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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ring fence funding to support the National Collective of Community Based Women's Network to deliver the only programme specifically targeted at women from disadvantaged communities; the way he plans to provide support for this marginalised group who are not named under the social inclusion and community...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 191. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to engage with the National Collective of Community Based Women's Network to resolve the difficulty that has arisen because that organisation created a national structure to meet the requirement of the community development programme which now precludes them from securing funding post 2014 under the new...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to support the voluntary board of the National Collective of Community Based Women's Network with their responsibilities to seventeen local women’s projects, 44 staff members and approximately 200 non-directly employed staff. [36090/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the marginalised women are not a target group of the new social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP; if he will provide reassurance to the National Collective of Community Based Women's Network that an alternative funding stream will be made available to...

Defence Forces Mission on the Golan Heights: Statements (23 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Unfortunately, it has a knock-on effect. The arms embargo that was removed by the EU before we went out there undermined our neutrality in that equation. A similar point can be made regarding the emergence of ISIS. It is clear that interested parties in Europe and the US were supporting rebels in Syria who were heavily financed by the Gulf states, which are allies of Europe and the West,...

Defence Forces Mission on the Golan Heights: Statements (23 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the fact that time has been set aside to discuss this issue in the Dáil. We and the rest of the Opposition have called for this. All Deputies have been unnerved by recent developments in the Golan Heights. We all share real concern for the health and safety of Irish troops stationed there on the UNDOF mission. Irish Defence Forces personnel who have served on UN...

Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On promised legislation, last week TheJournal.iewebsite covered the family courts in an excellent series of reports. The suffering of families which must endure this family courts process was quite harrowing. In fairness, Ministers have, on a number of occasions, promised that the Government will bring in legislation to address this. The first Bill to which I draw the Minister's attention...

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One would think the Minister was doing stand-up at the Edinburgh fringe festival. Anybody watching today is looking at him and his fellow comedians behind him making light of the reality and sheer distress of so many families who are getting these letters through their doors and making choices and decisions. It is hugely disingenuous of the Minister because he knows that every year we give...

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What is shocking to people watching today is why the Labour Party continues to facilitate this agenda. This year once again Sinn Féin will provide the Minister with a fully costed budget with alternatives and choices for him to make. There will be no hiding place or stand-up comedy. There will be the reality he must face up to, with the electorate who will have to pay the bills come...

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are now in the throes of the usual pre-budget scenario - the flying of kites by various Ministers and shadow boxing between coalition partners. There is a sham fight between the Labour Party and Fine Gael while families watch and hope there will be an end to austerity. Last week various Government Ministers trumpeted the improved Exchequer figures but the key point is that those figures...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Appointments to State Boards (23 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to appoint the board of the National Disability Agency. [35654/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to continue to buy military hardware from Israeli companies. [34813/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is the same as a question the Minister dealt with earlier, but I want to develop it a little further. Undoubtedly, it is of considerable concern to the people of Ireland that we are involved in commerce with the arms business in Israel. I got the Minister's response to my letter. Regardless of the framework, we must make our own decisions in these matters.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Normally I would not disagree, but I am thinking of Russia. Currently, we have sanctions against Russia and our agriculture sector is facing the same sanctions reciprocally. Another example is the sanctions against Iran. I am sure there are other countries that face sanctions now. There should be severe sanctions against Israel. The reason there are not any sanctions against Israel is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is a helpful discussion. It shows the conundrum we face around our neutrality and our partnership with European countries that are members of NATO. It is destroying our neutrality when we take collective decisions. For example, we abstained on the vote in the UN on the need for a report into what one, being gentle, would describe as human rights abuses that were taking place in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Missions (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A number of issues have arisen in the media reporting of this in recent times which I have to put to the Minister. It has been reported that in one of the operations, but for the intervention of the Israeli Defence Forces, our troops would have been in a very dangerous situation. Will the Minister clarify what happened in that regard? It has also been reported that it was a United Nations...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Missions (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are very proud of the role the Defence Forces have played across the world under the United Nations and owe them a debt of gratitude. The problem with the UNDOF mission is that we had a debacle in the UN Security Council in issuing a response to the Syrian conflict. Moreover, the European Union's decision to remove the arms embargo on Syria created a serious difficulty. For this reason,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Missions (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence his views that the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights is still viable in its current format; his further views that the UN should review its mandate in this regard; and if Irish troops will be withdrawn from serving on this mission considering that the Golan Heights is now a conflict zone in Syria's civil war. [34812/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 12. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding Ireland’s naval base allowing non-manned aeroplanes or drones to land. [34539/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Traffic Control Services (18 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 14. To ask the Minister for Defence if he granted permission for two F16 jets to fly across Dublin on 30 August for an American football event held in Croke Park, Dublin. [34542/14]