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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Army Barracks (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have no problem recognising that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Army Barracks (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I said 100 buildings needed to be destroyed in the morning.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Army Barracks (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There is €30 million left over from the Defence Vote that could be spent.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Army Barracks (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was €29 million last year, €20 million the year before, €24 million the year before that and €25 million prior to that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I hope the Minister of State will be able to answer my question in the positive. Can he reassure us that in 2020 there will be repeat of the cock-ups that occurred last year regarding personnel travelling out to and returning from UN missions whereby people were left waiting because the return of their loved ones was delayed by a week or so?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I was not blaming the Minister of State for once.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of the Defence Forces are the only soldiers in the various missions in Mali that are required to take Lariam; and when he will abide by the instructions of Dáil Éireann to cease the use of the drug of first choice in preventing malaria in view of the fact that most other...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I did not ask the Minister of State to comment on current cases or in any way stray into those cases. I am well aware of them, as is the Minister of State, because we have raised those issues in the House. One part of this question is to do with Mali. The information I have is that a number of the 33 members of the Defence Forces in Mali have had to switch from Lariam to doxycycline...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I would never suggest that we should take on the role of medical professionals. I ask the Minister of State to look at the evidence throughout the world where the medical profession has told other militaries that there is a major concern over Lariam and that those who take it are at considerable risk of suicide and other mental health effects. That is why it is banned by other militaries:...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was withdrawn from sale by the company.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the Government buying it off the black market then?

Topical Issue Debate: Passport Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I concur with everything Deputy Collins just said. It looks, on the face it, like a very simple case of an Irish citizen stuck in Spain, because her mother is Irish, looking for travel documents to allow her, at the young age she is at, to come back to Ireland, to enjoy the company of both parents, to hopefully grow up in Ireland and to avail of a passport when that opportunity arises next...

Topical Issue Debate: Passport Applications (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome what the Minister said at the outset, that is, that he will consider this matter and hopefully find a pathway to allow Sofia to travel to Ireland. I genuinely hope he will be able to find that pathway as quickly as possible. It is specifically a matter of allowing passports for genuine cases in these instances until we have legislation in place. It is not a catch-all. As always...

Report on the Arts: Motion (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the committee and the committee secretariat. I had the luxury of being Chairman of the committee when it finalised the report, although I was not Chairman when it was initiated. It is very a valuable piece of work, in particular in regard to the insights we gained from the artists and those who came before the committee, and their wisdom is reflected in the report, which should be...

Report on the Arts: Motion (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I referred to the 2009 figure.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the shortfall in the various branches of the Defence Forces, in particular in specific ranks and specialist fields, and the additional workload it is placing on the remaining members; and the steps he has taken to address the problem since he was assigned responsibility for defence in March 2011. [45674/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of each of the ships of the Naval Service, for example, in dry dock or at sea, if and each has a full complement of crew; and when he expects all ships will be at sea at the one time in view of the challenges of drug smuggling, sea fishery protection, possible UN or EU duty in the Mediterranean Sea or local search and rescue and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Budgets (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has ever requested that moneys not spent from the defence Vote annually due to the establishment number of the Defence Forces not being reached that year could be ring-fenced and used in each of the following years to address the reasons many members of the Defence Forces have left or are contemplating leaving the service. [45673/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Kevin Street Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Kilmainham Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46042/19]