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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: I apologise to the Minister of State, but has Deputy Chambers concluded her supplementary questions?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: Could she deal with them fairly succinctly? We are under time constraints.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: Sorry, Deputy Chambers, but the Minister of State is replying.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: It also has to do with the fact that we are so late in the year.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: The point is taken but we have discussed the issue previously.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: The unelected presidents from different institutions of Europe were probably selected by Germany, France and a few others.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: If the Minister of State does not have the detail that Deputy Barrett has requested on the peacekeeping college, he might write to the Deputy at an early date.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: Does Deputy Chambers have another few queries about Vote 36?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: Before we conclude discussion of Vote 36 and appropriations-in-aid, I wish to endorse the comments made by Deputy Lisa Chambers about the importance of the Reserve Defence Force. I encourage the Minister of State and his Department to have an active campaign. I grew up in a Border parish and over the years the work and value of the RDF was never recognised. I often thought that I was a...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: I suggest the Department run a pilot recruitment or promotion campaign in towns and counties where military barracks have been closed. Unfortunately, Dún Uí Néill barracks in Cavan in my home county was closed. The Army tradition in the town went back a long time. Barracks in Monaghan, Longford and other areas with an Army tradition have also closed. Unfortunately, this...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: We could discuss the expansion of the Reserve Defence Force and recruitment at a meeting in the autumn. This would demonstrate the commitment of the Oireachtas to the issue and support the work of the Department.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: We will arrange that for October.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: Nowadays, our Gaelic footballers and hurlers are subject to more stringent training than members of the Reserve Defence Force. Some of the football and hurling managers could be brought in for training purposes. Do members have questions on Vote 35, which relates to pensions?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: Thank you, Minister. That completes consideration of the Revised Estimates for 2016 in respect of Vote 35 - Army Pensions and Vote 36 - Defence. A message to this effect will now be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil. On behalf of the committee, I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, and his officials for attending and for dealing comprehensively with the committee's questions and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Message to Dáil (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2016: Vote 35 - Army Pensions, and Vote 36 - Defence.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (30 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of schemes to assist local authorities in providing closed circuit television for areas where there is anti-social behaviour and incidences of crime on a constant basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18995/16]

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: Before the debate was adjourned yesterday, I was expressing my total opposition to the proposed North-South interconnector. I want to refer to a meeting of the all-party transport and communications committee held last April in which I participated, with others in the constituency. At the meeting the chief executive of EirGrid confirmed that it was technically feasible to place underground...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (29 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Will he and his colleague, the Minister, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, maintain contact with the statutory agencies under the Department's remit to ensure they maintain contact with the employees who will be affected and that all possible support is given to those people when they seek upskilling, retraining and alternative employment. I must...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (29 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, is here with us. This is the first opportunity I have had in the Chamber to congratulate him on his appointment and wish him well on his work. I worked closely with him in the previous Dáil as a member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. I have to say he was an exemplary Chairman of the committee over a five-year period....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (29 Jun 2016)

Brendan Smith: 11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether setting up funding models in conjunction with various private equity funds is the most efficient way to provide social and affordable housing to deal with the current crisis. [18460/16]