Parliamentary questions

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

53. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he has taken further to the motion passed unopposed in Dáil Éireann on 28 June 2017 which instructed his Department, along with others, to draw up a plan of action to help alleviate and address ongoing concerns regarding the anti-malaria drug Lariam issued to military personnel serving on overseas missions in sub-Saharan Africa. [52726/19]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

71. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to prevent members of the Defence Forces having to routinely serve multiple excessively long shifts contrary to the working time directive which covers other occupations but which has not been implemented in relation to members of the Defence Forces when not on active service. [52722/19]

Defence Forces Personnel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

80. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the introduction of recent measures have stemmed the exodus from the Defence Forces; and his views on whether his policies over the past eight years have failed and contributed to the exodus, low morale and the feeling of being undervalued among Defence Forces personnel. [52723/19]

Protected Disclosures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

84. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken since the first protected disclosure regarding chemical poisoning in the Air Corps was received four years ago; the steps he will take to address the health legacy issues including suicide of years of exposure to carcinogenic chemicals of persons based in Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnell; and if he will instruct that a health review be carried out of serving and former members of the Air Corps. [52724/19]

Protected Disclosures Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

85. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of protected disclosures made to his Department since the current legislation was introduced; the number of personnel dismissed from the Defences Forces; the number still serving members; and the number that have applied to rejoin the Defence Forces in view of the retention crisis that exists. [53118/19]

Army Barracks

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

86. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to ensure that living quarters in barracks nationwide are fit and habitable. [52721/19]

Defence Forces Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

98. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the food budget of the Defence Forces equates to €4.35 per day while the budget per prisoner is €6.25; and his views in relation to same. [52725/19]

Arts Council

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

2. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Arts Council is set to move offices to a less appropriate building; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact the proposed new building has substantially higher rent and an atypical buy option; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that if the deal is completed, it will involve the breaking of its existing lease (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52179/19]

Insurance Costs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assistance her Department can provide to cultural festivals and venues that are faced with closure due to spiralling insurance costs; if she has raised the challenge to cultural life with the insurance industry representatives and the Ministers for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Finance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51908/19]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

16. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason there has been no announcement of the planned State and State-sponsored Decade of Centenaries 2013-2023 commemorative events for 2020. [51907/19]

National Monuments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

18. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the reconfigured Moore Street advisory group as recommended in the second Moore Street progress report, which she received in August 2019 will be announced. [51906/19]

Maoiniú d’Fhoras na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

28. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta míniú a thabhairt ar chaiteachas na Roinne ar Chlár na Leabhar Gaeilge agus a mbaineann leis trí Fhoras na Gaeilge. [51910/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

250. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be issued with a wheelchair that is appropriate to the person's needs. [52361/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

251. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assigned a social worker as a matter of urgency. [52362/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

252. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the supports available for a person (details supplied). [52363/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

206. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his officials have had discussions with and received correspondence from a trust (details supplied) or the religious orders in charge of three of the secondary schools in Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, regarding an amalgamation of the three schools moving to a single campus and the creation of a single board; if there will be involvement of parents and teaching staff at each stage prior to decisions being taken; if his attention has been drawn to discussions to date on the fact a third of the pupils at the schools have special educational needs, that none of the three campuses are large enough to contain all three schools and the fact that the population of Ballyfermot, Cherry Orchard, Chapelizod and Bluebell is rising; the level of funding that will be committed to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51486/19]

Naturalisation Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

136. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [50527/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

150. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if home help will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [50434/19]

Defence Forces Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

113. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the operational non-pay budget for the Air Corps is less than 2% of the Defence Vote in view of his recent decision to temporarily shut down the helicopter operation in Athlone, County Westmeath. [50343/19]

Bail Law

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

262. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation on bail reform; if so, the organisations he has or will consult with in advance of proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49791/19]

Bail Law

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

264. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering introducing legalisation which would allow judges to impose restrictions on bail conditions, such as curfews, exclusion or restricted zones and or ankle bracelets and so on, for those charged with murder or manslaughter and who have a previous conviction involving violence; if so, the groups he has consulted with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49803/19]

