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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Embassy of the United States of America with regard to the connection between that nation's military use of Shannon Airport and Ireland being described as part of a coalition of evil in a purported ISIS video; if he has expressed concerns to the ambassador regarding the implications of continued United...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any consultations with his European Union colleagues with regard to Saudi Arabia's human rights record, including, in particular, recent reports of multiple beheadings, and the advisability of maintaining close diplomatic and economic relations with that state in view of its human rights record; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Terrorism (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views, in terms of global security, stability and peace, on the advisability of any European Union state engaging in a bombing campaign in Syria in response to the attacks in Paris of 13 November 2015; if he has had engagements with other European Union Foreign Affairs Ministers on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking, diplomatic or otherwise, to advocate at the European Foreign Affairs Council level for a ban on the import of goods to the European Union from illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45468/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the process by which persons are short-listed and selected for posts as architectural advisers in the Office of Public Works is fully open and competitive; if there are sufficient safeguards to protect against any favouritism; and if any audit of the recruitment process for positions in the Office of Public Works has ever been...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for Rush Harbour works and improvements in County Dublin, given the desperate need for repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46150/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Correspondence (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 305. To ask the Minister for Defence why he has not contacted a person or that person's solicitor (details supplied) regarding the findings of a report from the Attorney General, a matter which he indicated he would act on some considerable time ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Missions (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has consulted with the Department of Defence regarding the implications of the deployment of Irish troops to Mali, given the potential impact of such a deployment at this time on the perception of Ireland's neutrality abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45531/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Preschool Services (17 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that permission for a naíonra in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will issue shortly, given that her Department assured the school that permission for same would issue in early autumn 2015. [46021/15]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: He is raising issues raised by the Minister.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: If the Minister of State and we are returned in the next Dáil, we will certainly push him on the idea of on-site inspection and the restoration of the clerk of works, as that is vital. The new regulations only identify somebody that can be sued and do not stop any of the bad practices. The Minister of State made a point on how we compare with the rest of Europe but his information...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: The point is about the danger of ministerial control. Across the 22 ha., which is the size of 35 football pitches, there will be just 2,600 residential units, with only 260 for ordinary people as social housing units. This is in an inner city development at the height of a housing crisis. It is absolute lunacy. We need democratic check and oversight, and that is why the provision to have...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I will add to some of the points made. Section 28 of the Principal Act deals with ministerial guidelines for building standards. Deputy Wallace has dealt with a number of those. One of the problems we have and the reason we oppose section 3 is that we do not think concentrating more power in the hands of the Minister is the right move to make. We discussed that on Second Stage. The...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I agree with Deputy Pringle that this is an important amendment. It seeks to preserve the assumption that an individual is a minor if he or she self declares thus. That is hugely important and is in keeping with international best practice which suggests that the law should automatically assume that a person is a minor if he or she is self declared as such rather than a self declared minor...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: Like Deputy Pringle, I also accept the Minister of State's bona fides on the issue. I believe the Minister of State believes that is what an international protection officer will be but the legislation does not say it. It is important to note that this is not an ideological conspiracy or an attempt to undermine the Minister of State. The points we are articulating are not our own. They...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: We heard what the Minister of State said in his first and second responses. Perhaps he might address the point made by Deputy Thomas Pringle about where that is stated in the Bill.

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review or if he has reviewed the public transport policies and investment budget, given Ireland's legally binding emissions commitments and given the agreements made at the COP21 meeting in Paris in France. [44880/15]

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: This question flows from an earlier question on climate change in reply to which the Minister was a little defensive. I did not say the Department had done nothing but it has not done enough in the context of climate change and the fact that transport is the second largest non-emissions trading sector. This has a key impact on our emissions targets, particularly now, given we were not on...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: It is clear the Government has not taken on board the scale of the crisis. To achieve the target set in Paris, there would have to be a near complete decarbonisation of the world economy with a wholesale shift away from fossil fuels to renewable sources. I welcome the fact that there will be more green buses. That will be great and I compliment the Minister on that but the problem is that...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: Congestion levels are also increasing. They have reached 2008 levels in recent times. We need to get more out of public transport. Private car journeys need to be reduced, yet the plan unveiled by the Minister in September said that 60% of his capital budget would go on the road network, which supports private transport in the main, not public transport. The Government needs to radically...