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Other Questions: Defence Forces Investigations (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Aire Stáit. It is good to hear that so many of the ten cases have been addressed. I hope that they were addressed appropriately and that the complainants were content with the action taken. However, that does not take away from the fact that the general secretary of PDFORRA, Mr. Gerry Rooney, has raised major concerns about the delay in investigating...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Investigations (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: By that, the Minister of State seems to be suggesting that there needs to be a review to ensure that the complaints procedure is fit for purpose. Will the Minister of State initiate a review or is he just taking a cursory look at the complaints procedure to ensure that there is a proper system in place?

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I asked a simple question and did not get a simple answer, but that is nothing new in here. When was the Minister of State aware of the health and safety concerns about the handling of chemicals? From his answer, the Minister of State seems to suggest that the military authorities were obviously briefing him. I have known the Minister of State a long time and I am not accusing him of a...

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I take the Minister of State at his word. As I said, I have known him for a long time. There is a major question here, however, in that the Minister of State is not getting the information to enable him to come here and answer correctly what we are asking. In some ways, that is a bigger scandal than the one we have been dealing with for a number of days here, given the amount of people who...

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the length of time he, his Department and the military authorities have been aware of the issues highlighted by the protected disclosures made by former and serving members of the Air Corps into the health and safety and working conditions in Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7648/17]

Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My question asks how long the Minister, his Department and the Air Corps authorities been aware of the major health and safety issues related to the handling of, and exposure to, chemicals for personnel stationed at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Health and Safety Regulations (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if health and safety investigations have been initiated by the other branches of the Defence Forces, whether by themselves or by external health and safety experts, to ensure that no other military personnel are exposed to the dangerous and carcinogenic materials or chemicals without the appropriate protective clothing, adequate training or...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Ombudsman (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to extend the remit of the Defence Forces Ombudsman by removing the restrictions to its remit as per the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004 and as highlighted by the Ombudsman in his most recent annual report. [7300/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Proposed Legislation (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Act 2013 to pardon Free State troops who were executed or imprisoned by the State for switching allegiance to the IRA during the Civil War. [7301/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied). [7506/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential properties that have had to be sold at the request of the HSE legal department in order to make a settlement for the health care received by the owner. [7525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Operations (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 307. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to increase the capacity of the Air Corps in view of the fact that eight cadets are in training and ten are retiring in 2017 and that already there is such a shortfall that the Air Corps cannot fulfil its obligations regarding air patient transfer for children from Our Lady's Hospital Crumlin awaiting heart and liver...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My question is for the Tánaiste. She stated earlier that she met Maurice and Lorraine McCabe a while ago. What transpired at that meeting and what allegations or facts did they divulge to the Tánaiste when they met her? Is she positive that they made no disclosure regarding the false allegations of sexual abuse made against Maurice as part of the smear campaign we are now hearing...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not believe they did not raise any question at that time about one of the most serious allegations they have about a smear campaign with the Tánaiste, given what was transpiring in the life of Maurice McCabe and his family?

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I just asked a question.

Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We have no confidence in Deputy Micheál Martin.

Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Who is the hypocrite now?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (14 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 276. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the purpose of reckonable credits if they are not taken into account when calculating eligibility for various social welfare payments. [6671/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Websites (14 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the JobsIreland website is the only online vacancy and job matching service available to local employment services and Intreo, and the only method of advertising for vacancies in employment programmes, such as community employment schemes, permitted by his Department (details supplied). [6766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (14 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 406. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be granted a date for an assessment of needs to be carried out. [6865/17]