Nursing Home Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

330. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the public nursing homes in south central areas of Dublin city. [49734/19]

Buiséad Fhoras na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

644. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an aontaíonn sí nach bhfuil cothrom na féinne á fháil ag pobal na Gaeilge de bharr na hinfheistíochta easnamhaí agus míchothroime atá déanta tríd an ngníomhaireacht trasteorann, Foras na Gaeilge, ar laghdaíodh a bhuiséad de €700,000 le trí bliana anuas, i gcomparáid leis an gComhairle Ealaíon, ar méadaíodh a buiséad de €12 mhilliún sa tréimhse chéanna; an lorgóidh an tAire maoiniú breise don Ghaeilge sna meastacháin athbhreithnithe roimh an Nollaig i bhfianaise go mbeidh ardú buiséid ann do na heagraíochtaí trasteorann Uiscebhealaí Éireann agus InterTrade Ireland. [49852/19]

Naval Service Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

132. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Naval Service who spent more than 80 days at sea in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [48683/19]

Defence Forces Transport

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

133. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vehicles (details supplied) purchased in 2001 which are still in service; and his plans to replace same. [48692/19]

Defence Forces Equipment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

134. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the renewal and replacement programme he and the military authorities have for weaponry and other military equipment over the next three years; and when tenders for same will be issued. [48693/19]

Defence Forces Equipment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

135. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the weaponry or other military equipment in the Defence Forces that has been upgraded or replaced since 2011 to replace outdated or defunct equipment; the cost of same; and when the equipment was delivered. [48694/19]

Defence Forces Medical Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

139. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be allocated for the recruitment of an additional two full-time clinical psychologists for the Defence Forces. [49034/19]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

140. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for both the Air Corps and Naval Service will commence before the end of 2019. [49035/19]

Army Barracks

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

141. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if construction work on the new gymnasia at Sarsfield Barracks, County Limerick, and Stephen's Barracks, County Kilkenny, has commenced; if so, the duration of the works; and the estimated cost of the projects. [49036/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

309. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) home help hours have been reduced from two hours per week to only one hour a week. [48827/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

310. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if the home help hours of a person (details supplied) will be reinstated back to two hours per week. [48828/19]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

50. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the pilot retention scheme in the Air Corps announced in July 2019; the results to date; and the number of pilots and other grades in the Air Corps that resigned their commission and retired from the service since 4 July 2019. [48397/19]

Citizenship Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding citizenship in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48377/19]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

373. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding status from the rural regeneration and development fund to refurbish a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47974/19]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

374. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47975/19]

Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

131. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a voluntary homeowners relocation scheme application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47079/19]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

372. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the status of the Linn Dara campus in Cherry Orchard, Dublin 10; the number of residential beds operational; the services offered by the day hospital; the staffing levels; the number of staff vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47312/19]

Labour Activation Programmes Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

619. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants on each of the labour activation programmes administered by her Department in the past ten years; and the annual cost of each programme during those years. [47427/19]

JobPath Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

620. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date the contracts she and her predecessor entered into with the JobPath companies Seetec and Turas Nua. [47428/19]

JobPath Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

621. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred by her officials in Intreo offices to Seetec and Turas Nua each month since they were awarded the JobPath contract; and the length of time on average they were in receipt of social welfare payments before the referral. [47429/19]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

622. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason bring proposals were not brought forward as promised to address the issues which had led to community employment supervisors planning to take industrial action; and her views on the suspended dispute. [47430/19]

Dietary Allowance Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

623. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reinstate the dietary allowance as a stand-alone payment as it was pre-2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47431/19]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

624. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if wages of participants of the community employment are open to meanstesting or reduction at source based on family status, age or other status. [47432/19]

Hospital Charges

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

114. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can claim back some or all of the cost of a hip replacement surgery. [46907/19]

Citizenship Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

136. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a response to their application for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46725/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

152. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by an early intervention team; and if the liaison officer will contact their parents directly. [46719/19]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

219. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Kevin Street Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46041/19]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

220. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Kilmainham Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46042/19]

Garda Deployment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

221. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank assigned to Crumlin Garda station in each of the past ten years to 31 October 2019. [46043/19]