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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Sharing Arrangements (25 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare services office is allowed to share the personal data of a person with the social welfare appeals office in circumstances in which no formal notice of an appeal has been lodged and in which the person has not given explicit consent for data sharing. [3762/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare services office on receipt of additional documentation in support of a disability allowance claim (details supplied) treats the supply of additional supporting documentation as formal notice of an appeal of the decision and forward a person's file to the social welfare appeals office for a decision....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Coursing Club (25 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a licence has been issued to a club (details supplied) to host a second day of trials at Powerstown Park, Clonmel; and if so, the criteria and circumstances under which a licence was issued. [3799/18]

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State tells us that 520 boats have been destroyed, up from 480 the last time we asked. Over 42,000 migrants have been rescued. What the Minister of State has not addressed is the fact that many of those ended up going back on worse or more unsafe dinghies to try to escape Libya. What the Minister of State has not said is that many of them do not get to leave and are in...

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State is missing the point. Obviously, it great that they are raising the matter but there is a major contradiction. While they are raising these matters verbally, Government actions are actually facilitating a situation whereby people are either being kept in Libya in detention centres or are being sent back there. It is an extraordinary irony that we hear people...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: What if a serious incident occurred?

Other Questions: Naval Service Operations (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the LÉ Niamh will redeploy as part of Operation Sophia following its return from deployment on 20 December 2017. [3348/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Discussion (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I thank the witnesses for being here today. In some ways this is so obvious there is almost nothing to say. I do not mean that in a derogatory sense. Everybody would agree that this discrimination has existed from time immemorial. We all know that people who come from particular areas feel they cannot disclose it because it will result in their being treated less favourably. It is almost...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has reviewed the recent settlement in a Defence Forces lariam damages case and is giving consideration to a redress and compensation scheme for members of the Defence Forces harmed by lariam in view of the outcome of that case. [3350/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces prescribing policy in regard to lariam as the first choice anti-malarial will change in view of the recent substantial settlements in cases here and in the United Kingdom for army lariam damage. [3349/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proportion of the €21 million in additional current funding for his Department in 2018 that will go towards improving the pay and conditions of serving members of the Defence Forces. [3346/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the 52% increase in capital expenditure envisaged by his Department between 2017 and 2020 and the 2.5% increase in current expenditure envisaged over the same period in view of the recruitment and retention crisis being faced by the Defence Forces as a consequence of pay and conditions in same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Gender Equality (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the criteria regarding admission to the ranks of the Defence Forces for transgender persons; if that criteria differs from other applicants; and if there are legal impediments to prevent transgender persons pursuing a career in the Defence Forces. [3634/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (24 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to adopt a similar strategy to Norway in order to close Ireland's three licenced mink fur farms in view of the fact that the Norwegian authorities have recently announced a strategy to close down that country's 300 fur farms by 2023. [3630/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I am aware that the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, officers work very hard. I am friendly with law enforcement officers who have an interest in animal welfare issues who have been monitoring some of this activity online. Through them, I am aware that this appalling barbarity is perpetuated in almost every county in Ireland. Foxes are being dug out and online footage is being...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: This is a dark underworld that exists in Ireland. The concern is the people involved are becoming more emboldened by the material they are putting up and by their methods of organisation. Some of these people are incredibly dangerous. The Minister is correct in saying that there is an issue of evidence but sometimes even when the evidence is found, the people who have done so are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, officers monitoring illegal activity of digging out burrows; and if her Department will allocate further resources to counter the digging out of foxes and badgers from burrows across the country. [2998/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: The question has been tabled against the backdrop of some very alarming evidence that has emerged online regarding the escalating and organised nature of some barbaric digging out of foxes, in particular, as well as badgers. Horrific brutality has been displayed in online imagery. In that context, how many NPWS officers are monitoring this activity and are there plans to increase that number?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 17:In page 10, line 6, to delete “Subject to subsection (1), where” and substitute “Where”.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 19:In page 10, lines 11 and 12, to delete “, to the extent feasible and practicable,”.