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Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: Could the Minister of State check which aircraft were involved?

Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether there has been any alteration in aid to civil power duties at Shannon Airport in 2017; and if he will provide details of same. [7644/17]

Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: The Department of Defence circulated groupings earlier and these questions were not grouped. I register that point. I will not make any bigger deal about it, but it cannot happen again.

Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: It is the case.

Priority Questions: Shannon Airport Facilities (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: My question should never have been grouped with this one. It is actually different and I am not having the Minister of State hide behind a grouping of questions. My question is whether there has been any alteration in aid to the civil power duties in Shannon this year. I ask because €200,000 of the defence budget was spent to carry out these duties at Shannon 385 times last year....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: I do not know how salient my questions will be. I welcome the introduction of the Parole Bill 2016. I have yet to get my head around the mechanics of how this process works. We need to do everything we can to encourage the Government to provide a money message to expedite this process so that this urgent and timely legislation can advance to Committee and Report Stages. The number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Parole Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: Fair play. Well done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: I will be brief because the legislation itself is short and I have to leave the meeting at 10.45 a.m. The Bill codifies in primary legislation the rules around the holding of individuals in solitary confinement. The first point was raised by the Minister and was, why primary legislation? Should we not just leave it for the Minister to provide through regulation? Are we trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: The director general of the Prison Service has a working group on the issue. I see it as complementary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank colleagues for their input. Unlike Deputy O'Callaghan, I do not have the legal expertise to answer the more technical points but the discussion has been good. The committee secretariat gave us a good pack, which gives a breakdown of the information for which Senator Conway was looking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: Yes. They give a total breakdown of the people on restrictive regimes, which is the new term for solitary confinement. The hours are given, as are the reasons such as punishment, the protection of vulnerable prisoners - voluntary, and the protection of vulnerable prisoners - involuntary. Special observation is also a reason, but the Minister had a problem with this because it meant people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of Prisons (Solitary Confinement) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: Yes. These are the highest category. Rule 63 allows people to voluntarily go to the prison governor and the latest figure gives 389 as the number of people who have done so. The vast majority would be in a gang and there would be a security risk, that is a risk to their well-being as a result of the criminal activity for which they were serving time. Some, however, have deep mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 1733 of 17 January 2017, his views on the low morale in the Defence Forces in view of the high rates of voluntary discharge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7337/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the proportion of the total spend on aid to civil power duties by his Department that was spent on performing aid to civil power duties for United States of America military aircraft landing at Shannon Airport in 2016. [7340/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the presence of Defence Forces personnel on the Golan Heights in essence protecting illegal Israeli occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the subject of informed consent has been considered by the working group on Lariam, specifically whether Defence Forces members were in a position to give their informed consent to the taking of the drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7341/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the hugely successful Naval Service rescue mission in the Mediterranean was scaled back over the most dangerous winter months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address a situation whereby any errors in a person's credit rating as published by the Irish Credit Bureau may remain uncorrected for up to 18 months, which is the length of time it can take for the Financial Services Ombudsman to deal with a complaint regarding such errors. [7522/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 214. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 45 of 1 February 2017 and 207 of 8 February 2017, his views on the fact that the year-on-year increase in damages claims costs predicted by the actuaries to the clinical indemnity scheme between 2014 and 2015 was approximately 13% from €202 million to €230 million, while in maternity services the actual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (15 Feb 2017)

Clare Daly: 215. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 1 February 2017, if he will provide the actuarial predictions made regarding maternity damages cases by the State Claims Agency from 2006 to 2013 inclusive; if he will include the yearly number of damages cases predicted and-or the year-on-year increases in costs predicted. [7553/17]