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Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inclusion of a service (details supplied) in the 2018 Book of Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 319. To ask the Minister for Health the options available for a person (details supplied) to attend routine appointments in St Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51510/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to move from partial capacity benefit back to invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51479/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Programme for Government provided for the award of a commemorative medal to all Defence Forces personnel, Permanent and Reserve, who were recorded as being in service in the course of 2016. This was a special acknowledgement from the Government to the members of Óglaigh na hÉireann, both Permanent and Reserve, who served during the centenary year of 2016. The 1916 Centenary...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My Department has not provided funding to any member of the referenced group.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Rates of remuneration and conditions of employment in the Irish public sector have traditionally been set by reference to relative levels of pay across the various sectors of the Irish public sector. Like other areas within the Public Service, the pay of the Permanent Defence Force was reduced during the financial crisis. The reductions in pay and the introduction of a Pension Related...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Records (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I am advised by the military authorities that the information sought cannot be provided in the time specified. I will contact the Deputy as soon as the information becomes available.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 543 and 544 together. I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 71 on 11th July 2017. Under the Army Pensions Acts a disability pension or gratuity may, following retirement, be granted to a former member of the Permanent Defence Force (PDF) for permanent disablement due to a wound or injury attributable to military service – whether at...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Freedom of Information Data (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My Department received a total of 152 FOI requests between 1st January and 30th November 2017 (inclusive). Of these, 29 requests were withdrawn by the requester, 21 were transferred to other FOI bodies as the documents requested were not held by the Department of Defence, and 9 are still being processed. Therefore, the Department of Defence has issued decisions on 93 FOI requests between...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Freedom of Information Data (5 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My Department received a total of 152 FOI requests between 1st January and 30th November 2017 (inclusive). Of these, 29 requests were withdrawn by the requester, 21 were transferred to other FOI bodies as the documents requested were not held by the Department of Defence, and 9 are still being processed. Therefore, the Department of Defence has issued decisions on 93 FOI requests between the...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland’s participation in two European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves Ireland's participation in two European Defence Agency projects – (1) Joint Procurement Arrangement for EU SatCom Market and (2) European Centre for Manual Neutralisation Capabilities, ECMAN, pursuant to section 2 of the Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. In commending the motion, I will briefly outline the function of the European...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Good man, Deputy. You never lost your arrogance.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (30 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of domestic properties purchased by his Department in County Wexford: the amount paid for the properties; the current usage of each; the purpose for which each one was purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51385/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (30 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the full sheep welfare payment; when the payment will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51416/17]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's Participation in European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The following motion was placed on the Order Paper of Dáil Éireann and referred to the select committee:That Dáil Éireann approve Ireland's participation in two European Defence Agency projects – (1) Joint Procurement Arrangement for EU SatCom Market and (2) European Centre for Manual Neutralisation Capabilities, ECMAN, pursuant to section 2 of the Defence...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's Participation in European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Deputies O'Sullivan and Barrett are speaking in the same vein regarding our neutrality. Participation in the EDA projects is not a form of common defence. Let me state that it does not impact on Ireland's neutrality. If anybody looks back at my record at all European meetings, whatever the debate is, they will see that the number one thing I always ask for is that our policy on neutrality...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's Participation in European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: My experience of attending Council meetings in the past 18 months has been that the same issue appears repeatedly on the agenda and people say the same thing in a different way. The most important aspect of these meetings is that every country, specifically the neutral countries, has an opportunity to outline its policy on neutrality. It is often the case that officials from the Department...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's Participation in European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: On bomb disposal, there are two personnel annually, so there will not be eight people at any one time. Regarding the charge, we pay a standing charge of €400,000 annually to the EDA. There are other areas where we are able to benefit from being members of the EDA. Then we have the ECMAN project to which the Deputy referred, which has a cost of €75,000. I am not sure what...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's Participation in European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: We are not signing up to a new supplier.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's Participation in European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: Absolutely, but there is no cost to the Exchequer whatever -----