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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (11 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if it is the practice of Inland Fisheries Ireland to carry out assessments of factors leading to the mortality of wild salmon which have been subjected to catch and release angling; and if studies have been carried out on delayed mortality following catch and release angling, will they be published. [24817/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland (11 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Inland Fisheries Ireland used public moneys to engage a firm of communications consultants to advise on IFI’s stance and subsequent communications of actions in respect of a particular aquaculture application; and if he is satisfied that this represents an appropriate use of public funds. [24818/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (11 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 16 April 2014 and the subsequent provision of a list of research projects undertaken by Inland Fisheries Ireland or its predecessor organisations, the reason his Department did not include a major EU collaborative research project named sustainable management of interactions...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland (11 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that all employees of Inland Fisheries Ireland are fully compliant with the IFI’s code of business conduct for employees. [24820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (17 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 544. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider ensuring the terms of reference of the forthcoming commission of investigation arising out of the findings of the Guerin report incorporate the role of An Garda Síochána in the circumstances leading up to the death of a person (details supplied) in a hit-and-run incident outside Carrickmacross, County Monaghan on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (17 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 559. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will take to strengthen the law to ensure that no person found guilty of a road traffic offence can avoid penalty points by paying a fine or contributing to a poor box. [25513/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); if he is planning to meet the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26145/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Am I correct that Questions Nos. 1 and 2 are being taken together?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes. It is on the same issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will we get the same time allocation?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State is familiar with the case and he has met the family, who are constituents of his, on a number of occasions. He must be aware that there are serious concerns about a number of the contributions to the court of inquiry and there will have to be an addendum to the report with amendments. The record has to be corrected and that is the very least the family can expect. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister of State also confirm, which he did not during the previous opportunity he was given, that the Information Commissioner has ruled that documents withheld by the previous Chief of Staff from the court of inquiry should be released and that the Department will not appeal the decision and will release the documents? This family has been through enough. It would be good to say...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is okay.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); if he is planning to meet with the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26146/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister may be aware I have raised this matter on a number of occasions with the previous Minister for Defence, Deputy Alan Shatter. By way of a brief reminder, on 27 April 1981, in Dyar Ntar, a village in south Lebanon, two privates in our Defence Forces, Hugh Doherty and Kevin Joyce, were killed by unknown forces at that time. The body of Private Kevin Joyce was never recovered and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome that confirmation and the Minister's intervention following the submission of this question. When I met with the family, I also met with a number of members of the Defence Forces who served in Lebanon at that time. They have a detailed understanding of the issues involved in terms of the initial investigation by Colonel Savino. The colonel did not interview any of the team on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, the Minister agrees that a couple of members of the Defence Forces who were there that day can be at that meeting. That will be immensely helpful to the family. I appreciate that if that is what the Minister has agreed. Second, and this is an issue on which I will probably follow up in correspondence, there were ongoing efforts over the years to try to engage with the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 8. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to ensure that members of the Defence Forces can make representations directly to their elected representatives. [25792/14]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Something that frustrates public representatives is the inability of members of the Defence Forces to make representations directly on issues of concern. The people are proud of our Defence Forces and we owe them a great debt for all they have done for us. The least we can expect is for members of the Defence Forces to have the ability like any other citizen to make direct representations...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In my view Deputies should not make representations around matters such as transfers and overseas postings. That should be a matter for the command structure, based on merits and so on. There is a perception among members of the Defence Forces that they cannot make any representations to public representatives and there is a huge fear around that. It is important to make it clear, for...