Results 381-400 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 598. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether her Department is not a competent authority in matters of public health and safety in view of the fact that the report of the review of the EU birds directive Article 9(1)(a) derogations process refers frequently to her Department as being the competent authority for making derogations. [17447/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 599. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all national policy changes to address all perceived threats in the interests of public health and safety will be implemented with the priority due to matters of public health and safety at the earliest opportunity in view of the fact that section 4.2.1 of the report of the review of the EU birds directive Article 9(1)(a)...

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...

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

Clare Daly: It is my clear understanding this mission operates under Article 7 of the UN Charter and that it is an entirely different type of operation.

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: 8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when a decision will be taken on whether to deploy the Army Ranger Wing to the MINUSMA mission in Mali. [16806/19]

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

Clare Daly: In January, the Minister of State told me, in response to a parliamentary question, that the option of deploying a group of Army Rangers was being considered but that it would take some time before a conclusion would be reached. The Army Ranger unit is not trained and organised for peacekeeping and as far as I am concerned, the idea of sending them to Mali is mad. We hear a lot from the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that the Defence Forces had a net gain of just three members in 2017 despite a recruitment and training campaign costing in the region of €15 million. [16804/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: The Government has for many years been warned about the crisis in the Defence Forces. The general secretary of the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, recently announced that, in spite of all the hype about the much-trumpeted so-called recruitment campaign, there was a net gain of three personnel in 2017. Unless the Government addresses pay and conditions, this crisis...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: There are none so blind as those who will not see. The Minister of State in his response is basically trying to tell me that there is no problem at all and the turnover is normal. There is a crisis. Even the figures he gave indicate that a significant number of skilled personal are leaving the Defence Forces. That is a fact. It cost a lot of public money to get them to that level of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: This is not a normal situation whereby there is a crisis because people are retiring. For the Minister of State to claim that is the case is shocking. It is not the reason for the crisis. According to a report published in early March, numbers in the Defence Forces dropped below 8,500 for the first time. The establishment level of the Defence Forces is 9,500, so it is 1,000 below the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (11 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: I referred to personnel working 80 hours a week.

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]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (10 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if licences have been granted for the capture of hares on lands owned by Coillte. [16710/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (10 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual budget for the security duty allowance in each of the years from 2012 to 2019. [16798/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (10 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Skerries as the first choice of locality to divest schools changed to Malahide, Kinsealy and Portmarnock; and the basis for same. [16814/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (10 Apr 2019)

Clare Daly: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the survey given to some parents of preschoolers in relation to the divestment of a school in the Malahide, Kinsealy and Portmarnock areas; the results of the survey; and the location the data collected from the survey has been documented. [16815/19]