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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I am very glad that the Minister of State stated so authoritatively that this is a military mission because it directly contradicts statements made in the House by the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, with whom we will certainly be taking up the matter further. We have already started a process in that regard. The numbers of migrants drowning have decreased, but the numbers of desperate...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I do not describe myself as a republican. I am a socialist and an internationalist. There are two men who have spent almost ten years in Maghaberry Prison. These men were known republicans and probably known dissidents and the fear of speaking out against the injustice being suffered by them is a fear of association. However, as Martin Luther King argued, it is not possible to be in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: These men were given, respectively, sentences of 25 and 18 years on the basis of no evidence being produced of any role attributed directly to them in the appalling murder of Stephen Carroll. The key point here is that many jurisdictions have proven there can be "No justice, no peace", to use the slogan of the ANC. It is the same here. This is an injustice that needs to be examined. It...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of occasions each month in 2018 that Defence Forces personnel were involved in aid to civil power duties at Shannon Airport; the number involved; and the cost of same. [47822/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the initiatives he has suggested to improve Defence Forces pay and conditions. [47824/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that there are adequate measures to protect female members of the Defence Forces from discrimination, particularly when they have children. [47821/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Staff (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that there are sufficient trained personnel at each rank and skillset in order to ensure that the Naval Service core objective of coastal protection is sufficiently carried out. [47823/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an increase in repression of peaceful protests in Nicaragua; if he will raise the matter with his Nicaraguan counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48510/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of joint specialist interviews of persons alleging child sexual abuse completed by social work specialist interviewers employed by Tusla in 2018. [48562/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 15 November 2018, if she will direct officials in her Department to answer the question as it was put, that is, to provide the financial savings made in each of the years from 2015 to 2017 as a direct result of the introduction of reduced rates of social welfare payments to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) returned a valid and complete HAP application to Sligo County Council in August 2018 and that the landlord has failed to complete and submit the HAP documentation to the council thereby precluding the payment of housing assistance payment; his plans...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It is probably a bit freakish to the witnesses that we all seem to be exiting. I have a defence question as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: Everybody sneaks out. Sorry about that. This is interesting and is part of a bigger picture. We are here to discuss what is, in some ways, a small aspect of the overall area that should be relatively easy to implement. I am struck by people's points in that regard. We want to fine-tune some of those practicalities to get it moving. I am impressed that the witnesses in ICTU and IBEC seem...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I think that is useful. Basically I am hearing that nobody is really objecting to the staggered approach but there is a serious concern about the timescale on this, particularly as the legislation has been bandied around for quite some time now. Would it not be the case that in smaller organisations, the pay arrangements will be less complicated anyway by virtue of the arrangement and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: Does that not feed into the point about taking action? It actually makes very good sense that there would be follow-on action. In many instances, the action may be outside the hands of the employer. All these reports are coming and there is evidence that we have a significant problem with childcare in this society. There is nothing to fear here. As I say, I was glad to hear the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: The law provides for people taking cases on grounds of gender discrimination anyway, so in that sense I do not see why it is maybe-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: Absolutely, but I suppose one could look at it either way. In one way, one can ask why then have it in there at all? Information is power and it absolutely could be used in a discrimination case or whatever, which is fine. It is a different thing, however, to be the subject of action based on the law and on this piece of law and the pursuit of it. I am curious about that. The onus is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill: Discussion (21 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It will show the Minister that society gains by this. Everyone is a winner. That is really the message of this. It is a different scenario than one would normally have. Everybody is a winner on this one and as we all have a responsibility to push it on, I thank all the witnesses for coming in. It is very interesting.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (22 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a person can be discharged from service at their request when there is an A7 complaint pending against them; the Defence Forces procedures in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48780/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints (22 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if personnel that have left the Defence Forces but have a grievance that they felt was never properly addressed can approach the Defence Forces Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48781/18]