Smith, MichaelTuesday, 16 February 1999 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Private Members' Business. - Confidence in Minister: Motion.
I am shattered.
Written Answers. - Official Engagements.
Was asked: the entries in the diary of the Cabinet Minister in his Department for 1 February 1989.
There is no such diary record held in this Department for the date in question.
Written Answers. - Hearing Impairment Claims.
Was asked: if he will give details of the solicitors firms involved in bringing the Army deafness claims against the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Up to 5 February 1999 my Department has received 13,912 claims for alleged hearing loss from serving and former members of the Defence Forces. Approximately 880 solicitors have taken claims on behalf ...
Written Answers. - Defence Forces Personnel.
Was asked: the number of FCÁ and An Slua Muirí recruited and discharged by command in December 1998 and January 1999; and the strength of the reserve by command on 1 January 1997, 1998 and 1999.
I have been advised by the military authorities that the number recruited into and discharged from An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil and An Slua Muirí by command in each of the months December 1998 and January...
Written Answers. - Departmental Properties.
Was asked: the zoning applicable to lands at Ballincollig military barracks which his Department is offering for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The lands at the former Murphy Barracks, Ballincollig, currently have no specific zoning status. Under a proposed draft variation of the Cork county development plan 1996 published recently, the relev...
Was asked: the precautions, if any, he has made to prevent overgrazing on the Curragh plains; the efforts, if any, made to prevent incursions on the plains by four wheel drives and trucks collecting or releasing...
I am fully committed to the enforcement of the Curragh by-laws and arrangements are currently being put in place to ensure that persistent offenders are prosecuted. On 27 July 1998 the Government appr...
Written Answers. - Departmental Correspondence.
Was asked: the reason a registered letter from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has not been replied to in view of the fact that failure to do so has caused major concern for the family involved.
I am to inform the Deputy that a reply has issued recently in this matter.
Written Answers. - Overseas Missions.
Was asked: if he will give a report on the recent incident in which two members of the Defence Forces were injured in a mortar bomb attack in the Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Was asked: the meetings, if any, he has had with the Department of Foreign Affairs regarding the recent incident in Lebanon in which two Irish soldiers were injured; if so, the action, if any, to be taken as a r...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 172 together.
Written Answers. - Hearing Impairment Claims.
Was asked: the number of personnel of the Defence Forces attached to each barracks; the number of deafness claims processed for each barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The number of personnel serving in each barracks is not made publicly available for reasons of security. The approximate percentage number of hearing loss claims as received from personnel attached to...
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