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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I want to express my sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the crew the Irish Coast Guard helicopter, R116, Dara Fitzpatrick, Mark Duffy, Ciarán Smith and Paul Ormsby. Guím suaimhneas síoraí orthu. Was the Air Corps requested to provide top cover for Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 during its ill-fated rescue mission off the County Mayo coast which led to...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The tragic loss of R116 has caused shockwaves across the emergency services. Regrettably, the sense of grief has been compounded by what has emerged after, namely that the Air Corps was unable to assign a fixed-wing patrol aircraft to provide the top cover that would normally happen which meant that R116 was scrambled. The Minister of State confirmed recently, and just repeated again, that...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: During the term of the last Government - I know that Deputy Donohoe is not responsible for the last Government as such, but he was a member of it - a move was made to get rid of some so-called quangos or agencies. One of those agencies was the Digital Hub in Dublin, which was to be subsumed into Dublin City Council. Legislation which was promised at the time and is still promised, namely...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister was not even born then.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the 28 cadets currently in training will be assigned specialised roles as technicians, fire crews and as air traffic controllers, in tabular form. [15274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of qualified air traffic controllers who have left the service since 2010, in tabular form. [15272/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on criticism of the efforts to reorganise the Army, which in view of unprecedented retirements and resignations have left a significant skills deficit; and his further views on whether low pay, poor morale and isolation from family and home are primary drivers that have resulted in an exodus of personnel. [15275/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel who have left the three branches since 2013, in tabular form. [15273/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (29 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of requests the Air Corps could not fulfil from 2015 to date in 2017 as a consequence of inadequate aircraft, pilot or air traffic controller availability, in tabular form. [15271/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It was.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Could I ask a brief supplementary question?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are not going to get through the next group in any event.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We are not going to get through them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are six different topics.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Given the range of questions here, grouping them together is ridiculous. I will concentrate, in the short time available, on the collapse of talks yesterday in Northern Ireland. The Taoiseach is well aware of the goings on in the weeks since the election and the failure by the DUP in particular to engage in a positive way in the talks. Given that the current British Government has a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We know that the last Government failed to implement many of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention, of which I was a member. In fact, during a one-hour debate in this Chamber, four of the reports of the Convention were dealt with. That was an insult to those who took part and made the recommendations. The proposals put were dismissed out of hand. That was a pity because of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: If I owed the State money and then made a deal with the State and welched on it, the sheriff, the Criminal Assets Bureau or An Garda Síochána would be knocking on my door looking for payment. At this stage, the Taoiseach said that there is no further contact with the orders. Is the Taoiseach intending to contact them? Is he intending to have the meetings that I suggested earlier?...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Taoiseach mentioned that he has not met the main leaders of the churches in an organised fashion in the last year. In particular, does the Taoiseach intend to meet the leaders in Ireland of the Catholic Church and the Protestant churches? At such a meeting, will he raise the issue of the mother and baby homes, including the Bethany homes? On a question that was raised earlier, will he...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 638. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the 88 actions to be progressed in the Government’s White Paper on defence. [15040/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (28 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 646. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Naval Service vessels are equipped to detect submerged submarines; and if they have the means to force submarines to surface when necessary. [15321/17]