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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If the Deputies give way the Minister is entitled to speak.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am not trying to curtail debate but I find it strange that the request for Standing Order 68 has been made. Since the Acting Chair is not in a position to make adjudicate on that, I suggest that continuing with the debate, while that order is hanging over it, would be wrong. It would be a denial of the rights of the Deputy who raised the issue of the Standing Order - in this case that is...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is an insult.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Deputy insulted her.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that members of the Defence Forces are in a position to avail of the protections of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 in view of the recent High Court litigation on the matter. [27735/18]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to a previous question on the Working Time Directive and the court judgment from last week. What action will the Minister of State take? Will he waste more taxpayers' money defending what the courts have already decided is indefensible?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I congratulate PDFORRA, its general secretary, Gerard Guinan, and others who supported the case that was taken recently. Both PDFORRA and RACO have made estimates of the number of annual leave days lost in 2016. PDFORRA said its members lost up to 37,000 days annual leave. RACO said its members lost nearly ten annual leave days in the same year. Will retrospective payment or recognition...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: While the Minister of State says the change to the Working Time Directive and the regulations were not a consequence of the court case, the basis of the court case that was settled recently arose in 2013. The Department was well aware of it and the 11 subsequent cases that are still ongoing. They have a bearing on it. I am asking the Minister of State if at all possible to address the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has received a protected disclosure from a member of the Defence Forces (details supplied); if he has responded to the disclosure; and the action that has been taken on foot of the disclosure. [27762/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In December 2017 the Minister of State received a protected disclosure from an Air Corps technician who served between 1991 and 2013. He made very serious allegations as to how his health was compromised in that period and as to how he was victimised as a consequence of the resulting bouts of sickness. What action did the Minister of State take on foot of that disclosure?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Act does not preclude the Minister of State from answering the question and saying whether he contacted the person who made this disclosure. It does not preclude him from doing as he did in the past when this House was made aware of other whistleblowers. He met them and dealt with an independent assessor who also met them. In this case, has the Minister of State contacted the person...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: At the end of the protected disclosure, which I ask the Minister of State to look at again, this man says that he is in dire financial circumstances. He states that he is due maritime patrol duty moneys from 2009 to 2015. Most other personnel have gotten this reinstated but he has not. I ask the Minister of State to progress that claim without me identifying the person or giving anything...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Corps Operations (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wish the company that won the tender, Air Alliance Medflight, well. We do not want to see any gap in service, but at some stage the Defence Forces must have a capability to deliver and be an aid for the civil power. This is a €7 million contract over two years. In a response to a parliamentary question in 2014, I was told that the costs of providing this service by the Air Corps...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Corps Operations (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the capacity of the Air Corps to provide air ambulance services. [27761/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Corps Operations (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Will the Minister of State comment on the capacity of the Air Corps to provide air ambulance services given the recent contract to grant the service to a commercial company for night-time ambulance services? The contract comes at a cost of €7 million to the Exchequer for a two-year period.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Air Corps Operations (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The original question had an extra part that was ruled out of order. I wanted to ask whether the Department had tendered for the contract at all. It is obvious from the answer that there is no capacity within the Air Corps to go beyond what it is supplying at the moment. That is a poor reflection on Defence Forces management because the Air Corps has been unable to retain pilots, air...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Service Pay Commission Reports (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the report of the Public Service Pay Commission on issues affecting the Defence Forces is on schedule to be published before the end of 2018; and if he has engaged with an association (details supplied) before preparing his Department's submission to the commission. [27736/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the feedback received on the national implementation plan for PESCO projects; and the date on which the plan will be published. [27733/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures that have been taken to ensure the safety of Irish troops deployed to the Golan Heights. [27732/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Suicides (26 Jun 2018)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocol in regard to prisoners on suicide watch; the frequency with which they are checked; and the possessions they are permitted to keep in their cell and so on. [27410/18]