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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Equipment (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the Minister of State's statement but part of the question was when did it become mandatory. The final part of the reply seems to suggest that not all Air Corps personnel are trained in the use of respirators. When exactly did it become mandatory for all Defence Force personnel to have this training? Is the training in full use currently?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Equipment (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The question is when that happened.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medical Services (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have previously asked about this issue. I am not surprised that there were no applications for the advertised position. That is the current situation. There is an urgency to this because men and women deployed abroad may return with PTSD. There are also the issues we have raised in terms of the work and pay conditions and other stressors. Has the Minister asked the College of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medical Services (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My question regarded whether the Minister had sought the input of a professional or representative organisation, which may prove worthwhile.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medical Services (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As I asked earlier, has the Minister of State contacted the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland for its input?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Medical Services (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to implement the recommendations of the review of psychiatric services for the Defence Forces in view of the recent unsuccessful attempts to recruit a full-time military psychiatrist; if other recommendations remain outstanding; and his further plans to strengthen services for the mental health of Defence Forces members. [1801/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I understand the complexity and uniqueness of this situation. However, there is frustration among members of the Defence Forces at the complete lack of progress on all the points they have highlighted. I attended the Representative Association for Commissioned Officers, RACO, conference at the end of November. The association hosted representatives from abroad, including from the Swedish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gardaí are paid overtime.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe for the completion of the heads of the Bill to amend section 3 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 and remove the ban on members of the Defence Forces from the scope of the legislation. [1697/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: When will the heads of the Bill which will remove the exclusion of Defence Forces personnel from the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 be published? This removal would enhance the safety and welfare of those workers by providing minimum standards of work, periods of rest, and the like.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. I guarantee him that some of those who are involved in litigation have not been met with. Those litigants, and possibly others, will continue until the European Court of Justice judgment from 2010 is complied with fully by the State. Every one of those men and women who are in the Defence Forces understands the uniqueness of the organisation,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the target date to reach the allowed establishment figure of 9,500 Defence Forces personnel as outlined in A Programme for A Partnership Government. [1804/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the key decisions made at the Foreign Affairs Council on 19 November 2018 in relation to PESCO, Civilian Common Security and Defence and the European Defence Fund; and the impact of each of same on Ireland. [1802/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions taken on foot of the two reports of the working group on Lariam. [1800/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocated for primary and post-primary school capital investment in 2019; and the finance directed to school expansion and building in the Dublin 12 area. [2076/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has ownership or lease of a school (details supplied); and if not, the owner or leaser in this regard. [2074/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of an application lodged for a proposed building expansion of a school (details supplied). [2075/19]

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Happy days.

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Unlike the previous speaker I do not welcome the agreement and I will not support it. I do not understand how we would support it having been tied to NATO's Partnership for Peace, PfP, because Fianna Fáil decided to turn its back on an electoral commitment not to join it, but as soon as it got into Government it did so. Now, the Government wants us to sign up to an agreement that will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Abbey Theatre (16 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister have a responsibility to examine the concerns and the issues rather than hope that the directors of the Abbey Theatre and the 300 signatories will resolve them? Has she read the playwright Jimmy Murphy's further criticism of the Abbey Theatre which appeared in The Irish Timesyesterday? Given the large State funding of the Abbey Theatre I believe it has a number of roles...