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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I am used to meetings of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality where discussion goes to and fro for hours on end. In any case, we will have to have Dr. Mellett back soon enough seeing as this is his first appearance. My difficulty is that there is something of a disconnect between the talk and the reality. Dr. Mellett made the point that the Government made the decision for us to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It is important that such a matter is aired.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It is good that it is put on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I accept that these decisions are matters for Government but my point is that Government acted on the advice and recommendation of Dr. Mellett. When he gave his advice and recommendation, did he tell the Government of the manpower and staffing crisis that existed at the time? The Naval Service should feel bound to deliver on the service level agreement it signed with the Sea-Fisheries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: If there is a reduction of 15% or 20%, does Dr. Mellett not think that fails to meet the terms of the agreement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I presume the Naval Service and the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority agree this sort of thing jointly. I am not saying this - I am only informing Dr. Mellett as to what the authority told me. It is stating that there is a problem but Dr. Mellett is saying there is no problem. That means there is a problem. Perhaps there has been an element of miscommunication but it is not nothing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: The fact that Dr. Mellett has not been informed is even more frightening. It is a key naval responsibility and Dr. Mellett is the main man. If the people responsible are not telling him, that is a concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I appreciate that. I mentioned a harassment case earlier. I could not blame Dr. Mellett for being unaware of the details of such a case, except for the fact that it was in the media and was quite unusual in that it required the disciplining of a person. This issue, however, is on a different level because it relates to a key naval function. If there are not enough staff, that is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: The White Paper on Defence puts sea fisheries as the service's day-to-day primary function and that is why I am so concerned about this matter. There is a lack of adequately skilled staff to put the vessels out to do what the White Paper on Defence states is the Naval Service's primary job. The facts indicate that we do not have this so there seems to be a disconnect. I am not sure we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: An able seaman PQ is basically an apprentice. The person is not an able seaman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: Did Dr. Mellett hear the term previously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: That is amazing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: There seems to be a misunderstanding on this issue. The White Paper on Defence states that sea fisheries is a primary day-to-day task of the Naval Service. Dr. Mellett has indicated on more than one occasion that it is not and that it is very far down the list. We need clarity on that. The Naval Service signed up to the service-level agreement and agreed those targets. It is the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (20 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take at EU level to lobby for the imposition of an EU wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia in view of both of the atrocities being committed by that country in Yemen and in view of the fact that Germany has suspended arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Austria has called for an EU wide ban. [48079/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions at EU level that are taking place in relation to the EU advocating for the withdrawal of foreign military powers from Syria in order to facilitate an end to the conflict in that country on the basis of dialogue between domestic political forces there. [48080/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (20 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the decision to change the 1978 scheme to the grant-based scheme in 1992, under the Programme for Economic and Social Progress, which negatively impacted upon some school secretaries who have no pension entitlements and are treated differently than those, for example, employed by the education and training boards. [47935/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (20 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 6 November 2018, if the two nurses are both on duty inside the Mountjoy gate, which closes at 10 p.m; if one is linked to the Dochas Centre; and his views on whether this is adequate. [47825/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (20 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 323. To ask the Minister for Health if funding was made available to the HSE in budget 2019 for the roll-out of the neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47669/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (20 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no investment in clinical services providing neuro-rehabilitation across the country since the publication in 2011 of the National Policy and Strategy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland 2011-2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47670/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (20 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 337. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in construction vehicles entering and leaving the site owned by an organisation (details supplied) that is earmarked for the new maternity hospital; if this increase is linked to the construction of the planned new car park and pharmacy; and if so, if these works are going ahead with or without his knowledge or...