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Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: That is because we were in this Chamber.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I did not try to suppress debate.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: No, he did not say that. You cannot say that. He said he would take every one as it comes, look at it and decide then.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: He said he would take everything you are bringing forward to us and we would look at it. We are looking at it------

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: We are having a bit of a back-and-forth.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: The Minister has encouraged debate.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I told the Tánaiste I will look at every motion he brings before us and we will decide on that basis.

Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: If we had a decent health service, nobody would need private health insurance.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: It is. I agree. Is there any intention to extend the mandate of Operation Irini, which is due to run until next March? In the Dáil and by means of parliamentary questions, I have raised with the Tánaiste my concerns regarding the Libyan Coast Guard. Have any efforts been made to ensure that we will not see a repeat of the issues that came to light in respect of the Libyan Coast...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland's Participation in Two PESCO Projects and Two European Defence Agency Projects and the Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2023: Motion (2 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: The Minister referred to carbon dioxide emissions and cost reductions across the military estate. What impact does he expect? He talked about damage in Lebanon from white phosphorus. The damage that war armaments cause to climate is significant when considering carbon emissions and so on, when you see the damage to the planet from war. What kind of impact does the Minister expect on...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: The Shane O'Farrell case has a special place in people's hearts on this island because of the way his family has fought for justice for their son. I welcome the O'Farrell family to the Dáil. I am sorry I could not stay for the whole of the presentation in the audiovisual room today, but I have met Lucia O'Farrell before and I remember a determined woman when I meet one. I recognise...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: Ireland needs a register of people who have been convicted of crimes of animal cruelty. Following the "RTÉ Investigates" programme on Shannonside Foods in Straffan, I wrote to the Minister and asked if we could create such a register. He indicated that we do not need one because all cases are reported in the media. That is not the position at all. I will be bringing forward...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: It did not seem so.

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I also wish to thank the OPLA for its work on this Bill. I am very glad to be co-proposing it with na Teachtaí Pa Daly agus Paul Donnelly and that we have this opportunity to address it further at this stage before the Dáil rises for the summer recess. The purpose of our Bill is to keep the practice of vetting as effective and as safe as possible and to make the process as...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: I accept everything the Minister of State said. The Bill is about making sure children and vulnerable adults are safe. That is what is most important. There are different areas of risk. The Bill's provisions are relevant to people going for certain jobs or looking to do volunteering. During the Covid period, there were people in my area delivering food shopping to older people living...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (9 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: 285. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if information (details supplied) will be provided. [29656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (9 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: 568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current location of the horses moved from Straffan; in whose care they are in; what verified condition they are in; the reason they have not been seized on welfare grounds given the evidence of cruelty shown on a TV documentary (details supplied), and an existing conviction for horse cruelty involving the company in question;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (10 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licensed or certified slaughterhouses that were killing equines in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the names and locations of such operations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30243/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (10 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all the non-compliance issues cited at a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of non-compliance issues that involved welfare, and in each case, what kind; the number that were of passporting/identity, and in each case, what kind; the number that were of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (10 Jul 2024)

Réada Cronin: 220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all the actions taken by a company (details supplied) and by his Department, to address and resolve non-compliance issues to the latter’s satisfaction, and to prevent a recurrence, particularly in the areas of welfare, passporting/ID, traceability and food safety; and if he will make a statement on the...