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White Paper on Defence: Statements (30 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I take this opportunity to welcome the news tonight of the appointment of Rear Admiral Mark Mellett as chief of staff of the Defence Forces. It was my pleasure to join the Oireachtas justice committee when we were hosted at Haulbowline. We viewed the facilities and learned about the exciting plans for the Naval Service. We also had the opportunity to look at the Irish maritime energy...

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have lost count of how many times I have had to come in here to challenge galling cutbacks that this Government seems content to introduce. It does not get any easier to watch Fine Gael and the Labour Party implementing such savage cuts. In fact, it gets harder because as the reality of what the Government decides on paper in here comes knocking on the doors of ordinary families across...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

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Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

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Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle's challenge. Question No. 11 is in my name but I am happy to waive it to speak on this question.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that. I will be very brief.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I support 100% the issues raised by Deputy Clare Daly. How long are we going to do business with the military apparatus of the Israeli state, considering that 5% of Palestinian land remains in the hands of the Palestinians? The Oslo court is in tatters. The settlements continue. Jerusalem is-----

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is shameful that this type of apparatus is-----

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Get it from somebody else.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Security Strategy (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has read the European Commission's communication on the European security agenda; if he held discussions with the Taoiseach ahead of the next European Council meeting, which takes place on 25 June 2015, considering that the Council will discuss the security challenges facing the European Union and the European security agenda at that meeting; and if he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Security Strategy (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My question relates to the meeting today of the European Council which will include discussion on the EU's security strategy. This meeting takes place against the background of what is happening in the Mediterranean and in Ukraine. There are real concerns, in particular, about the military build-up by EU and NATO on one side of Ukraine and by the Russians on the other side, and the approach...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Security Strategy (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am always concerned when I hear about common security and defence policies at EU level. We proclaim ourselves to be a neutral state, but I do not see a strategy or actions from the Government to support that assertion. For example, Fine Gael's four MEPs voted in favour of a European Parliament report which advocated possible military action in the Black Sea basin following the annexation...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Security Strategy (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The problem is that there is history here. Some of us will recall, for example, the Beyond Neutrality document produced by Alan Dukes, a former leader of the Minister's party. There is a concern that Fine Gael does not support the historical decision of this State in terms of neutrality. It is an honourable tradition and one that has served us well. Regarding the current situation in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Security Strategy (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It was fully advocated by the party's former leader, Alan Dukes.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 11. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department received financial compensation for the service that the LÉ Samuel Beckett and an air corps helicopter provided to assist the filming of a movie on Sceilig Mhíchil off the Kerry coast in 2014. [25109/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 17. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is concerned over allegations that some Air Corps inspectors are not qualified to sign-off on repairs to a number of the force’s aircraft; if there are airworthiness issues arising from the allegations that are reported; if the whistleblower who raised the issue with the Minister has been penalised; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 19. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the LÉ Eithne’s most recent rescue of migrants in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, if he will provide an update on the work carried out by the LÉ Eithne. [25108/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 26. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of recent revelations regarding new side effects to those who take the anti-malarial drug Lariam, if he will allow an independent investigation into the use of the drug by the Defence Forces. [25110/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an assurance that there will be no cuts to the school completion programme, and that the success of the programme in economically disadvantaged areas is acknowledged and built upon. [25474/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an assurance that there will be no cuts to the school completion programme in County Donegal, and that the success of the programme in economically disadvantaged areas of the county is acknowledged and built upon. [25475/15]