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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is that agreed?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not agreed. There is a motion to be decided without debate before the Dáil tomorrow night to increase the cap on the defective concrete blocks scheme by 10%. The difficulty is large numbers are engaged in the scheme - the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, is here for this - who will be short tens of thousands of euro. In some cases, it is more than €100,000. It is crucial that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)
Cathal Berry: I welcome Ms Sinnamon and her team and thank Ms Sinnamon for her opening statement. I acknowledge the presence of Colonel Sean Grant from the British Embassy who is in the Public Gallery; he is a great friend of the Defence Forces. From the outset I want to acknowledge the small bit of progress that has occurred, particularly over the last five years. The pay improvements are modest but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)
Cathal Berry: The increase does indicate an inflection point. Unfortunately, we are supposed to have a headcount of 11,500 by 2028, only four years away. Does Ms Sinnamon see a net increase per year of 1,000 regular members of the Defence Forces over the next four years? The target is ambitious but is it realistic? I will phrase the following as diplomatically as possible. I would always, as does the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)
Cathal Berry: I have three final questions. I thank Ms Sinnamon for her comments, which I agree with. We should not try to retrospectively blame anybody for what has happened over the past decade. I would be the opposite. The idea I am trying to get across is that it is not really retrospective rather than forward-looking. Some of the commentary I heard – not in this opening statement at all...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)
Cathal Berry: Understood. Are these green helicopters for the military or An Garda Síochána?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group (15 Oct 2024)
Cathal Berry: Understood entirely. Finally, regarding the multi-role vessel, MRV, for the Naval Service, where are we with that project? Those are all the questions I have.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Lowry for this important question in relation to aviation policy and indeed the role of Shannon Airport. More broadly, on the passenger cap at Dublin Airport, as the Deputy knows this arises from a 2007 condition attached to planning permission for terminal 2. I do not believe a 17-year-old decision holding back growth in 2024 to be a sustainable situation. I engaged with...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach did not say it publicly.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: I spoke to the President of the United States for approximately 58 minutes and I know exactly what I spoke to him about.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It was a quiet little chat.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: The President of the United States knows exactly what Ireland's view is on this.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Did the Taoiseach ask him to stop sending weapons?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: All levers at the disposal of all should be used and all countries should not provide weapons to Israel.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Did you ask him to stop sending weapons?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy, please.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: You voted in this House to stop me going to even have a conversation.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Did you ask him to stop sending weapons?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Simon Harris: So you gave me a break.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2024)
Paul Murphy: Did you ask him to stop sending weapons?