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Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reviews of a matter (details supplied) that have been conducted by his Department; the outcomes of those reviews to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15261/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: This is the third question being put to the Minister on the issue of the inadequate representation of members of the Defence Forces. The Minister of State's response to my two colleagues was to tell us of the lack of access for the Defence Forces to the industrial relations machinery. We do not want know what the present arrangement is. We want to know what the Minister of State has done...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: We can take it from the Minister of State's reply that an ongoing review means that he is going to do nothing, that he will just wait and see what other people do and that he might tag along afterwards if it suits his agenda. The prohibition on trade union membership for members of the Defence Forces is effective under the Defence (Amendment) Act 1990. That Act states that the Minister can...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The granting of rights in this case is going to have to be dragged out of the Department. It is the same as the Garda Commissioner refusing to go until she has to do so. The Department of Defence is eventually going to have to give in but, as it drags its heels, a lot of damage is being done. The current arrangement is not a substitute for real negotiating power. This is important to...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the detail of the imminent deployment of a further contingent of Irish troops to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, mission in the Golan Heights in view of the recent statement by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that he has asked the US President to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: I have raised this issue previously with the Minister. It concerns the imminent deployment of a further contingent of Irish troops to the Golan Heights. As the Minister is aware, Israel, in violation of international law, has established an Israeli administration using Israeli as the official administrative language. It has enforced the implementation of Israeli curricula in schools and...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: With every passing day, Israel is tightening its illegal stranglehold on this piece of Syrian land. Our concern is that Irish troops are being used as pawns in yet another Israeli land-grabbing exercise. The Minister is aware that a huge oilfield was discovered in the Golan Heights in recent years. In 2013, the Israeli Government gave a concession to exploit this oilfield to Genie Oil and...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: It is precisely the rights and wrongs of what is happening that we should be getting into before we take any stance on international relations. The Minister of State is aware that the UN General Assembly has called on Israel to desist from changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan, and in particular to...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: 24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the recruitment and retention crisis in the Defence Forces, including the fact that low morale and pay in the Defence Forces is causing a large number of members to leave every month; the steps he will take to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15262/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: There is no point in lauding the record recruitment figures when the problem is that we are not retaining people. As I said in respect of an earlier question, between 50 and 60 personnel are leaving every month. In the past three years, one out of ten officers at lieutenant, captain or commandant grade left the Defence Forces. This is incredible. One of the key reasons for this is the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The signing up to the Lansdowne Road agreement is welcome, as is the fact that some increases will be paid and arrears for those who earn under €30,000 but it is not enough. It does not level the playing field or restore it back. It does not deal with the excruciating and excessively poor working conditions experienced by many members of the Defence Forces. The Minister of State is...

Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The Minister for Education and Skills is aware that I recently tabled legislation to amend the residential institutions statutory fund. The fund was charged with assisting and administering some sort of redress to the people who had experienced abuse in residential institutions. Subsequent to that, there was an explosion in the media, particularly on the radio airwaves, concerning some of...

Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: I appreciate the Minister taking the Topical Issue matter and I very much appreciate his comments in publicly acknowledging on the floor of the House the problems that exist with the scheme. I also appreciate his very clear utterances that any scheme that deals with the victims of abuse of the State or while the State stood by must be carried out in a sensitive, fair and compassionate...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Hear, hear.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The Deputy has had seven minutes now.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Deputy Burke has had seven minutes.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: This is ludicrous.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Deputy Burke is disrespecting his colleagues.

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: They are well up.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (29 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: 31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently in receipt of family income supplement and housing assistance payments; his views on pay levels in the Defence Forces in view of the fact that in 2013 over 20% of Defence Forces personnel were in receipt of FIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15260/17]