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Other Questions: Army Barracks Closures (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 7. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the substantial security expenditure on Army barracks which have been closed in the Government's lifetime, if he will actively engage in proposals to put these premises to active use in association with community groups and other State agencies. [25797/14]

Other Questions: Army Barracks Closures (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: There are four such barracks. One has been sold and another is in the process of being sold, but considerable money has been expended on them. My question relates to the remaining two barracks, in respect of which approximately €500,000 has been spent on security, etc. Could we put them to more productive uses?

Other Questions: Army Barracks Closures (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I am aware of that, but I am also aware that well over €500,000 had been spent on security. While some movement has occurred, it is not enough in the case of Columb Barracks. We could do much more. The idea of using the barracks as a national emergency training centre has been raised. It is not true to say that it is being utilised. The Reserve Defence Force unit is renting...

Other Questions: Army Barracks Closures (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I am aware that the GAA is using a small part of it. As Deputy Wallace just called it, it is really the "Grab All Association". If the Minister of State is telling me that it will take over such an enormous site, I will be shocked. I would love to know what the GAA is paying for it. The Department's remit covers a national emergency training centre and is spending tens of thousands of...

Other Questions: Army Barracks Closures (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I said it.

Other Questions: Army Barracks Closures (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: Just answer the question.

Other Questions: Army Barracks Closures (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: And the price.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 3. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the issuing of three eviction notices in the last two weeks to residents in the Curragh Camp; if he will instruct his Department to withdraw from all such proceedings until proper dialogue with residents is held as previously agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25918/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: This is an issue that we discussed with the former Minister, Deputy Shatter, on his last appearance here, where he told us that nobody in the Curragh would be rendered homeless and that the Department would engage with people there in order to look at alternative accommodation for them, yet, in the past two weeks, three eviction notices were served on residents there, including on a number of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: The Minister's response is wholly inadequate. He has just rehashed information that has been given in this House many times and did not deal with the question. Events have moved on since the mantra that the Minister read out to us previously and there have been developments on the ground. Deputy Wallace and I met the property management section at the Curragh Camp a number of months ago....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: The Minister's comments are derogatory and inaccurate and he has not moved on with developments. It was agreed with the Minister, Deputy Shatter, that there would be a technical assessment of the properties in the Curragh Camp. A limited technical assessment was done on Pearse Terrace. I would like to see the outcome of that, because, on the information which the Minister, Deputy Shatter,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Defence his views regarding compulsory random drug testing of Defence Forces personnel; and his plans to amend the penalty of dismissal which has been considered disproportionate, particularly in relation to problems with the reliability of the test. [25796/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Aircraft Landings (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 14. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions that Defence Forces personnel were present at Shannon Airport in April, May and June at the request of An Garda Síochána in relation to visiting military aircraft; the country of origin of these aircraft; and if the personnel carried out searches of these aircraft, and if not, the reason for same. [25798/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 22. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will publish the technical examination into some dwellings at the Curragh Camp; if he will expand the examination to all residential dwellings in the area in view of the housing crisis in the State and the fact that serving defence forces personnel are on social housing lists. [25799/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 23. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of soldiers that have been discharged on the grounds of mental health problems, per year, over the past ten years; the number of these been given Lariam; and the studies that have been undertaken by his Department of problems experienced by those who were administered this drug. [25795/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Sligo submitted an appeal to the chief appeals officer in respect of a decision to disallow their disability allowance; if it has been drawn to her attention that in a letter to the chief appeals officer dated 26 February 2014 the person requested an oral...

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: The Garda Síochána Act 2005 explicitly allows the Government to make appointments at superintendent level and above. There is no specification of any qualifications or criteria. The Government can literally appoint whoever it likes without any accountability. In addition, the grounds on which the Government of the day can also seek to remove the senior officers that are at the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: They were not learned last Sunday night.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: Nobody was there on Sunday night, except 30 gardaí.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: -----retired gardaí working for the IRMS and Shell and the fact that all of the regulatory and monitoring agencies have been demonstrably shown to have been subverted by Shell.