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Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We heard this speech earlier.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On whose watch did this start to happen?

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I ask the Deputy to withdraw the inference in that remark. It is not an inference or a comment he would repeat outside the House.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That was not the inference.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is a wonder what the Minister is coming out with.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is the Government's motion.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Test us. Go for an election.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is like the Government is not responsible for anything that happened.

Other Questions: Air Corps Equipment (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the military authorities did not act on foot of the first Health and Safety Authority report into the handling of dangerous and carcinogenic materials by Air Corps personnel without the appropriate protective clothing, adequate training or basic equipment, instead of waiting for the final report, thus prolonging the exposure of...

Other Questions: Air Corps Equipment (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We dealt earlier today with the questions on what has occurred for many decades in Baldonnel Aerodrome. I ask once again that the Minister of State take the required action to ensure protective clothing is provided and every single step is taken to ensure the current serving members of the Air Corps are protected.

Other Questions: Air Corps Equipment (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the clarification the Minister of State has given on the military authorities' response to the HSA report. I was concerned that they waited until the report was finalised before taking any action. The Minister of State has now said the authorities had already started to take action but they had not taken action before the inspection process. The HSA report made eight...

Other Questions: Air Corps Equipment (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I was told the level of exposure to the dangerous, corrosive and cancerous chemicals was akin to the level following a chemical warfare attack on a daily basis. I mentioned reports I had seen earlier. The reports I saw were from 22 years ago, 20 years ago and three years ago. They highlighted the lack of identification for chemicals, the fact that there was cross-contamination of chemicals...

Other Questions: Army Barracks (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The proposed use of this facility as an ETB centre is an interesting proposal. My colleague, Councillor Sorca Clarke, put in a request to the council for €20,000 for a feasibility study to be carried out but it was voted down by councillors from the Minister of State's party and by the Fianna Fáil Party of which Deputy Troy is a member, which is a pity. Will the Minister of...

Other Questions: Army Barracks (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We can deal with the matter locally.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Investigations (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the investigations into ten cases of bullying and sexual harassment by members of the Defence Forces that have been reported in the past two years; his views on claims by the soldiers' representative groups that the actual numbers of complaints could be much higher; and the efforts that have been made to put in place better...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Investigations (15 Feb 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question refers to ten cases of bullying and sexual harassment reported by members of the Defence Forces. What is the status of those cases? Does the Minister of State believe the contention of the soldiers' representative organisations that it could be much higher?

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...