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Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: Will the Minister end a pension system which is based on tax reliefs that subsidise the wealthy and ensure that a philosophy which ensures that a person who is poor in his or her working life will be poor in retirement is replaced with the idea of a guaranteed, decent pension for all, on retirement?

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: The Minister is correct that this is an international problem but he does not yet rule the world.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: However, he is accountable for what goes on in this country. He has singularly failed to address the issue I posed to him, namely, the very real, costed proposal that has landed on his desk, which offers the prospect of raising living standards for retirees in this State while at the same time it saves the State money. This is an ideological question. I understand the Labour Party has lost...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: -----we still have a society where billions of euro in tax relief is weighted to the wealthy, with 82% of such reliefs going to the top 20% and 56% going to the top 10% of income earners in this country. If the Minister stood that policy on its head, reduced the marginal rate of relief to the standard rate of 20%, reduced the earnings contribution cap to €75,000, or twice the average...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: -----in which he stated that the Pensions Board-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: On his website, the Minister states that the last Government and the Pensions Board got it radically wrong, and that the Fianna Fáil Government of the time should immediately-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: Will the Minister continue to subsidise the wealthy or will he give decent rights for pensioners?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: 36. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives he intends to undertake to deal with serious obesity levels here. [39922/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: 47. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no funding cuts to St. Michael's House, in order to reduce the harsh impact on services such as residential and respite care. [39921/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Expenditure (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: 154. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure that the Heritage Councils grant scheme is restored to enable funding to continue to the Irish Wildlife Trust which operates on a shoestring budget and plays a huge role in protecting Ireland's wildlife [40191/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: 169. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if fumes from pyrite may affect home owners in view of the fact that five Chinese miners died in Changsha in a pyrite mine earlier this month. [40179/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: 170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the event of a developer - a quarry or other contractor - whose properties were remediated by the Pyrite Remediation Board taking legal action, that this developer would not gain any moneys for works done on the relevant houses. [40180/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (26 Sep 2013)

Clare Daly: 180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 25 June 2013, if he will forward all outstanding responses to the question submitted at the time. [40153/13]

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: The Taoiseach should be aware that approximately six weeks ago St. Michael's House, a vital service for those with intellectual disabilities, was faced with the body blow of a further €1 million of cuts on top of the €12 million that it has already endured. This organisation, which has 330 persons on its waiting list, now must grapple with serious cuts with which, the Minister...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: St. Michael's House does not need to be patronised by the Taoiseach; it needs €1 million which was cut from its budget recently and it needs a restoration of some of the €12 million which was cut previously, in order to allow it to provide accommodation for the 330 people who are on its urgent priority list. The Taoiseach absolutely failed to address the question he was asked....

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: The Garda Síochána and the Government have admitted to the shortcomings in the system but they have not held their hands up and taken responsibility. The only people for whom there have been repercussions are the two men who put their jobs on the line, one of whom has no job, who was driven out of the force and the other who cannot do his job properly because he has been denied...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: I propose to share time with Deputy Mattie McGrath. As the other Deputies have said, road safety is an enormously important issue. The purpose is clearly to set up a system under which we can reduce fatalities as much as possible, and there are many different cogs in the wheel. The system must be absolutely transparent, and it feeds into many aspects other Deputies have touched on. I...

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: I compliment Deputy Joan Collins and her team on bringing forward this legislation. There is no doubt whatsoever that this is the defining issue in Irish society. Hundreds of thousands of individuals are already in crisis as a result of mortgage difficulties, with tens of thousands of others waiting in the wings to join them. The question of whether our society responds to this issue...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (1 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken in response to the revelations by the Ryanair pilot group regarding serious concerns about aviation safety, which were broadcast by Channel 4 during the summer. [40615/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Fines (1 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory and regulatory framework for the operation of clamping vehicles in cities. [40616/13]