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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: Exactly. It is a big mistake because it is to maintain the peace through the use of force. It is qualitatively different from other missions in which Irish peacekeepers have participated such as UNIFIL and UNDOF which operate under Article 6. The Army Rangers Wing is an elite special forces unit that is not trained to participate in peacekeeping missions. When one adds the two together,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: What is happening in Mali and other former French colonies is that France is supporting a series of compliant but deeply undemocratic regimes in Africa. It means that they are in a consistent state of exploitation for the benefit of France. The idea that anybody in the Defence Forces should be part of it is unbelievable. We are peacekeepers, not mercenaries for hire by former colonies,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason 130 members of the Defence Forces were unable to leave the Golan Heights on their scheduled departure date of 4 April 2019 and the steps he will take to ensure accountability for this failure in view of the fact that it is the second time in a year that members of the Defence Forces have been unable to return home on time. [16803/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: To make a hames of the return once is unfortunate but to do so twice definitely smacks of carelessness and a lack of attention from the Department. In his answer, the Minister of State accounted for what happened. We know that but we still do not know why it happened. I would like to know how many other defence forces personnel from other jurisdictions have been similarly impacted in this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces performed aid-to-civil-power duties for an aircraft (details supplied); and if they participated in the arrest or detention of two peace activists that were attempting to inspect the aircraft. [16807/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proportion of children in care that received criminal charges while in the care of the State in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [16996/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: It is not agreed. As the Ceann Comhairle knows, there was considerable discussion at the meeting of the Business Committee last week. An unprecedented situation developed in which every single political grouping voted, in an indicative vote, against the Government regarding the tabling of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill. When the Business Committee met last Thursday, it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: It has not even got through the Seanad yet.

Air Transport Preclearance Agreement: Motion (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: We are told on the one hand that the revised arrangements outlined in the motion will not result in any direct cost to the Exchequer and on the other hand, via the second sentence of the briefing note, that they will result in a cost to the Exchequer. We are here discussing these arrangements in the first instance because public moneys is expended on the DAA and Shannon Airport and if they...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to call for a lifting of the sanctions on Venezuela, which are causing significant hardship for the population, as a first step in internationally facilitated talks between all sides in the country to resolve the present crisis. [17540/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Referendum (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the trial of persons (details supplied); and if so, the action he has taken on the matter. [17539/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Staff (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 97. To ask the Taoiseach if the proposal to reappoint the director general of the Central Statistics Office, CSO, for a second term is in line with the code of practice for the governance of State bodies. [17205/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Staff (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 98. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to a survey of CSO staff (details supplied) that raised concerns with the director general in regard to the technical statistical skills and qualifications of certain CSO staff. [17206/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Reports (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 99. To ask the Taoiseach the action taken by CSO management on foot of an external report (details supplied) which referred to bullying of CSO staff working at Dublin Airport. [17207/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office Staff (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 100. To ask the Taoiseach if the competition for a high-level head of international relations at the CSO is restricted to internal candidates only; and if so, the reason therefor. [17208/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of the contract entered into to transport Defence Forces personnel to and from the Golan Heights; if the contract was negotiated by his Department or the UN; and the discussions he plans to have in this regard for the future. [17550/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons Reports (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to publish the report by the Inspector of Prisons into alleged unauthorised surveillance at Portlaoise Prison. [17576/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the legal counsel for senior Garda management for the latest phase of the disclosures tribunal will be provided by An Garda Síochána or arranged by the senior members as individuals. [17577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 340. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to opening a forum for discussion among the physiotherapy profession regarding the suitability of the panel system in the medium to long-term for the national recruitment of physiotherapists. [17514/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 341. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the proposal to create another staff grade physiotherapist panel behind the supplementary panels of the original 2016 panel carried out in 2017 and 2018 (details supplied); and if he will disband in full the 2016 staff grade physiotherapist panel, both original and supplementary, in the interests of fairness. [17515/19]