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Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Deputy O'Callaghan has to earn his keep.

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Deputy Wallace has been given some free legal advice today.

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 7:In page 10, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(iii) make enquires separately with the parties as to whether there has been domestic abuse in the relationship to assess if the case is suitable for mediation,”.

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: There are quite a number of other points that I could make about these amendments. A key point is that it is not a voluntary process if a person has been the victim of domestic violence, because often emotional blackmail is involved or the former relationship has left one of the parties feeling inadequate or unequal to the dominant person. The Minister mentioned a remedy through the...

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have listened to what the Minister has said. I am here because Deputy O'Brien is attending a committee meeting dealing with the Citizens' Assembly report. He cannot be in two places at once, which is a pity. I am mindful that it is not just Deputy O'Brien who suggests this. Others, as I mentioned earlier, who deal day in, day out with the victims of domestic violence have suggested the...

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What he outlined is relevant to a case in respect of which proceedings have begun. Sometimes an allegation is made but that does not mean proceedings have begun or are ever likely to begin. Often what we find in domestic violence cases is that the allegation is made, but because of the fear and the dominance of one of the parties, one party will not initiate proceedings. However, sometimes...

Mediation Bill 2017: Report Stage (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 5:In page 7, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“(i) proceedings where there are allegations of domestic violence or assault between the relevant parties; (j) proceedings where the safety of one of the parties (and/or their children) is at risk;”. These amendments seek to amend section 3 which deals with the scope of the Act, and to prevent it...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is not a question on the administration of Lariam per se. The Minister of State made a comment that it was not up to the Dáil to make a decision on medical advice and the administration of Lariam. Given that the Cabinet regularly issues funding based on HSE advice on medicines, it is a political issue as to whether the Dáil takes a decision which is not complied with by...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Given the report yesterday on the terms and conditions of the men and women in the Defence Forces, will the Minister of State again consider the industrial relations legislation to allow RACO and PDFORRA to engage more fully in collective bargaining in discussions around pay and conditions, which it is to be hoped would address some of the issues that emerged yesterday?

Other Questions: Common Security and Defence Policy (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on efforts by France and Germany to get EU member states to sign up to a new pan-EU defence scheme; if he will attend the ministerial conference in Paris on 13 July 2017 when this matter will be discussed; and if Ireland will reject the plans for a pan-EU defence scheme and refuse to participate or contribute to the scheme. [32265/17]

Other Questions: Common Security and Defence Policy (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question concerns the conference that the Minister of State is scheduled to attend later this week. What are his views on the efforts by France and Germany to get other EU member states to sign up to an EU defence scheme? Will he comment on that and will he reiterate Ireland's rejection of such plans and our refusal to co-operate, contribute or participate in such a scheme?

Other Questions: Common Security and Defence Policy (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. This is an ongoing battle, involving myself and others who believe in Ireland's neutrality. Virtually every single meeting of EU Defence Ministers or EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers continues to erode our stand-alone policy on neutrality and our vision of the primacy of the UN. Each meeting contributes to the concept of fortress Europe....

Other Questions: Common Security and Defence Policy (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: While I accept that the Minister of State has a stated policy in this House of respecting our neutrality and supposedly fighting for it, this goes beyond our neutrality. It is the fact that we are a part of the European Union, and every time the European Union speaks as a single voice our neutrality is ignored, forgotten about or put to one side. When the EU decides to use Turkey as a...

Other Questions: Air Corps Operations (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department contacted the companies or persons that carried out the 1990s safety reports into aspects of the Air Corps' safety procedures at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, on behalf of the State agency Forbairt in order to ascertain if they might still have copies of the reports that his Department claims to have lost. [32262/17]

Other Questions: Air Corps Operations (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is a simple question and, to some degree, a follow-up to an earlier question. It seeks to nail down what actions the Minister, the military authorities or his Department have taken to track down at least four health and safety reports on Air Corps installations which were carried out in the 1990s and have vanished. Are we to depend on the Irish Examiner's Joe Leogue's investigative...

Other Questions: Air Corps Operations (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I may be of some assistance to the Minister. He has answered some of the questions I was going to ask. He has asked the military authorities about the reports. I do not know how in-depth that query was. Did they ask the key personnel involved in commissioning these reports whether they recalled commissioning them, whether they had sight of them, whether they ever had possession of them or...

Other Questions: Air Corps Operations (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Personally, I would have no problem acceding to the Minister's request but, like him, if someone gives me something as a whistleblower, I am not at liberty just to hand it over. I will contact the whistleblowers and ask if they wish me to pass the reports on to the Minister. However, the Minister had sight of them, I am told by the same whistleblowers, when they met him. I do not know...

Other Questions: Military Medals (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he plans to award medals to the surviving veterans and next of kin of the deceased veterans who served with distinction during the siege of Jadotville in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1961; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32263/17]

Other Questions: Military Medals (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question arises from a welcome announcement that was made by the Minister of State in June. When I asked the Minister of State about this matter on 21 June last, he said he was not sure whether legislation was required to issue medals to the survivors of the siege of Jadotville and the families of those who fought there but have since died.

Other Questions: Military Medals (11 Jul 2017)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As I said at the outset, I welcome this decision. It is a pity it was not made 56 years ago. More than two thirds of the members of A Company, 35th Battalion have passed away. Their next of kin will receive their medals on their behalf. My colleague, Senator Mac Lochlainn, along with Senator Craughwell, has proposed a motion on this issue in the Seanad. I think the Minister of State's...