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International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will get the Minister of State the list.

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Germany and Britain.

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Some of the Scandinavian countries, although some of them are going back on their provisions. Some of them are tightening up. We have not been ahead of the posse on this. There are very few countries, if any, in Europe that will leave a refugee in an application centre or a refugee detention centre for 11 years.

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is not different. It is the whole process. We cannot say one thing is different. It is about the combination and the approach. It is the bureaucracy.

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not mixing it up at all. If the Government cannot get it right in one part of the refugee system-----

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State cannot understand the perception. I was not the one who said it was on one specific issue. The Minister of State spoke about the system, the legal provisions and our humanitarian responses. I support the Bill. I urge the Minister of State not to reject it and to allow it to go to Committee Stage. We can have the debate in committee and tease it out line-by-line...

International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On a point of information, if the Bill passes here at Second Stage, it then goes to pre-legislative scrutiny, a message comes back to the Dáil, the Dáil decides whether that is accepted, and then a money message is issued.

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I also submitted an amendment to section 1 which was ruled out of order. My amendment sought to address some of the concerns raised by Deputy Boyd Barrett. The amendment, which should still be accommodated by the Minister, calls on her to produce regulations which would rule out certain work practices and govern terms and conditions of employment in the film industry. The State has...

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is Committee Stage.

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister might be able to explain a technical point. I am trying to figure out why the opportunity was not taken to change the reference to the Irish Film Board to Fís Éireann, or Screen Ireland. It is strange when that is its name as set out in legislation and we are dealing here with an Irish Film Board change. There may be some technicality I have overlooked. I will not...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Directives (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a survey has been carried out of hours worked, hours on stand-by and hours on study leave the members of the Defences Forces of different branches and rank carry out; if so, if an average or approximate average was calculated; and if he will provide the survey or calculations in this regard. [52025/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Directives (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average hours worked by EODs per week; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some EODs are expected to work a 72 hour shift or be on duty and or call for periods of up to seven days without a break; and his views in this regard. [52026/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Directives (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a study has been carried on the costs of implementing the working time directive in the Defence Forces; if the establishment figure target was reached; and his views in this regard. [52029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who are trained EODs; and the number of vacancies. [52027/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Training (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of apprentices in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnell, County Dublin; the number of vacancies that exist; the ideal number to ensure that vacancies and staffing levels in the relevant positions in the Air Corps can be filled in the near future; and his views in this regard [52028/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Provision (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to develop the Thornton Hall site which was initially purchased as a site for a super prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52018/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (11 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) have still not received a medical card even though they meet all the criteria and are fully eligible. [51510/18]

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have dealt with many cases of people in severe financial stress, especially at times similar to Christmas, but often because of Government policy at other times, for example to pay for funerals. They have resorted to legal and illegal moneylenders and have then, because there is somebody calling at the door, availed of another loan and another and they have ended up in a cycle of debt...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (12 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on reports that 423 planes carrying munitions have landed in Shannon Airport in 2018; if these reports are accurate; and if his Department retains such data. [48347/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (12 Dec 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was requested to provide costings for an air search and rescue service; his plans to increase the capacity of the Air Corps to provide such a service; and the timeframe for same. [48349/18]