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Leathanach 1 de 12

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

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Parliamentary Questions

Micheál Martin

1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that every effort is made in his Department to ensure that parliamentary questions are answered adequately and fully; the actions he has taken to ensure this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24526/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the British-Irish Council meeting that took place on 19 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31697/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversations with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, and the Deputy First Minster, Mr. Martin Mc Guinness, at the British-Irish Council in Dublin Castle on 19 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31698/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Ruth Coppinger

4. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when his last meeting with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, took place, prior to Mr. Robinson's resignation as First Minister. [31783/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Joe Higgins

5. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. David Cameron. [31784/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Joe Higgins

6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, the Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin Mc Guinness, and the former acting First Minister, Ms Arlene Foster. [31785/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

7. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach to detail the discussions he has had with the UK Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, in respect of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the associated withdrawal of the Ulster Unionist Party and the motion placed by the Democratic Unionist Party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32838/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

8. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach to outline his views regarding his comments on RTE's "Six One" on 1 September 2015 in respect of suspending the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32839/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

9. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach to outline the discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin Mc Guinness, in respect of Stormont; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32840/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

10. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he spoke with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, before or since the he stepped down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32841/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

11. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Social Democratic and Labour Party on 10 September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32842/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

12. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach to outline his views on the Ulster Unionist Party removing its members from the Northern Ireland executive and becoming an opposition party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32848/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

13. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach in light of recent difficulties and disagreements in Northern Ireland regarding certain issues to outline the discussions he had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, regarding the full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32850/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

14. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Social Democratic and Labour Party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32884/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

15. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32903/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

16. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach to set out the number of conversations that he has had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, since July 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32904/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

17. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversations with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, regarding the current crisis in the political institutions in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32905/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

18. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, and Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin McGuinness, since July 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32907/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

19. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has received a report from the Minister for Justice and Equality on the current crisis in the political institutions in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32908/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

20. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he has received a report from the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following his conversations with the UK Secretary of State, Ms Theresa Villiers, regarding the current crisis in the political institutions in the North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32910/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

21. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach to outline the progress made from the March 2012 joint statement on Northern Ireland by the Irish and British Governments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33946/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

22. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach to outline the position regarding his meeting with the envoy of the United States of America, Mr. Gary Hart, on 14 October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37143/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

23. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress made arising from the programme of work announced in the joint statement by the Irish and British Governments which was published on 12 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32911/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams

24. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have been held involving the Secretary General of his Department and the UK Cabinet Secretary along with the relevant lead Departments, as committed to in the March 2012 joint statement by the Irish and British Governments; the number of civil servants who have been involved in the exchange programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32912/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

25. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has written or spoken to the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, Mr Jeremy Corbyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33917/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

26. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the Economic and Social Research Institute report on the possible exit of Britain from the European Union with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40012/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

27. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach to detail the discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, on actions his Government is taking on the possible exit of Britain from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40013/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

28. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if a special Cabinet sub-committee has been set up to discuss how Ireland will prepare for a possible British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40014/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Joe Higgins

29. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any official meetings or contact he has had with the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn. [40214/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

30. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach to outline his views on comments by the United Kingdom Indepencence Party regarding a possible British withdrawal from the European Union and its impact on Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41158/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Micheál Martin

31. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has met the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Mr. Colum Eastwood, to discuss progress on the talks in Northern Ireland. [41159/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has met the leader of the British Labour Party, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41202/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when he last spoke with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41203/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Northern Ireland

Richard Boyd Barrett

34. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he has discussed the crisis in Stormont with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41204/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Defence Forces Review

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

65. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence given the recent terror attacks in Paris in France, if he has instigated any review of the Defence Forces' role and capability in dealing with such an attack here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41395/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Seán Crowe

66. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if he is aware of the vigil which took place on 11 November 2015 at Merrion Square in Dublin 2 in support of serving and former Defence Forces members who claim to have been affected after taking Lariam; if he will meet the Action Lariam for Irish Soldiers group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Overseas Missions

Clare Daly

67. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the merits of deploying members of the Irish Defence Forces in Mali, given the history of that country. [41375/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Defence Forces Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

68. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently on overseas missions; if there have been any new requests to participate in new missions or to contribute further to existing missions; how long it is expected that the Naval Service will continue to be deployed in the Mediterranean; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41396/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

69. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he will immediately order the cessation of the use of Lariam in the Irish Defence Forces, pending the publication of the findings of the working group into the drug, given the growing number of calls for this and given the paper published by Dr. Ashley Croft in The Pharmaceutical Journal on 12 November 2015 urging the discontinuance of the use of Lariam for the British military. [41376/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Foreign Policy

Mick Wallace

70. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Defence if he has considered reviewing our existing policies on defence, with a view to taking a more active role in the promotion of peace and the protection of our neutrality, given the deteriorating situation in the Middle East and the total failure of the Western military intervention in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41185/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Defence Forces Properties

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

71. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his Department's engagement with Kildare County Council regarding the situation of overholders at the Curragh. [41176/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

White Paper on Defence

Clare Daly

72. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that due regard was given to the potential pitfalls of military Keynesianism for Irish defence policy and Irish neutrality in the discussions surrounding the drawing up of the White Paper on defence. [41207/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

oral

Army Personnel

Robert Troy

73. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Defence the strategic planning his Department has engaged in since the closure of Columb Barracks in Mullingar in County Westmeath; if he will ensure that its maximum potential is achieved; the other Government agencies or Departments, if local or national, that have been liaised with in regard to this; the amount or the proportion of Columb Barracks that is in use; the terms and conditions in place for such use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41210/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

written

Air Corps

Denis Naughten

74. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence his plans to expand the role of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41149/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

written

Defence Forces Equipment

Clare Daly

75. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 25 June 2015, if he has been involved in any recent discussions at European Union level regarding the import and export of arms from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41206/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

written

Defence Forces Deployment

Seán Kyne

76. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Defence the level of engagement he has had with stakeholders, including at European level, regarding defence and security procedures, given the increased threat following the appalling and reprehensible events in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41183/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

written

Defence Forces

Clare Daly

77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence his plans to allow the international defence industry to have increased access to the Defence Forces for product testing, with regard to whether safeguards are in place to ensure that such co-operation does not involve companies or countries which are known to be involved in funding and supplying the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41209/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

written

Defence Forces

Bernard Durkan

78. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces are given opportunities to upgrade their skills in line with military forces throughout Europe and globally, with particular reference to the need to combat international terrorism; if all possible steps continue to be taken in respect of training, access to state-of-the-art technology, rapid deployment, and mobility; if he remains satisfied that the Defence Forces here are adequately equipped to interact and interface with military forces elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41160/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

written

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Denis Naughten

79. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacant posts within the bomb disposal units in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41150/15]

Amharc

Máirt, 24 Samh 2015

written

Public Sector Pay

Mattie McGrath

80. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to keep members of the Defence Forces out of poverty, caused by pension related deductions and various changes to tax and pay related social insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41213/15]

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