Archive for November 2014 | Monthly archive page
Discussing the Social Welfare Bill Clare points out the inadequacy of this bill in providing protection for a wide range of welfare recipient including care workers and pensioners. Click on the link below to watch her contribution to this debate:
Clare asks Minister Coveney a number of questions relating to the Irish Defense Forces including contracts given to Israeli companies found to be in breach of international law. Click on the links below to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPzeFyfY4rU
To ask the Minister for Defence the number of occasions that members of the Defence Forces have been called to undertake Aid to the Civil Power ATCP duties at Dublin, Cork, and Shannon Airports, respectively, in the past 12 months; and the way these operations are funded.
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These are important questions raised with Minister Coveney regarding the DSPCA and animal cruelty and issues that we will continue to campaign on.
To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views regarding the operation of the DSPCA, which has received substantial funds from his Department in order to carry out important animal welfare functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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