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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I do not want to repeat points made by others, but we can do the easy one, in some ways, first. Dr. Mellett has given a long account of the external factors that restrict the ability to entice enough women into the Defence Forces. I am more concerned about what is done with them when they get in, and improvements that could be made in areas under his control. The first issue on that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I was really short in my questions, and I have a lot of them. I would appreciate if the Chief of Staff could stick to the particular questions and give as much detail as possible. I note that Dr. Mellett is saying he would like more initiatives. I suppose the difference between him saying that and me saying that is that I am not the Chief of Staff. I am not in a position to implement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I am a bit concerned that the Chief of Staff does not know about it because it has been in the media. A young woman left the Naval Service. I raise this issue very much in the context of Dr. Mellett saying he wants women to join the service and stay, yet here is an incredibly serious incident of harassment, of which top management is not aware. It strikes me that the systems are failing. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: Dr. Mellett might go back and look at the incidents because if there is a difficulty in trying to establish a crèche in meeting blocks in that regard, there is obviously a systemic problem. Processes and practices are one thing, but these are real incidents that are affecting real women.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It is a matter of listening to the issues women are raising that I am now putting to Dr. Mellett such as harassment. We do not need to discuss them further now, but I have no problem in saying here or outside that I believe there is a problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I am used to meetings of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality where discussion goes to and fro for hours on end. In any case, we will have to have Dr. Mellett back soon enough seeing as this is his first appearance. My difficulty is that there is something of a disconnect between the talk and the reality. Dr. Mellett made the point that the Government made the decision for us to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It is important that such a matter is aired.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: It is good that it is put on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I accept that these decisions are matters for Government but my point is that Government acted on the advice and recommendation of Dr. Mellett. When he gave his advice and recommendation, did he tell the Government of the manpower and staffing crisis that existed at the time? The Naval Service should feel bound to deliver on the service level agreement it signed with the Sea-Fisheries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: If there is a reduction of 15% or 20%, does Dr. Mellett not think that fails to meet the terms of the agreement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I presume the Naval Service and the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority agree this sort of thing jointly. I am not saying this - I am only informing Dr. Mellett as to what the authority told me. It is stating that there is a problem but Dr. Mellett is saying there is no problem. That means there is a problem. Perhaps there has been an element of miscommunication but it is not nothing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: The fact that Dr. Mellett has not been informed is even more frightening. It is a key naval responsibility and Dr. Mellett is the main man. If the people responsible are not telling him, that is a concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: I appreciate that. I mentioned a harassment case earlier. I could not blame Dr. Mellett for being unaware of the details of such a case, except for the fact that it was in the media and was quite unusual in that it required the disciplining of a person. This issue, however, is on a different level because it relates to a key naval function. If there are not enough staff, that is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: The White Paper on Defence puts sea fisheries as the service's day-to-day primary function and that is why I am so concerned about this matter. There is a lack of adequately skilled staff to put the vessels out to do what the White Paper on Defence states is the Naval Service's primary job. The facts indicate that we do not have this so there seems to be a disconnect. I am not sure we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: An able seaman PQ is basically an apprentice. The person is not an able seaman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: Did Dr. Mellett hear the term previously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: That is amazing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces: Discussion (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: There seems to be a misunderstanding on this issue. The White Paper on Defence states that sea fisheries is a primary day-to-day task of the Naval Service. Dr. Mellett has indicated on more than one occasion that it is not and that it is very far down the list. We need clarity on that. The Naval Service signed up to the service-level agreement and agreed those targets. It is the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Animal Culls (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider not renewing or limiting the terms of permits issued to the Dublin Airport Authority for the culling of hares for 2019. [47221/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (15 Nov 2018)

Clare Daly: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to address the effects of an increase in illegal hunting on rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45953/18]