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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Health and Safety (6 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 124. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he has taken or plans to take on foot of the O'Toole report which was sent to the whistleblowers 12 months ago and feedback received a number of months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45046/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (6 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 125. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) was not able to start their military training on the date advised to them; the steps the Defence Forces is taking to ensure that this person can start training as soon as possible; if the person will start training before the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45051/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual allocation for defence in each budget since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45053/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (6 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel employed in a full-time flight safety role in the Air Corps; and the ranks of each. [45753/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Arms Trade (6 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 453. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason €0 worth of arms exports have been reported by Ireland for the period 2009 to 2016 under the EU common code of conduct on arms exports despite over €419 million worth of licences being reported for the same period; the reason Ireland has not provided information for actual arms exports during this period;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Arms Trade (6 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 454. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of arms exports during the period 2009 to 2016; the measures taken to ensure all information on arms exports in line with the EU common position is accurately reported in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45230/18]

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: From the Seanad (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome amendment No. 11 in particular. We will support it. We have raised this issue at various stages. As the Minister said in his contribution, there are wider issues of regulation of betting, gambling industries and gambling control, but they are for another day. I acknowledge the progress that the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, has made but I do not believe the Department has...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, line 9, after “section 5” to insert “, known as the Kathleen Lynn National Children’s Hospital”. This amendment is close to my heart. I first wrote to a Minister for Health in 2013, or perhaps it was even before that, when Senator Reilly was in charge of the health portfolio. I subsequently wrote to his successor, now...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I had intended to speak to amendment No. 2 in my first contribution. It would be illogical in this day and age not to mention mental health. The proposal in the amendment does not give rise to an extra cost or present a major difficulty. There is an acknowledgement that mental health falls under health in general. However, given the scale of the issues involved and the fact that, as the...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister of State wish to reply?

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am pressing the amendment. It is a pity that we are left with the national paediatric development hospital or whatever title we want to give it today as an operational or brand name. The hospital is being built and will probably open in two years. We are all waiting with bated breath. The plan was welcome and it will be a beautiful hospital, but it does not have a name. The name we are...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 2:In page 7, line 4, after "health" where it secondly occurs, to insert ", mental health".

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, to delete lines 24 to 26. The reason I have included amendment No. 3 is that I believe this subsection is questionable in some way. It exemplifies what is often called "mission creep", that is, a gradual shift in objectives which often results in unplanned changes in the longer term. I do not see why Children's Health Ireland would need to acquire, hold or...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is a pity. I believed the Minister of State might think about the amendments again, in particular amendment No. 4, which deals with borrowing. I cannot and should not be able to foresee a situation where a children's hospital would be required to borrow to meet its day-to-day expenditure. It would be a sad day for Ireland if that were to be the case. However, we can all see the...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 4:In page 9, line 4, to delete “or current”.

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 6:In page 15, line 31, to delete “or a local authority”. Amendments Nos. 6 to 8, inclusive, were tied to amendment No. 5, in the name of Deputy Louise O'Reilly, which has been ruled out of order in a bizarre manner, although we will not go into it. The intention of the four amendments was to try to ensure representatives of workers, patients and Dublin City...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I understand the logic behind what the Minister of State has said. It was never intended to be in the gift of one party or another to be able to appoint a person to a board. The appointments could be made by way of a lottery of those in a council who were interested who could serve for a single term only and so on. It does not have to be political. Local authority members are not paid at...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 9:In page 18, line 9, after "Children's Health Ireland" to insert "and its subsidiaries". These amendments seek to ensure subsidiaries of Children's Health Ireland will be subject to the oversight of the Committee of Public Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General. All too often, there is little or no public accountability by subsidiaries of State companies or...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is a pity the Minister of State is not accepting the amendments, particularly in the light of how subsidiaries and organisations that have received State funding, albeit not always directly but through a State agency, have in the past avoided accounting in full for how funding was spent. I accept that the intention is that all of the companies are to be audited under the standard rules,...

Children's Health Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 Nov 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 10:In page 18, line 11, after "Children's Health Ireland" to insert "and its subsidiaries".