scan carried out; when this machine will be fixed; and if this person can have the required scan carried out elsewhere....

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tuesday's business shall be No. 8, motion re parliamentary questions rota change; No. 19, statements on Catalonia; and No. 4, Finance Bill 2017 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. Private Members' Business shall be No. 140, motion re national housing emergency selected by the Social Democrats-Green Party group. Wednesday's business shall be No. 4, Finance Bill 2017 - Second Stage...

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If we could sit on Mondays and Fridays-----

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Claims Agency (24 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 437. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of years the State Claims Agency has been auditing the Defence Forces. [44987/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (24 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 438. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces have been deployed to the Baltic states in the past year; and his plans to dispatch military personnel to the Baltic region. [44991/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Early this month, Diageo announced major development plans to regenerate or refocus much of the company's land. One of the sites in question lies adjacent to the Digital Hub, a State agency which was supposed to be transferred into Dublin City Council under the previous Government. The legislation to facilitate this move remains on the legislative programme for this year. When will it come...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (26 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is eligible to have hip replacement surgery performed under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [45351/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (26 Oct 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible to receive fuel allowance. [45446/17]

Leaders' Questions (7 Nov 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is the core of the problem.