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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: The allegation of a link between lariam and suicide and suicidal ideation has been examined. Of 156 non-service related deaths among members of the Defence Forces in the period January 2000 to December 2009, 25 were apparently from self-inflicted injuries, although only one is recorded by a coroner as suicide. Of these 25 deaths, 16 had never been prescribed lariam. Of the remaining nine,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: The statutory authority for the despatch of contingents of the Permanent Defence Force for service overseas as part of an international force is set out in section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960, as amended by the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006. This provision is commonly referred to as the “triple lock”. However, personnel may be deployed for training, for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: As I said in my reply, the Green Paper was published last Tuesday and there is a paragraph in it on the triple lock in respect of overseas deployment. The Join Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality will discuss the Green Paper. I will talk to the Chairman of the committee, Deputy David Stanton, about ensuring the committee allocates time for a debate on it. Perhaps that can be done...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: As I stated this morning, the Minister for Defence will consider a detailed threat assessment from the Defence Forces to ensure the security of personnel before any deployment takes place to UNDOF. He will reassess the situation on an ongoing basis. I would welcome a submission from Sinn Féin or any party in advance of the White Paper. I accept what Deputy Mac Lochlainn said about...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I apologise for my late arrival in the Chamber. Lariam is one of the most effective medications for protection against the type of malaria prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is a serious disease that kills approximately 1 million people per year in sub-Saharan Africa alone. It is a serious threat to any military force operating in the area. The anti-malaria regime in place in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I had intended to make these remarks at the conclusion of Question Time but I join Deputy Ó Fearghaíl in wishing Lieutenant General Seán McCann, his wife and his family a happy retirement, as well as welcoming the incoming Chief of Staff, Major General Conor O'Boyle. I also wish Mr. Michael Howard and his wife the very best in retirement and I wish the incoming Secretary...

Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I will come back to the Deputy with the exact percentages.

Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I ask the Deputy to withdraw the remark.

Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: Deputy McGrath cannot call me a bully boy or a boot boy and I ask him to withdraw it.

Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the despatch, pursuant to section 2 of the Defence(Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960, as applied by section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force for service as part of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria, established under United Nations Security Council Resolution 350 (1974) of...

Proposed Deployment of the Permanent Defence Force to UNDOF: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I propose to introduce the motion and provide some brief information on the reasons the Government is responding positively to the United Nations request to provide a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF. On 16 July 2013, the Government authorised the Minister for Defence to arrange for the despatch of a contingent of the...

Membership of Committees: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Deputies Charlie McConalogue, Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Peter Mathews be discharged from the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions and that Deputies Seamus Kirk, Michael P. Kitt and Helen McEntee be appointed in substitution for them. That Deputies Tom Hayes, Terence Flanagan and Brian Walsh be discharged from the Select Committee on Transport and...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 9 March 2011, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, or in the Order of the Dáil of 11 July 2013, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary...

Non-Use of Motor Vehicles (Section 3) Regulations 2013: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Non-Use of Motor Vehicles (Section 3) Regulations 2013,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 17 July 2013.

European Union Directive on Combating Fraud: Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Co-operation and Training (Europol): Motion (18 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following...

Down's Syndrome Equality of Access Bill 2013: First Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: It is not opposed.

Financial Services (Protection of Deposits) Bill 2013: First Stage (16 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: No.

Fight Against Fraud and Regulation on Europol: Referral to Committee (16 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the...

Order of Business (16 Jul 2013)

Paul Kehoe: It was four weeks ago.