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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forestry Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 217. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she had informed the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine's forest service of Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 1 December 2015 regarding felling in an ancient woodland (details supplied) in County Longford and the report provided to her by the National Parks and Wildlife Service confirming the felling of mature oak...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forestry Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 218. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take over the felling of the oak trees specifically prohibited under licence (details supplied), in view of the fact that the same operators are continuing to operate under two current licences for operations in this woodland. [34353/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forestry Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 219. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason after requiring a condition that no felling would take place during the restricted bird nesting season from March to September in the first licence issued for forestry operations in a heritage woodland (details supplied) in County Longford, a subsequent licence was never provided to the ranger for comment and was...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forestry Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 220. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of any meetings she has held with the owner of a heritage woodland (details supplied) in County Longford; and the actions that were taken because of such meetings. [34355/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (10 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 234. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the Rotunda Hospital is currently 42 midwives short of the recommended number of WTEs of 207.99, the National Maternity Hospital is 25 midwives short of its recommended complement of 234 and the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital is 34 midwives short of its recommended complement of 212; the steps he will take to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services (10 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider amending the name of the Workplace Relations Commission to the workplace relations and equality commission in view of the public understanding deficit regarding the role of the WRC in adjudicating on breaches of the Equal Status Acts, and the potential effect of this understanding deficit on persons bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services (10 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the procedures in place to deal with complaints of breaches of the Equal Status Acts have changed since the Equality Tribunal was subsumed into the Workplace Relations Commission; and if she is satisfied with the procedures used by the WRC to handle complaints regarding breaches of the Equal Status Acts, specifically the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (10 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 341. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff assigned to Tusla or the separated children team in each of the years 2000 to date in 2016. [34173/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: There is no doubt that water is the new gold. We have the prospect on a global scale of super profits being realisedon the back of what is a necessity to sustain life. Anybody who glances even superficially at what the Government has done in the establishment of Irish Water could come to no other conclusion but that Irish Water is the precursor to an organisation or institution to privatise...

Other Questions: EU Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: The problem is that there is no peace in Europe and a large number of refugees are a consequence of the war efforts of imperial powers. To date, the reality is that our neutrality has not stood in the way of Ireland's participation in the ever increasing militarisation of Europe. The Minister of State did not comment on the fact that a NATO warship with Dutch military personnel onboard was...

Other Questions: EU Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the representative from his department who attended the informal meeting of European Union Defence Ministers in Bratislava on 26 September 2016 had any discussions with the Secretary General of NATO, who was also in attendance, regarding Ireland's neutrality not being compromised by accelerated EU-NATO co-operation; and if he will provide...

Other Questions: EU Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: My question relates to the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Bratislava at the end of September. It took place around a flurry of NATO-related activity. A statement was issued following the meeting, which referred to accelerated practical co-operation between the EU and NATO. What stance did the Minister of State take in those gatherings, given that we are supposed to be a...

Other Questions: EU Meetings (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: In fairness, the Minister of State and his Department have a fluid interpretation of neutrality. It seems to be the case that whatever NATO wants it gets. It is a little bit Irish, in terms of what other people would understand the definition of neutrality to be. Is the Minister of State concerned, for example, about the fact that a NATO warship docked to refuel in Cork harbour at the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times to date in 2016 that the Defence Forces has been called on to perform aid to civil power duties at Irish airports in respect of US military planes. [33811/16]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: This question seeks from the Minister of State data on the number of times to date in 2016 that the Defence Forces were called on to perform aid to the civil power duties at Irish airports in respect of US military planes. I would expect most of those to have taken place in Shannon Airport, it being almost de factoa US military air base at this stage. Would the Minister of State be willing...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: This is an important issue. I note the Minister of State stated in a reply earlier this year that the amount of money expended on this area was over €135,000. In essence, what we are talking about is Ireland giving over time, space and hundreds of thousands of euros, that could be better spent elsewhere, to activities that are in reality a flagrant breach of our neutrality so that...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Operations (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: In these matters ignorance is not bliss, nor is it an excuse. While President Obama may be more handsome and accommodating than president-elect Trump it is nonetheless the case that under President Obama, $115 billion worth of weaponry was sold to the Saudis. We know that aircraft refuelled mid-air at Shannon were en routeto Saudi Arabia. Shannon Airport in that sense had a role to play in...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: On the one hand the Minister of State says he cannot say anything as it is the subject of litigation but he then says there is nothing to see here and that we should move on. He is missing the point that sworn public testimony has been given, by one member of the Defence Forces after another, in which they categorically state that the guidelines issued with regard to the prescription of this...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: Malaria can be effectively combatted by other prescription medication than Lariam, and most defence forces organisations around the world choose other drugs. I pose these questions against the background of Ireland remaining an exception in continuing to use Lariam. The Minister of State should realise that the health effects suffered by the loyal members of our Defence Forces are real....

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Nov 2016)

Clare Daly: 18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 683 of 18 October 2016, if he will address allegations that members of the Defence Forces not only did not receive a face to face consultation to assess their suitability to take Lariam but in some cases Lariam was also prescribed to persons who had a history of anxiety and depression recorded on their...