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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: 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: Army Barracks (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the dilapidated condition of accommodation blocks that recruits and soldiers are required to live or stay in while receiving training in the Curragh; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the Cadet School is operating out of prefabs and that the Army Ranger Wing is located in old stables...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the dilapidated condition of accommodation blocks for recruits and soldiers while receiving training at the military training facility in the Curragh. Is the Minister of State aware that the Cadet School is operating out of prefabs and that the Army Ranger Wing is located in old stables with no running water?

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome all those projects. I visited several barracks recently, not just to the Curragh Camp, to which this question specifically relates, and seen the dilapidated state they are in. There is a need for a blueprint for the refurbishment and construction of facilities. I welcome the fact that, after 11 and a half years in the job and as this Government nears the end of its term of...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In response to the final comment of the Minister of State, I can only go on the information I was given by the staff in the Curragh who brought us on the tour. It was not just me who heard the comments relating to the Army Ranger Wing. We were not allowed on that part of the campus because we were only there to visit the training wing. When will the Minister of State increase the number...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The sum of €25 million was left over from last year.

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: A total of €25 million was left from last year's budget.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Everybody in the public service would, I believe, accept that there is a special case to be made for the Defence Forces because of the type of work they do, the hours they must work and their loyalty. The exodus from the Defence Forces does not have anything to do with full employment because members were leaving in droves even during the recession. It is a pity the Minister of State does...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I would not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Someone working for 100 hours should be paid for 100 hours but that does not happen in the Army.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State should not put words in my mouth.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: He was and I responded.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Pay should not have been cut the last time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the situation within sections of the Defence Forces is so bad that the viability of those units is at risk due to the failure to address the exodus from the Defence Forces; and the immediate steps he will take to stem the tide of resignations of commissions and other ranks leaving the Defence...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (7 Nov 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State is in charge eight and a half years now. If he is not aware of the dire circumstances within the Defence Forces he should be. It is so bad now that the viability of certain units is at risk because of the retention crisis.