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Other Questions: Defence Forces (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I ask if the Minister of State has read the report to which I refer, and if he has set about implementing any of its recommendations.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to introduce measures to ensure a larger and dedicated contribution of female Defence Forces members in peacekeeping operations, taking into account UN Resolution 1325 which acknowledges the disproportionate impact of armed conflict on women and girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33973/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I am interested to hear the Minister's response on what he will do to build a first national action plan for UN Resolution 1325, which was introduced by a previous Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, the former Deputy Eamon Gilmore and former President Mary Robinson, and how the follow-up national action plan 2015-2018 is progressing.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: At any one time there are a number of conflicts in the world and the general balance of the world order is influenced heavily by a small number of influential actors. On the election of Donald Trump last night I share with many millions of people across the world an anxiety about what is around the corner. Hopefully, this anxiety is unfounded and there is no escalation in international...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: This matter must be taken seriously and there has to be a real energy behind it. I am not sure if it is there yet but I am positive about what the Minister of State has said. With our proud and honourable peacekeeping record, Ireland should be leading the charge in implementing UN Resolution 1325 and we should be the exemplar in gender-led peacekeeping.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the levels of recruitment to the Defence Forces; his further views on whether the levels of recruitment are matching the levels of persons leaving or retiring from the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33829/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that 20% of Defence Forces personnel are in receipt of family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33826/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is examining the benefits of the drug doxycycline as a potential replacement for Lariam as an anti-malaria drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33830/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the medical basis, and any other basis, on which he chooses to continue the use of the anti-malaria drug Lariam for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33827/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Appeals (9 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33962/16]

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: It is open to every party to use its Private Member's time in whatever way it wishes, but it is disappointing that Sinn Féin is seeking to politicise Deputies pay and the implementation of the Lansdowne Road agreement itself. The same Deputies take every cent of pay, expenses and allowances available to fund their political activity. Sinn Féin elected representatives take pay,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (8 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of aeroplanes that land and take off at Dublin Airport on an average week between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.; the number of planes that off-load or take on passengers or freight; the number of aeroplanes that stop for refuelling only, with a breakdown by each day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33440/16]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (3 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of all the meetings that she has held to date with her Cabinet colleagues, with her Department, with her departmental agencies and with external stakeholders to address the challenges facing businesses in the face of Brexit and specifically in view of the decline in the value of sterling. [33015/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (3 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to date to transcribe directive 2014/104/EU on antitrust damages actions into Irish law; and if she will confirm that the directive will be fully transcribed by 27 December 2016 in order to ensure that Irish businesses will be able to fully recover damages suffered as a result of infringements of EU...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tax Code (3 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of her proposal to offer a lower rate of tax to returning emigrants; if she has discussed her proposals with the Minister for Finance; and her views on whether such a proposal complies with European Union law on the freedom of movement of workers. [33016/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (3 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether there is inertia in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission with regard to in-depth investigations into price fixing cartels and bid rigging; her further views on whether there is a lack of prosecutions for offences under the Competition Act 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33013/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (3 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities which excluded from their scheme tenants who do not occupy every bedroom in their house, with regard to the current tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33127/16]

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: I know discussions have taken place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland since the Minister came to office, and the previous Government had set aside funding for the design of the new metro north. The rigour with which metro north was measured against other possible transport solutions for the Swords airport corridor ensures, without doubt, that metro north is the best long-term transport...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: The key is to get metro north started, and if we can get it started, it will continue to completion. I met representatives of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and they were of the view that it will have the potential to start it within its revenues earlier than the Minister's timeline. Will the Minister do everything he can to facilitate that early start for metro north and not...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (2 Nov 2016)

Brendan Ryan: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the building of a second runway in Dublin Airport will be designed and constructed to ensure it complements the delivery of metro north and to ensure the DAA liaises with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, on an ongoing basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32783/16]