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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if payment for water charges can be made in post offices; and if there is an extra charge if someone pays in this manner. [35755/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Regulations (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Wicklow County Council breached EU public procurement regulations by offering contracts worth more than €200,000 per annum for the running of the county dog pound and ancillary services without going through the EU public procurement tender process; and the action he will take in this regard. [35534/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 557. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the moneys paid to Bullrush in full under the turf compensation scheme and if this 200 plus acre of bog is now officially the property of NPWS. [35918/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 558. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf deliveries to Mouds Bog, including the amount in tonnage; the number of persons that received these deliveries; and the number of persons in Mouds Bog who have been paid their €1500 for year three of their 15 year turf compensation payment. [35919/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Legislation (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: We were not discussing the individual case but there is no doubt that the words of warning expressed by the UN Human Rights Committee really ring true in respect of it. The woman in question was treated as, and shown to be, no more than a vessel in the eyes of the State. The legislation in this area has been deemed to be absolutely inadequate in the context of dealing with the very graphic...

Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Legislation (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: It is with great sadness that we raise this issue again in the House. When it was discussed previously in the context of the death of Savita Halappanaver the words, "Never again", were frequently used. Of course, it has happened again and it will keep happening until we deal with Ireland's abortion reality. The latest case known as Miss Y concerns a young woman impregnated as a result of...

Water Services (Exempt Charges) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: This issue is a sad example of the doublespeak that categorises the Government. Ministers are lining up to tell us that austerity is at an end and that there will be a few crumbs thrown in the budget. Meanwhile, the Government is bulldozing through and putting its hands in people's pockets through water charges. It is ironic that we are having this discussion on the day MABS has issued a...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: That is the problem of kicking it from one Minister to the other. The Minister has confirmed that we are facilitating the movement of US troops, in his words, and these troops have engaged in a 13-year invasion of Afghanistan, not to mind activities in Iraq and elsewhere. We have been complicit in the slaughter of innocents because of that. I quoted to the Minister the obligations in terms...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 7. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which Irish Defence Forces personnel were present at Shannon Airport in June, July and August 2014; the nature of their duties; and the number of searches of foreign military aircraft conducted. [34551/14]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: This question relates to the activities of members of the Defence Forces at Shannon Airport in the presence of US military aircraft. As a neutral country, we have international obligations to search these aircraft, although it would appear the Defence Forces members seem to be present more or less to protect them. Will the Minister instruct the Defence Forces to search the aircraft or will...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Deployment (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: The Minister has confirmed that the activities over the summer were consistent and that on average once a day the Irish Defence Forces are present to protect US military aircraft. When the Irish Army goes there, at whose behest is it? Is it at the behest of the Garda Síochána? Who decides and who pays for it? We have a responsibility under international law to search the...

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

Clare Daly: I believe the Minister deliberately did not answer the question which was not about the merits of what the Government was spending; rather, it was about the very fact that it was spending taxpayers' money with a company involved in illegal activity in Israel. Over the summer most Irish people were appalled at the slaughter of innocent people there. It is not just this military company that...

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

Clare Daly: 3. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that the Defence Forces cease security contracts with Israeli companies. [34814/14]

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

Clare Daly: I too congratulate the Minister on his extra brief. I do not know what the farmers were giving out about. I think he is one of a handful of people who could admirably handle the two posts and I wish him well. The question relates to when the Minister will order the Defence Forces no longer to engage in contracts with companies which have been involved in, or profited from, illegal Israeli...

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

Clare Daly: That really is not good enough. This demand is part of a Trócaire campaign. It is not exactly the most radical organisation making efforts to discourage countries from trading with or investing in those companies that have connections with illegal Israeli settlements. That campaign was initiated prior to the summer slaughter of the people of Gaza and the particular targeting of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 17. To ask the Minister for Defence in relation to previous parliamentary question responses, if he will specify the international best practice that he was referring to in relation to prescribing Lariam to the Irish Defence Forces, in view that Ireland is the only country which prescribes Lariam as the only drug of choice. [34549/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 19. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether Irish peacekeeping troops would be more effectively deployed to locations other than the Golan Heights, in view that the 40 years of the UNDOF mission has failed to facilitate the resolution of the conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34548/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Meetings (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 24. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding his visit to the fringe meetings at the NATO summit in Wales under the auspices of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and the Partnership for Peace; if Irish neutrality would not be better served by Ireland's non-attendance at these events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34550/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 35. To ask the Minister for Defence the progress in ending the legal action against former Defence Forces personnel and their families residing in the Curragh camp. [34552/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (18 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 113. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will withdraw Irish peacekeeping troops from the Golan Heights and redeploy them to a location where they can be more effective. [34815/14]