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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: This question, which is tabled on behalf of the group of cross-party Deputies who regularly visit Maghaberry Prison, comes on the back of the damning inspection of that prison. The Minister is aware that there have been various initiatives to try to get the 2010 agreement implemented, including a stock-take report, but we have come to the conclusion that there must be another agenda at play...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I am glad the Minister has raised the issues with the Minister, Mr. Ford, MLA. We are very concerned about what is happening there at present. We do not agree with the assessment by the Minister, Mr. Ford, MLA, that progress has been made. In fact, the proposals which were put forward, not by the prisoners but by the International Committee of the Red Cross, have been stymied by prison...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: We have met loyalist and republican prisoners who are involved in this process. Both sides are unhappy, but the republican side is more unhappy. That probably reflects the cultural problems there. That is important. The issue of threats continues to be used. Obviously, we would oppose any threats occurring, but there is no evidence of any threats and no activity of a negative character...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: The Tony Blair Labour Party. That is what the Labour Party has been reduced to.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that it has been over a year since both Dáil and Seanad Éireann adopted motions calling on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine, when formal recognition of the State of Palestine by Ireland will take place; his views on the delay to date of such formal recognition; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Embassy of the United States of America with regard to the connection between that nation's military use of Shannon Airport and Ireland being described as part of a coalition of evil in a purported ISIS video; if he has expressed concerns to the ambassador regarding the implications of continued United...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any consultations with his European Union colleagues with regard to Saudi Arabia's human rights record, including, in particular, recent reports of multiple beheadings, and the advisability of maintaining close diplomatic and economic relations with that state in view of its human rights record; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Terrorism (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views, in terms of global security, stability and peace, on the advisability of any European Union state engaging in a bombing campaign in Syria in response to the attacks in Paris of 13 November 2015; if he has had engagements with other European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking, diplomatic or otherwise, to advocate at the European Foreign Affairs Council level for a ban on the import of goods to the European Union from illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the process by which persons are short-listed and selected for posts as architectural advisers in the Office of Public Works is fully open and competitive; if there are sufficient safeguards to protect against any favouritism; and if any audit of the recruitment process for positions in the Office of Public Works has ever been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for Rush Harbour works and improvements in County Dublin, given the desperate need for repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46150/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Correspondence (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 305. To ask the Minister for Defence why he has not contacted a person or that person's solicitor (details supplied) regarding the findings of a report from the Attorney General, a matter which he indicated he would act on some considerable time ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Missions (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has consulted with the Department of Defence regarding the implications of the deployment of Irish troops to Mali, given the potential impact of such a deployment at this time on the perception of Ireland's neutrality abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45531/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Preschool Services (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that permission for a naíonra in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will issue shortly, given that her Department assured the school that permission for same would issue in early autumn 2015. [46021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding the prevalence of low wage, zero-hour and casual contracts and their impact on the social protection budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1163/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1162/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why the Christmas bonus is only given to persons on the live register for 15 months or longer, given that persons who are only recently unemployed feel discriminated against; the rationale behind this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46451/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parental Leave (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to enable public sector workers to enjoy the same entitlements as their colleagues in the Civil Service regarding transferring 14 weeks of entitlements to parental leave between one parent and the other under the Parental Leave Act. [46809/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Animal Welfare (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the Office of Public Works is putting in place to protect deer in the Phoenix Park, given that over 21 deer were killed by cars in 2015. [1049/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 433. To ask the Minister for Defence further to response to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 11 November 2015 wherein the Minister states that he is awaiting the outcome of seven files, if these files have been completed; and if he will forward this information to this Deputy. [46480/15]