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Defence Forces: Motion (4 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tairgim leasú a 1:1. (a) To insert the following after "publication of a new White Paper on Defence in 2015;":"acknowledges that the State has a duty of care to all its enlisted men and women, in terms of health and safety and pay and conditions while they are serving with the Defence Forces, and to ensure their health needs are catered for after serving their full contract especially if...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (4 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 694. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Lariam tablets and other anti-malaria drugs issued to Defence Forces personnel for the duration of overseas deployments since 2015, in tabular form. [16640/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (4 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 695. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the remaining number of lariam and other anti-malaria drugs that are presently stockpiled to be used for Defence Forces personnel when deployed overseas. [16641/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (4 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 696. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of money spent annually in Ireland’s participation in the Partnership for Peace, European Defence Agency programmes, EU Common Defence Policy and EU battle groups from 2014 to 2016 in tabular form. [16642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (4 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 697. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of restoring the option of allowing personnel to do an extra four years service upon completion of their 21 years contract, based on the average number of personnel that availed of this extension of service in the five years leading up to 1997. [16643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (4 Apr 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 698. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel receives moneys from the annual harvesting of silage on the airbase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16654/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This area was comprehensively dealt with here for two hours although I am not sure if we got all the answers. It was also dealt with by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality this morning. I am still trying to grapple with the question of whether the Tánaiste could have confidence in a Garda Commissioner who did not inform her of the scale of the problem or the issue at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The falsification of these records is highly suspect and further facts will emerge I presume when the Tánaiste raises this matter with the Commissioner. Given that the Tánaiste says she was not aware and was as astonished as the rest of us, I hope she expressed her displeasure and admonished the Garda Síochána for the way in which it handled the release of these figures....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Issues (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: When was the Tánaiste first informed of the serious discrepancies in the way in which the Garda recorded roadside alcohol tests and the reasons 14,700 persons convicted in the courts were prosecuted without fixed-charge notices first being issued? What are her plans to address these issues?

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Or Sinn Féin.

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yesterday I began my contribution to the debate on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill which aims to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention and the 1999 protocol to that convention by stating that my party supports and welcomes this Bill. As was mentioned earlier, it is ten years since we signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...

Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State said that such clauses are not contained within other legislation. I know of several pieces of legislation that have a clause where a report goes to a committee of the House or the Dáil. For example, any of the Ombudsman Acts facilitate an ombudsman making a report to the Dáil. It is laid before the House. In some instances they are to report to relevant...

Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have supported this legislation from the start. Although I have not been engaged with it in committee, I remember the furore that arose and the upset that was caused to some people when methadone clinics were first proposed throughout the city. However, the world did not stop. Nonetheless, there were teething problems and some of the latter will again arise in respect of this initiative....

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are pressing it. I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “to halt this proposed regionalisation” and substitute the following: “— recognise that given the voluntary nature of the service in its current form a cost benefit analysis is unnecessary; and — ensure that the existing model, where independent management of the service is drawn from...

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The purpose of the Bill is to make the provision in Irish law to enable the State to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention on the protection of cultural property in the event of an armed conflict, and the 1999 protocol to the convention. We support and welcome this Bill as others have done. Specifically, the Bill will prohibit the destruction, damage and theft of cultural property in specified...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In the case of operational army units, will the Minister of State clarify whether the units are operating with only 50% of the officer numbers that are required to ensure their proper operation?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The information I have is that in some instances the number of officers is so low that those in ranks below them must move to other barracks to perform routine duties. I understand the points being made by the Minister of State in a number of replies today around the recruitment ban to the effect that numbers were not there or that soldiers and other members of the Defence Forces of...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister of State has read out what the targets are or what is achieved and he said that officers can be abroad or sick and we understand this. It is, however, bad planning if there are ongoing vacancies and absences because of training and other duties. It means that those positions are not filled. In other companies in other walks of life there is the possibility for people to act up...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are still at least 47 vacancies in the Air Corps. When will personnel be in place for the Air Corps to be in a position to provide 24-hour top cover whenever they receive a request for such assistance? When does the Minister of State expect the 12 trainee controllers to be in place to provide the 24-hour duties? Can he confirm that before qualifying a controller is only allowed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Air Corps was requested to provide top cover for Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 during its ill-fated mission off the County Mayo coast; if its inability to assist in the search-and-recovery mission was directly attributable to cuts which have reduced the number of air traffic controllers and other experienced personnel to the point...