Parliamentary questions

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

76. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps personnel who suffer from occupational asthma. [10344/18]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

77. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Air Corps personnel who have been medically discharged or had service extensions refused due to occupational asthma. [10345/18]

European Defence Agency

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

132. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost associated with participation in the European Defence Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9949/18]

Partnership for Peace

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

133. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost associated with participation in NATO's partnership for peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9950/18]

EU Battle Groups

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

134. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost associated with participation in EU battle groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9951/18]

Common Security and Defence Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

135. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual cost over each of the next five years associated with participation in PESCO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9952/18]

Immigration Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

303. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a request by a person (details supplied) for a review of the decision to refuse their application under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015; and when a decision will issue. [9358/18]

Prisoner Transfers

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

309. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used to determine whether to grant an application from a prisoner to transfer to a different prison; if there are different procedures for different categories of prisoners, different stages of their sentences and different prisons; if agreement on a ministerial, governor's or head of the Prison Service basis is required; the number of such requests referred to the Minister each year; and the number granted and refused respectively. [9408/18]

Home Care Packages Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

381. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason there have been changes to a person's (details supplied) homecare package; and if reassurances will be provided that the level of care will be the same if not greater as it has been under the care of the current nurse. [9272/18]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

36. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department sought further information from the relevant whistleblower regarding health and safety reports that he or she alleges was destroyed as part of a cover-up within the Air Corps; and if not, the reason therefor. [9078/18]

Defence Forces Strength

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

108. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of expanding the strength of the Defence Forces to 10,500 personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8265/18]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

109. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocated to recruitment in the Defence Forces over each of the past five years; the annual number of recruits over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8266/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

110. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of reversing the 2012 decision to reduce the wage of new recruits in the Defence Forces by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8267/18]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

111. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost associated with initiatives aimed at increasing female participation in the Defence Forces; the funding allocated to initiatives aimed at improving the female participation rate in the Defence Forces. [8268/18]

Defence Forces Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

112. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the impact on recruitment if Defence Forces personnel were granted the option of doing an extra four years service upon completion of their 21 year contract as was the case prior to 1997; if quotas were required to give effect to this option prior to 1997; the number of persons that chose to avail of this option; if savings accrued as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8269/18]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

113. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of replacing outstanding stocks of lariam with malarone or doxcycline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8274/18]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

247. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí of each rank attached to Sundrive and Terenure Garda stations for each of the past ten years. [8579/18]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

248. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probationary and newly-commissioned gardaí that have been stationed at Sundrive and Terenure Garda stations in the past four years. [8580/18]

One-Parent Family Payment Appeals

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

556. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a one-parent family payment by a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue. [8498/18]

Naturalisation Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

127. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for citizenship. [7551/18]

Carer's Allowance Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

295. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7788/18]

Naval Service Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

99. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of the Naval Service missions in the Mediterranean Sea each year to date; the number of Defence Forces personnel deployed on the missions per annum; the annual cost of the missions; if the use of Naval Service vessels in Operation Sophia has reduced the availability of the vessels for search and rescue missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6930/18]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

100. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions he plans to take on foot of the whistleblowers' response to the O'Toole report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/18]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

101. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on research carried out by former airmen concerning 56 deaths with the average age of 48 as outlined in a protected disclosure; the action taken by his Department on foot of the protected disclosure; his plans to commission an investigation into these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6932/18]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

102. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all the recommendations of the 2016 health and safety inspection report at Baldonnel have been implemented; the timeframe for the completion of outstanding recommendations; if a further inspection is scheduled by the Health and Safety Authority to examine compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6933/18]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

292. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Kerry Garda youth diversion programme, GYDP, pilot will be completed; and the reasons the decisions being made regarding a move towards tendering are being implemented for other GYDPs in view of the fact the report on the pilot is not yet completed. [7428/18]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

293. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it has been decided to move towards a tendering model for Garda youth diversionary programmes, GYDPs; and the assessments that have been made on the impact this will have on independent GYDPs, their staff and the communities they serve. [7429/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

113. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the pay scales of all ranks in the Defence Forces. [5731/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

114. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Defence Forces last received a direct pay increase. [5732/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

115. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the pension payments for a private who finishes out a full term. [5733/18]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

116. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of serving Defence Forces personnel from County Wexford. [5734/18]

Defence Forces Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

117. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the defence budget for 2018; and the amount that is being spent on improving living conditions and pay. [5735/18]

Hospital Procedures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

396. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been attending hospital for treatment for three years for an issue with their ankle; and if there is a scheme that will allow for this to be carried out as a matter of urgency. [5772/18]

Working Family Payment Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

568. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Defence Forces personnel who are availing of family income supplement, in tabular form. [5730/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

279. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to ensure that Córas Iompair Éireann makes funding available for independent legal advice for the 10,000 members of its pension scheme to investigate the problems in those schemes. [5051/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

280. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to initiate an independent investigation into the governance of the two Córas Iompair Éireann pension schemes. [5052/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

281. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that Córas Iompair Éireann answers all outstanding questions raised on behalf of the 10,000 membership relating to issues surrounding the CIÉ pension schemes. [5053/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

285. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the CIÉ pension fund has been underfunded in terms of the company contributions in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the steps he will take to direct it to address the shortfall in order to ensure the fund is fully solvent and that there is no threat to fund members’ pensions. [5091/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

286. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Córas Iompair Éireann submitted severely flawed funding submissions to the Pensions Authority that do not fully reflect the reality of the situation in regard to the current and future funding of the defined benefit pensions of up to 10,000 members of the CIÉ pension scheme. [5094/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

287. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to investigate if the election process to the CIÉ pension fund management committee was in compliance with regulations. [5096/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

323. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to problems with the Córas Iompair Éireann, CIÉ, pension schemes; and the steps she will take to address the issues which relates to the pensions of nearly 10,000 members. [5054/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

328. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Córas Iompair Éireann submitted severely flawed funding submissions to the Pensions Authority that do not fully reflect the reality of the situation with the current and future funding of the defined benefit pensions of up to 10,000 members of the CIÉ pension scheme. [5093/18]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

329. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to investigate if the election process to the CIÉ pension fund management committee was in compliance with regulations. [5095/18]

Schools Facilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

174. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no provision has been made to provide children with a classroom for special education teaching at a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that as of September 2018 no space will be available in the current block. [4948/18]

Schools Facilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

175. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to upgrade the toilets, heating and windows at a school (details supplied). [4949/18]

Garda Strength

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

189. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there are only four community gardaí attached to Ballyfermot Garda station. [4927/18]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

190. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí of each rank attached to each station (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [4928/18]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

191. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probationary and newly commissioned gardaí who have been deployed at stations (details supplied). [4929/18]

Legal Costs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

128. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legal costs to the State in respect of a case (details supplied) relating to the anti-malaria drug Lariam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4407/18]

Teachers' Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

201. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is awaiting the conclusion of the pay review; and the timeframe to act on the issue of pay inequality. [4332/18]