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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have a number of questions on the Cabinet sub-committee. Was there a discussion on the growing number of children on the waiting list for scoliosis treatment? The House has debated that matter, but action has not been taken. Is the Taoiseach satisfied that the new theatre in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, will be in operation in June and that sufficient nurses will be recruited...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Just build it. If it is a prefab-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: -----it is permanent. We have seen that over the years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Neither should prefabs be.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Exactly and they stayed for 40 years.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is not a purpose-built hospital.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am sorry, but they were excluded.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yesterday, the Scottish First Minister, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, warned that the sheer intransigence of the British Government over Brexit could lead to a second Scottish independence referendum. I hope that happens and that the result will reflect the Scottish desire for independence. The First Minister's comments are based on the dismissive attitude of the British Government in regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in a person's Garda vetting application (details supplied). [10616/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (1 Mar 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 314. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason seven years after the court of arbitration ruled in favour of a weekly €50 increase for members of the Army Ranger Wing, ARW, to be paid retrospectively back to 2006, the ARW is still awaiting payment of this pay rise; and the steps he will take to resolve this matter. [10662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not awarded DEIS status when all its neighbouring schools were and the students of these schools are within the same catchment area as this school and the level of disadvantage is the same; and if he will reconsider this decision. [10076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not awarded DEIS status when all its neighbouring schools were and the students of these schools are within the same catchment area as this school and the level of disadvantage is the same; and if he will reconsider this decision. [10077/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 829. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of enlisted Defence Forces personnel that are in receipt of income support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 830. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures his Department plans to take to address the disparity in pay for new recruits whose weekly pay is under €300; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9621/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 831. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts being made to reinstate the 24-hour duty payment to Defence Forces personnel that was cut from €40 to €20. [9622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 832. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the out-of-barracks payment paid to Defence Forces personnel will be reinstated; and his views on criticism over the time being taken to process subsistence payments. [9623/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 833. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of duty pay allowances given to Defence Forces personnel to pay for rations; and if his Department, or the military authorities, have been made aware of concerns regarding the quality of meals provided to Defence Forces personnel. [9624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 834. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel whose homes have been repossessed in the past five years; and his views on the difficulties faced by military personnel whose poor credit rating and reliance on moneylenders can be directly attributed to cuts in pay and entitlements. [9625/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 835. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of any reports commissioned by the Government into the anti-malaria drug Lariam; and if the findings of these reports will be made public. [9626/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (28 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 836. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way his Department is responding to a climate survey that was carried out in 2016 and which showed low morale among Defence Forces personnel, whose reduced take-home pay is not enough to pay for the significantly increased travelling costs due to relocation following the closure of several barracks in recent years. [9627/17]