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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (8 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 540. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will expand on his comments that he supports plans to introduce a fully functional Naval Service hospital ship which would have the capacity to respond to worldwide humanitarian emergencies; and if his Department has assessed the cost of purchasing and deploying such a vessel. [33657/16]

Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is a different issue. Brian Hayes MEP commented that given what people have been asked to do in recent years and the additional productivity forced on them for the same wages, it is about time we started to consider giving something back. I agree with him in that regard, but that is not the reason I am seeking this. I have a different reason. We are only half way through the decade...

Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leo siúd a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht seo athuair. Is aisteach an rud é, ach is iad na pointí ceanann céanna iad roinnt de na pointí a tháinig suas inniu is a tháinig suas anuraidh nuair a bhí an cheist seo os chomhair na Dála cheana. Some of the points made in the debate about...

Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Molaim go mbeidh an reachtaíocht seo bogtha agus léite don Dara hUair. Is í an fheidhm atá leis an bpíosa reachtaíochta simplí go leor seo ná go mbeidh lá saoire bainc breise againn amach anseo, agus an lá sin dírithe ar meas agus ónóir a thabhirt dóibh siúd as a...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I do not know what "temporary" means in this day and age, given we were told quite a number of years ago that the homeless crisis in this city was temporary. That seems to suggest that this is not as temporary as suggested and that it is not for six months or a year. Given the level of work that I have seen happening in that hall, this is no temporary measure for six months, nine months or...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Unfortunately, the Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, is not present. I know he knows the site in question, given the fact that he visited it only yesterday and failed while he was there to meet the community that has been raising major concerns about the selection of a community hall as a new homeless centre in the heart of Dublin 8. The hall in question is the St. Nicholas of Myra Hall and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency: Motion (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the opportunity to go through this and acknowledge that minimal cost is involved but that does not mean I support it. There is a danger in moving in the way we are moving. I raised this when the European Defence Agency and all it entailed was first being discussed. Nobody disagrees with increased efficiencies but part of the European Defence Agency's purpose is to increase...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency: Motion (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I still have a number of questions as I refer to the document but perhaps I am bouncing the Minister of State into it. I think I bounced myself into it last night when I started reading it. I want to talk about the implementation of the EU maritime security strategy action plan. Have we signed up to that, which dates from 2014? If we have, were we concerned when for instance in its report...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency: Motion (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In response to both Deputies, I have never said I am opposed to engaging in joint exercises or training abroad or working with countries within the European Union, but that is not the point. The issue is whether we are aware that in making these decisions that over time we will become more dependent which will undermine our ability to take decisions for ourselves. This is a tiny country and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: European Defence Agency: Motion (3 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am concerned when I read some of the Commission’s documents. The need for the European Union to kowtow to NATO appears in every document. I have never seen the phrase, "with respect to Ireland’s neutrality" stated. Even though we are part of a document, that is not stated anywhere in the document I have been quoting from. There is no footnote to say Ireland is a neutral...

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Mattie, come on. You are talking shite.

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: You are talking shite.

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: And the apples and the trucks. Come on, Mattie

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ask John Kerry. The Deputy was talking to him last Sunday.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur mar gheall ar phíosa reachtaíochta a thagann faoi chúram an Taoisigh ina ról mar Aire Cosanta. I want to ask the Taoiseach, in his role as Minister for Defence, to state when the defence (amendment) Bill is likely to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas. According to the Government's legislative programme, the Bill relates to "the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (2 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a person’s (details supplied) appeal for carer's allowance; and when they can expect a decision on their case. [32607/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Qualified Child Increase Payments (2 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the status of a person’s (details supplied) application for a qualified child allowance; and when a decision will issue. [32604/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (2 Nov 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 286. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed for a procedure. [32539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (27 Oct 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding supplies of childhood vaccines; if he is satisfied that the HSE has sufficient quantities to administer the BCG, MMR, Hib MenC and 6-in-1, in particular, in a timely manner; his views on whether the situation regarding these vaccines in the past few years has been satisfactory; and the steps taken to overcome shortages where they have...

Topical Issue Debate: School Staff (26 Oct 2016)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Regrettably, I was half expecting the Minister of State's reply. If the school was a DEIS school, the threshold or ratio would be lower, it would have access to the home-school liaison and school completion programmes, literacy and numeracy supports and other planning and professional supports. Not only does it not have access to such supports but it is due to lose a teacher unless the...