Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00051/12 is from Mr. Michael Callanan in respect of concerns with regard to fishing legislation decisions. The recommendation in this regard is that we should forward the correspondence received from the Department, along with a copy of the value for money review and the brochure on the 2008 decommissioning scheme, to the petitioner for his information and that the petition is closed. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next petition is Petition No. P00062/12 from Dr. Clara Fischer which calls on the Government to introduce equality budgeting. Do members want to make a recommendation? In terms of what we have recommended, we will ask the Department of Finance to revert to us clarifying whether consideration has been given to the introduction of equality budgeting. When we get that information, we can consider the next steps to take on the petition. Is that agreed? Agreed. I should have said that the petition on equality budgeting is from Dr. Clara Fischer, the Equality Budgeting Campaign and the associated non-governmental organisations which support it.

The final petition is Petition No. P00072/12 from Dr. Edward Horgan along with 19 associated petitioners regarding an investigation into United States military and alleged CIA use of Shannon Airport and Irish airspace. We have had a chance to deliberate on it and I open discussion on it by calling Senator Mulcahy.