Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Food Labelling

Clare Daly

137. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will order an independent investigation of the organic labelling system for all salmon farms licensed by his Department in view of his decision to revoke the licence held by a company (details supplied) due to overharvesting. [21179/19]

Food Labelling

Clare Daly

138. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the sale of fish labelled as organic that are produced in breach of licensing conditions can be described as "green washing". [21180/19]

Grant Payments

Clare Daly

139. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2012. [21181/19]

Aquaculture Regulation

Clare Daly

140. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salmon farm sites operated by a company (details supplied) that are being investigated for breaches of licence conditions. [21182/19]

Departmental Agencies

Clare Daly

141. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will remove the governance of the Marine Institute and the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority from the marine division of his Department in order to ensure the real independence of these bodies as was intended by the House of the Oireachtas when granting them statutory status. [21183/19]

Aquaculture Licence Administration

Clare Daly

142. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate discussions with Inland Fisheries Ireland to strengthen his role in salmon farm licensing in view of his recent decision to revoke a salmon farm licence and the other ongoing investigations by his Department into licence breaches. [21184/19]

Aquaculture Regulation

Clare Daly

143. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will conduct an investigation into the reason it took the licensing division of his Department three years to conclude its investigation into licence breaches by a company (details supplied) at its salmon farm site. [21185/19]

Aquaculture Regulation

Clare Daly

144. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the delay by his Department in investigating licence breaches by salmon farmers demonstrates that, in practical terms, the industry is virtually unregulated. [21186/19]

Broadband Service Provision

Clare Daly

149. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of broadband in an area (details supplied); and the steps being made to address gaps in coverage in the area. [21245/19]

Care Orders

Clare Daly

162. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 4 April 2019, the reason there are substantial variations in the amount of children being placed in foster care across different districts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21187/19]

Midwifery Services Provision

Clare Daly

54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the level of midwifery staffing in many maternity units remains below the Birthrate Plus recommendations and in some cases well below same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20840/19]

Maternity Services

Clare Daly

63. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the rate of induction of first-time mothers here is too high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20839/19]

Military Medals

Clare Daly

84. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Defence Forces personnel have located the recommendations for military honours made by a person (details supplied) for their subordinates at Jadotville; and if he will commence a review of all recommendations for military awards from 1958 to date in order that the men of Jadotville and all others with outstanding medal recommendations now receive the medals to which they are entitled. [21034/19]

Commencement of Legislation

Clare Daly

112. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the sections of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 obliging religious schools to develop meaningful opt-out policies are expected to be implemented; and the steps he is taking to ensure that this is in place in time for the 2019-20 school year. [21011/19]

Departmental Budgets

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if payouts for prison officers through the criminal injuries compensation scheme are funded through Vote 21 – Prisons or Vote 24 – Justice and Equality. [21043/19]

Sea Lice Controls

Clare Daly

229. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the reply he received from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to the detailed response of the Marine Institute, which he stated in Parliamentary Question No. 1141 of 8 May 2019 had been forwarded to the Department by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21026/19]

Export Controls

Clare Daly

67. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if applications for the export of arms or dual-use items to Saudi Arabia were refused between 2011 and 2017 on the basis of criterion No. 2 of Council common position 2008/944/CFSP; and if so, the number. [20564/19]

Export Controls

Clare Daly

82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Ireland put its name to a working paper opposing the strengthening of dual-use export controls on cybersurveillance software from the EU (details supplied) in view of the fact that the proposals were aimed at preventing human rights abuses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20565/19]

Central Statistics Office Data

Clare Daly

90. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office, CSO, has a formal quality assurance policy and programme to assure the quality of official statistical outputs. [20378/19]

Central Statistics Office

Clare Daly

91. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach if the National Statistics Board received a document outlining concerns with staffing and culture at the CSO in August 2018; and if so, the action taken by the board to investigate or address these concerns. [20379/19]