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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Inspectorate Reports (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the recommendations contained within the recently published Garda Inspectorate Report on Crime Investigation. [43957/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Inspectorate Reports (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to probe how the Minister will implement the recommendations in the Garda Inspectorate report. Has the Minister established the criminal justice working group as this is a previous recommendation of the Garda Inspectorate? It appears the Garda Inspectorate asked the Minister to establish this entity and the Minister stated in the Dáil that she has done so. Is this correct? The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are blatant double standards.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister for Justice and Equality knows that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I find the Minister’s response incredible. She is Minister for Justice and Equality. In the neighbouring jurisdiction an investigation was carried out by the PSNI and, unfortunately, the case did not go to court. It is under independent review regarding the DPP’s role in it. As the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland is investigating the matters involved, there is an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of requests for meetings she or her predecessor, Deputy Alan Shatter, received from families or persons seeking justice or alleging miscarriages of justice; and the number of meetings that have been facilitated. [43956/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My question seeks to establish the number of requests for meetings received by the Minister and her predecessor, Deputy Alan Shatter, from families alleging miscarriages of justice, and the number of those requests that have been facilitated.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As I have pointed out to the Minister before, a significant number of people contacted me following her intervention in the Maíria Cahill case. Some of these families are alleging cover-ups of investigations into the deaths of loved ones. They could not get a meeting with the Minister's predecessor and cannot secure one with her. The Minister referred to due process. The case she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 254. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to legal requirements by solicitors in respect of terms of wills and probate (details supplied). [43755/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (18 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 258. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reopen the Garda investigation into the disappearance of a person (details supplied). [43779/14]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 8. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to continue the use of lariam as the anti-malarial drug of choice for future deployments in the affected region. [43269/14]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister will probably be aware, the issue of the use of lariam as an anti-malarial drug has caused profound concern for many years now. He will also probably know United States forces no longer use this drug. I want to probe whether there are alternatives and whether the Minister will stop the use of this drug in the Defence Forces.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister knows, the statute of limitations provides for a period of two years but, often, the symptoms in regard to lariam present years afterwards. I am aware there are legal cases under way. My worry is that, rather than the State just acknowledging there is an issue, it will defend it to the last and continue to use lariam when there are other options available. It worries me...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is no challenge to the fact the Minister is fine after taking lariam or that we need to protect ourselves from the threat of malaria. My point is that a number of former members of the Defence Forces believe their mental health problems are connected to side effects from taking lariam. The United States forces have stopped using lariam. Have our relevant authorities ever engaged with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will meet with family members of a person (details supplied) who was killed in a training accident on 12 October 2009 to listen to their concerns; and if he will ensure that the necessary changes are made to the court of inquiry report into their son's death. [43407/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The family of Cadet David Jevens was devastated by his death in October 2009 and has been working since then to remove any suggestion that he had any responsibility for what happened. David's family members appreciates the assistance they have received from the Army Chief of Staff and the Secretary General of the Department of Defence. My colleague, Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, is familiar...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They will be very appreciative of the Minister's offer and I only urge that he meet with them as soon as possible. My understanding is the same as the Minister, namely, that the issue is very close to being resolved. Nevertheless, the family would very much like a meeting with the Minister. We can never give these parents back their son, but we can move to take away any suggestion that he...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence when he expects to publish the White Paper on Defence. [43266/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 17. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to seek a ring-fencing of Army, Navy and Air Corps funding over the next decade. [43270/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (13 Nov 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 24. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the small number of Irish troops based in Afghanistan; and the timeframe they will be based there. [43268/14]