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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: It was an article carried by the papers. I do not know if the Chief of Staff wants to make any comment on that. I knew Lieutenant Colonel Mary Carroll. She was in Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa. She is a great lady and I am delighted to hear the Chief of Staff met her when she was in Syria. I acknowledge again the tremendous work the Chief of Staff is doing to address the issues within...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: Very briefly, I asked the Chief of Staff about curtailing air traffic control to daylight hours, whether there is a major shortage of staff within the Air Corps and whether it is eliminating the service of the Air Corps. I also asked about staff who had to remain in service for five years. I do not think I got a reply to that. What control has Dr. Mellett over the budget? If equipment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: I know, but the Chief of Staff might give his view.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Safety (15 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 764 of 6 November 2018, if clear sea lice have been found by the Marine Institute on farmed salmon at salmon farms here; the farms in which such clear sea lice have been detected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47556/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (15 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 3 October 2018, the number of appeals that were actually submitted regarding SAC designation on owners' lands rather than the number of appeals heard by the board in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47529/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (8 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the NDLS will not allow a person (details supplied) to transfer a driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46226/18]

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on the motion. I thank my colleagues for proposing it and I also thank the staff in Deputy Mattie McGrath’s office for drafting it. The statistics set out in the motion are frightening. The findings of the EPA report into urban wastewater treatment in 2017 stated that 28 of Ireland’s 179 urban areas failed to meet European...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: I came across a case a while back where two doctors told a mother the child would not survive more than two or three days after birth-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: No, this is important. I will be very brief. Whereas the parents were told the child would not survive past two or three days, the child actually lived for 11 weeks and was given a Christian name and a Christian burial. Doctors are not right all the time, and it is important that that be put on the record. This is a case in which the child lived for 11 weeks and the parents were told it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (6 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if salmon farm companies need a first buyers licence in order to purchase wild cleaner fish such as wrasse from fishermen; if so, the name of all salmon farm companies that have such licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44810/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Safety (6 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if clear sea lice have been found by the Marine Institute on farmed salmon at salmon farms here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44811/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Noel Grealish: 1128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the qualifying PRSI criteria for a self-employed person to qualify for jobseeker's benefit in the fourth quarter of 2019 as announced in budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45782/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (24 Oct 2018)

Noel Grealish: 324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of RAS properties within the jurisdiction of Galway City Council that had their rents increased at the market rate above the rent pressure zone rate of 4% on dates (details supplied); the number of RAS properties’ rents in Galway City Council’s jurisdiction that increased above the 4% RPZ cap after...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. I asked a question in the Dáil a number of weeks ago to which the Minister of State replied:The Defence Forces have full control over recruitment. No civilian is involved in this. It is solely the responsibility of the Defence Forces headed by military management and the Chief of Staff who has his own people in that recruitment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Noel Grealish: That is no problem. Will the Minister of State come back to it? A question was asked about the Chief of Staff being the Accounting Office of the Defence Forces. The Minister of State did not answer it. I asked the question in the Dáil on the last occasion and he did not answer. I want a clear reason from him as to why the Chief of Staff cannot be the Accounting Officer for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Noel Grealish: I would like an answer on my question on the Accounting Officer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Noel Grealish: We will not get the answer we want, then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Noel Grealish: Who places the advertisement? Who calls up the advertisement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Noel Grealish: Who does the vetting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council – Defence, and Related Matters: Minister of State at the Department of Defence (18 Oct 2018)

Noel Grealish: While I am not personalising anything, I ask the Minister of State to outline Mr. Robert Mooney's new role. I know he has only recently become an official in the Department.