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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: I thank the Minister. I wish to raise a number of broad-ranging issues. If I do not get an opportunity to raise them before my priority question comes up in the Dáil, I hope to come back and do more at the end of the meeting. On the issue of the right to work and the reception conditions directive, the Minister is confident that we will meet the deadline 17 days from now. I am not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: I am a bit unclear on some of that. The Minister is telling us he cannot give us any fuller details. The committee is adult enough to take on board fuller details with the health warning that Government approval is required. The fact he cannot even give us greater detail is a little concerning. With regard to the point about the flagrant breach, I was referring to the fact the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: Is that something the Minister cannot answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: The Irish Refugee Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: When was that? The council's representatives appeared before the committee and gave an impressive presentation on the reception conditions. The committee welcomed their involvement and felt that they had a positive and worthwhile role to play. We would be particularly concerned if their views were not taken into account. I am not sure about an acknowledgement from the Department that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: They knew departmental officials were at their conference but the point they were making was precisely that their expertise could have assisted the Department, which, let us face it, has been found to be operating an arrangement that was unlawful by denying access. External advice to the Department would have been welcome, particularly by the IRC, but that did not happen. Based on what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: I do not think I have ever heard as brutal a response from a Minister at this committee. I do not mean it in a personal way when I say it was absolute and utter waffle and nonsense. Given that we are talking about legislation which has been prioritised by two Ministers, it is ridiculous to flag legislation that has not even been drafted yet. The legislation in question has been in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: I refer again to the Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016, and the money message to the House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: I just want to set the record straight on the Minister's liaison with my office, and to acknowledge my staff's work. The liaison between my office and the Department on the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2017 has been driven by my office, and fair play to my assistants for constantly sitting on the Department and making sure that it is not forgotten about. I do not accept that as a great bonus....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: The problem is that again, the Minister said that he does not want GSOC to be in a position where it does not have the resources to do its work. However, it does not have those resources. On 8 June 2017, GSOC was given a commitment that it would be given the resources by the Minister. We are in June discussing the annual budget. More than half of the year has gone, and the commission has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: The business plan was submitted in February. I have other questions about the Garda. I am leaving to ask my question in the Chamber. If we have time at the end of the meeting, I will deal with the other Garda stuff. The Minister did not deal with the Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána Oversight and Accountability: Minister for Justice and Equality (13 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: I know there are loads of Bills subject to money messages, and I know it is a matter for the Government. What I asked was whether the Minister had a problem with that being used to delay the passage of important legislation such as this, and whether it was appropriate for that would be the case.

Other Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (14 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: 12. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the development of new draft guidelines for dog breeding due in quarter two of 2018 have been finalised; when they are likely to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25116/18]

Other Questions: Dog Breeding Industry (14 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the legislative changes he is considering as a result of analysing the submissions received through consultation regarding dog breeding establishment guidelines; and the steps being made to progress those changes. [25115/18]

Independent Clinical Review of Maternity Services at Portiuncula University Hospital: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: The release of this report came at the height of the CervicalCheck scandal and it landed with less impact than it deserved. The CervicalCheck scandal hit the headlines. It was, unfortunately, an opportunity for some politicians, who may have been asleep at the wheel regarding this issue for the past ten years, to get a few headlines for themselves by shouting and roaring. They woke up and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (14 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report by the Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy in which a charity (details supplied) is misrepresented in a misleading manner regarding the nature of that organisation's work in the occupied territories of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26027/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (14 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the refuelling of an aircraft (details supplied) took place inside or outside Irish airspace; the location the aircraft travelled from with its fuel load; and if it passed through Irish airspace prior to the emergency diversion to Shannon Airport. [26030/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (14 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for improved protocols for the operation of legal aid, particularly in family law cases in which failure to submit paperwork and other efforts to delay proceedings are occurring. [26083/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Accident Investigations (14 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Irish Aviation Authority has investigated an incident (details supplied) or will be doing so; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26029/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Reports (14 Jun 2018)

Clare Daly: 207. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a delay in the publication of Tusla's review of adequacy annual report for 2016 which is a statutory requirement under section 8 of the Child Care Act 1991; and the reason for the delay. [25997/18]