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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: I am not entirely clear about it. It is a similar answer but I am not sure this situation is entirely similar. Since I tabled the question, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed that this aircraft had made an unscheduled landing, allegedly as a result of a technical diversion. Quite a few aircraft are landing without permission. The Minister said they were already present.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: Why were the Defence Forces already present? The Minister also said they stayed until after the plane took off. Were they diverted to the aircraft and what did they do? This is important in terms of compliance with our neutrality because it is not the case, as the Minister said earlier, that neutrality means looking at things on their merits and making a decision. In actual fact, it does...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: I could explain the threat. I realise the Department of Defence is only one of four Departments that deal with the issue. The Minister made the point earlier that our approach to the Mediterranean is a humanitarian one. We need to step back from that. I put it to the Minister that if it was, we would be taking a hell of a lot more refugees than we have agreed to take. We would not be...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 6. To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to ensure that the Irish Defence Forces cease to engage in any arms trade with Israel. [25094/15]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: I do not believe that the US is responsible for everything. The state of Israel is responsible for quite a bit, and that is the subject matter of my next question. The Minister is aware that the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign launched a campaign to try to ensure that Ireland would play a role as a neutral country in delivering an arms embargo on Israel. As the Minister is aware, we...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: In June 2013 Ireland signed up to the Arms Trade Treaty, which prohibits a state from authorising arms exports where it has knowledge that the weapons will be used in the commission of genocide, crimes against humanity and breaches of the Geneva Convention among others. Ireland has bought almost €15 million worth of arms and military components from Israel in the past decade and Irish...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: It is not about what we are buying, it is about who we are buying it from and who is profiting from it. The reality is that the Minister said sanctions will not help but talking nicely has not helped. He had no problem supporting sanctions against Ukraine, even though a much smaller number of people have been killed there than in Palestine. The reality is that Israel is unlawfully...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: They have been leaving for over a decade.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: Is that what they are there for?

Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 10. To ask the Minister for Defence his views regarding the number of defence attachés llocated here; the countries which have defence attachés located here; and the level of contact between the Irish Defence Forces and each of these attachés. [25091/15]

Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: This question relates to defence attachés in this country. It seeks information on the number of such attachés located here, the nature of our relationship with them and their role given that they are representatives of foreign armies.

Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: I thank the Minister for his interesting reply. While I was aware that defence attachés from the United States and Russia were located here, I was not aware if there were others. I wonder about the consistency or lack thereof in contacts with the US and Russian attachés. The former, for instance, has stated he is in daily contact with the Defence Forces and considers himself to...

Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: I would be grateful if the Minister were to provide me with information on the level of contact with the Russian and US attachés as it would be useful for comparative purposes.

Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: It would not surprise me either but I would still like the information.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: The amendments in the group are trying to achieve the same thing. The Government has made much of priding itself on being at the forefront of overhauling the State's industrial relations machinery. We tried to raise the issue during the discussions on the Workplace Relations Act, which was supposed to be the most significant overhaul of the system in 50 years and was supposed to deliver a...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: Can we hear the Minister of State's reply?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: As the other Deputies have said, notifying the members and groups is not consultation or engagement; it is a cosmetic exercise. The Minister of State said that the collective approach that is available to these workers is available to them through the courts. That is not a solution to this issue. When they have concerns, they can appeal, ultimately, on a point of law. That is not good...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: We have discussed this for a long time. The problem is that, in too many scenarios, consultation means, "You can say what you like but we are going to do what we want anyway." That, sadly, has been the experience of many people in this event. In order really to deliver a genuine say, where people are not just consulted but what they say is actually listened to, a collective voice must be...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 14. To ask the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel were party to any activity anywhere in Libyan territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 9 June 2015, and in view of the fact that the case has been ongoing for over 40 years, and the fact that the relevant clause under which the person was retired from the army has been removed since 1985, the reason he has to further delay matters by consulting with the Attorney General, before initiating a review...