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Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Deputy's scriptwriter is not keeping up.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am astonished by the inaccuracy of Deputy Bannon's memory.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Perhaps there is a bottle bank to be opened.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Not if they died by suicide as a result of it.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am glad to hear the Minister unambiguously express an open mind. His predecessor did not express that same openness. There has been group-think within the Defence Forces, which has given rise to almost unquestioning support of the use of Lariam. How would the Minister respond to Dr. Franz Humer, the chairman of Roche, which manufactures Lariam? As far back as 2007, at the annual general...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Will the Minister publish the names of the members of his expert advisory panel? It would be very useful for all of us to know which people have been advising him and the Department of Defence. Does the Minister recall the 2013 "Prime Time" investigations unit exposé which suggested there was a three to five times increased risk of suicide among Irish troops who were prescribed Lariam?...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 112. To ask the Minister for Defence if there has been any change in his Department's stance on the use of Lariam by members of the Defence Forces on certain overseas missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21735/15]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The issue of the administration of Lariam to members of the Defence Forces travelling to countries where malaria is a problem has been raised in this House on a number of occasions. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has raised it and I have raised it myself. I thought I had a certain sense from the Minister, when it was last raised, that he may have been slightly more open than his...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That has nothing to do with the transfer of the land.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We find ourselves in an interesting position. The acquisition by the Department of Education and Skills of two sites for the development of an Educate Together school and a Gaelscoil is a positive and welcome development. However, transfer to a local authority is not the same as transfer to a community. The specific written commitment was that ten acres of land at the site or the value...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We all represent the community.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: While I accept the Minister's goodwill in this matter, there is a dearth of community, sporting and other resources in County Kildare which could be addressed, at least in part, through the use of the ten acre site or the value thereof. If the property is to be sold, a methodology should be found to make the site or the value thereof available to the community. The use to which the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 110. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the sale of lands at Magee Barracks in Kildare town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21738/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In 1998 the then Minister for Defence, Michael Smith, announced the closure of Magee Barracks at Kildare town. In so doing he brought to an end the history of the town as a garrison that had originally accommodated the British Army and, since the foundation of the State, members of the Irish Army. Thankfully, all staff and personnel were moved up the road to the Curragh Camp. At that time,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Property (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister is not very optimistic about that situation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Property (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I appreciate the Minister's goodwill on this matter. However, there is a certain irony, if not an element of the perverse, in what we see happening. The Minister responded very positively in respect of the national homelessness crisis in the aftermath of the death of Jonathan Corrie outside this House. I raised the issue with him at an Estimates meeting and he responded positively, stating...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Property (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The people who have lived on the Curragh Camp, going back before the establishment of the State, were people who had an intrinsic connection with the Defence Forces. The camp was not just an army camp; it was a garrison settlement. The Minister's predecessors, including people from my party, were wrong when they signed up to a policy of depopulation of the Curragh Camp. We can have a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Property (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 107. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that all current overholders at the Curragh in County Kildare may remain in their current residence for the duration of the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21737/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Property (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: My question deals with the issue of overholders at the Curragh camp. A small number of overholders remain at the camp and my question focuses on the housing crisis that exists both nationally and in County Kildare. I ask if, at least for the duration of the housing crisis, the Minister and his Department will desist from pressurising people out of their homes on the Curragh camp.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 123. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent symposium on the proposed White Paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21732/15]