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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: If a check point is set up by the Garda and a car is stopped because it is suspected that the occupants might be carrying drugs, gardaí do not ask for an assurance that they do not have drugs in the boot of the car and, having received that assurance, allow them to proceed without checking the boot, which is what is happening in the case of military aircraft landing at Shannon Airport....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: They have been found out. The leaks by Mr. Snowden and Chelsea Manning revealed that the United States had been telling lies for a long period about its foreign policy. Shannon Airport was being used to torture prisoners and we are not even prepared to investigate the matter. When an aeroplane from Ireland carrying the former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern travelled to the United States, it was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: They have blown it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: The criminals-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is lawless.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 5. To ask the Minister for Defence his long-term plans for the participation of the Irish Defence Forces in the United Nations disengagement observer force operation in the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7072/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: A recent UN report stated that the Israeli military has been in direct contact with Syrian rebels over a period of months, has facilitated the treatment of wounded fighters and, at times, exchanged parcels. How can the Minister justify the presence of Irish soldiers in this region? It is hard to see what they are doing there. If the Israelis are now working with rebels with al-Qaeda links,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is in the UN report.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: We have pointed out previously that this situation has been ongoing for 40 years. The initial idea was that it would bring peace and ensure there was no conflict between Israel and Syria through the Golan Heights area. After 40 years that is no longer the purpose. Recently Israel bombed Hezbollah in Syria, on the other side of the border, over the heads of the UNDOF mission. The Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: The troops were moved because al-Qaeda had moved into a certain area. I do not see where the positive is in the whole Middle East region. The Minister has said that Syria and Israel are not fighting across the border at present, but they would fight if they wanted to. We would not be able to stop them if they did. The UN could play a massive role in the Middle East, but we are a long way...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: We are not achieving anything.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is past its sell-by date.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: It is not just my view.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Navigation Orders (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 14. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Irish air force has any capability to monitor or communicate with foreign military aircraft flying through Irish airspace, including aircraft that have their transponders switched off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6879/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 15. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has a long-term understanding of what the Irish Resolute Support Mission hopes to achieve in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6878/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: UN Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 31. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to initiate a review of the participation by Irish Defence Forces in the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force operation in the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6881/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Security and Defence Co-operation (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 32. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the recent memorandum of understanding signed by Ireland and the United Kingdom in the area of defence co-operation; the agreement this will involve in practical terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6882/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Aircraft (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 36. To ask the Minister for Defence if there have been discussions between his Department and the Departments of Justice and Equality and Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the presence of foreign military aircraft in Irish territory, and the possible transportation of weapons and other lethal war materials in view of comments by the United States of America on the civil war in Ukraine; his...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 103. To ask the Minister for Defence if, in discussions with the United Nations, he will consider proposing that Irish troops be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they could play a very positive role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7073/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (18 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on respite services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities in County Wexford over the past five years; the way this funding is distributed with regard to expenditure on the provision of services in comparison to expenditure on managerial and administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7331/15]