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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he plans to bridge the gap of ten years between forced early retirement on age grounds and access to the State pension. [29118/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a major health and safety issue. The objective of the directive is also to provide for the greater compatibility of work with family life, which is massively important for everybody, but the non-adherence to the directive is also a key driver in Defence Forces personnel leaving. This is not an effort from us to talk down the Defence Forces. It is a demand, a request, a shout and a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the working time directive will be implemented in the Defence Forces in order to ensure safe working conditions, increased work life balance and retention. [29117/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Organisation of Working Time Act dates from 1997, there was a European Court of Justice, ECJ, decision in 2010 and no negotiations have happened since July 2019. In anyone's measure, that level of progress is glacial. When will the working time directive be implemented to ensure safe working conditions, increased work-life balance and, importantly, retention?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The working family payment, which is relevant in this context, is an admission by the State that a person's income is not enough to survive on. That is a shocking admission. The fact that members of the Defence Forces are being paid such an income while being excluded from the provisions of the working time directive and doing many more hours than 48 hours per week is incredible. The ECJ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will meet representative organisations of the Defence Forces and discuss the high-level implementation plan for strengthening the Defence Forces. [29116/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The members of the Defence Forces are heroes and patriots. They have been the last form of defence for the country on many occasions. They travel the world to defend peace in difficult and dangerous places. They work in shockingly difficult conditions with very low pay. That has been very damaging to morale within the Defence Forces and has also dealt a blow in terms of their numbers to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the Minister's statement because I have spoken to representatives of the Defence Forces and they have asked when the implementation plan for the strengthening of the Defence Forces will be discussed. A representative of RACO recently stated that there are 300 fewer personnel in the Defence Forces than there were when the plan was put in place last year. Although there is a plan,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I acknowledge the Minister stated things have been done, but this issue did not arise overnight. It is not the case that people have just put in requests for these changes. This is not recent analysis on the weakening and reduction of the Defence Forces. The Minister rightly indicated that it is quite shocking. It is amazing that ships are currently tied up because crews are not available...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recommendations from the completed report on non-pay retention measures; and if it will be shared with the representative associations. [29119/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the high-level plan committed to implementing the review of technical pay for enlisted personnel by 04 January 2020 has been pushed into future pay negotiations which is contrary to the agreement. [29120/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (8 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the completed report on incentivised long service arrangements will be shared with the representative associations. [29121/20]

Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The threat of a no-deal Brexit cannot be overstated. The Central Bank has stated that a no-deal Brexit could cost Ireland over 100,000 jobs. Under a no-deal Brexit, the cost of food and other products in Ireland could jump massively. The executive director of the Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association stated that 60% of flour exports from two mills in Belfast could be subject to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Denise Mullen is an Aontú councillor in Mid Ulster. Some 46 years ago, the Glenanne gang murdered her father in the family home. Denise, who was four years old at the time, came upon her father's lifeless body and was forced to stay there for two hours due to fears there was a bomb in the house. Garfield Beattie was convicted of the murder of Denise's father. Mr. Beattie was released...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: In July. I sent the invitation on an official-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: We do not have much time-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: We know that-----

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Covid crisis is a serious threat to the life and limb of many people around the country. We must do our best to reduce the number of cases within the State and do the simple things and avail of the low-hanging fruit as best we can. I refer to working from home where possible, social distancing, wearing face coverings on public transport and in shops, and so on. The figures have...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: A few days ago I watched a heart-breaking RTÉ report in which a couple said that they did not know what would happen to their special needs daughter if they died before her. They said no parent ever wants to bury their child but the reality is that they dread what would happen, not if but when, they cannot simply manage. That is an experience for many families across the country. ...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There were advertisements during the period-----