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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Payments (3 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a taxi company (details supplied) was levied with a bill for almost €500,000 for VAT on radios supplied to taxi drivers, despite the fact that no such payments have been sought from other taxi companies. [41300/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, in the context of 20% of children being educated in classes of over 30, for the way teachers are expected to cope with these numbers which are combined with the erosion of learning support, resource teaching hours, Traveller support, special needs assistants and EAL, which are causing an unmanageable crisis in many instances and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the removal of the DEIS Rural category for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, which has pressures that would traditionally be associated with a disadvantaged school; the steps he will take to deal with the particular pressures being experienced in the area as a result of poor planning and housing decisions. [42121/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money that was refunded to his Department following investigation into irregularities in an office (details supplied) including any refunds in relation to the amounts charged under the 13% agreement in relation to administration fees, where these refunds appear in the school transport accounts, his Department's accounts; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure there are no further cuts to protect services at providers such as Prosper Fingal. [42267/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 569. To ask the Minister for Health if the policy document Towards a Restraint Free Environment is being implemented at the Yeats ward in the Fairview Community Unit, Dublin 3 [42220/13]

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: I am sorry to ruin the Taoiseach's merriment but just over two weeks ago, I received a letter from an older lady who lives down the country. She had never written to a politician previously but was desperately seeking help and, with her permission, I am raising her case in the Chamber today because she represents thousands of other people who are suffering a similar torment. More...

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: While it obviously is a happy ending in this case, the reason the woman concerned gave me permission to raise her case in this Chamber is that, sadly, there are thousands of others where the ending is not so happy. People have spent a lifetime searching only to find out perhaps that the parent had just recently died. This simply is not good enough. In September 2011, the Minister told me...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the communication his Department has had with Fingal County Council over the past 18 months in relation to the provision of funding to deal with dune erosion and coastal protection. [42296/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the Russian Government to free the Greenpeace activists who were charged with piracy as a result of their involvement in peaceful protest. [42539/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the policy of wage curtailment which has meant that the wages of many special needs assistants in primary schools have been reduced due to new contracts based on a 32 hour week; andif he will implement clear and direct procedures for solving disputes over wages. [42650/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 32 hour benchmark currently used is an appropriate mechanism for determining the salaries of special needs assistants in the majority of schools. [42651/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will end the ambiguity faced by special needs assistants in dealing with three different entities when seeking redress regarding contract disputes; and if he will implement clear and direct procedures for resolving disputes over payment of wages. [42653/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the case where it is determined that his Department has overpaid special needs assistants, if he will ensure that there is an amnesty for those in the receipt of such payments while a fairer and more equitable contract system is implemented. [42654/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the contracts of special needs assistants whose pay has been reduced due to their post now being considered a percentage of a full post of 32 hours per week; and if he will initiate reforms to end this practice. [42652/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the closure of Abbey College in August 2011 and the fact that staff members were awarded a judgment for outstanding wages by both the LRC and EAT and yet remain unpaid, the measures in place to ensure the directors of this company cannot open another educational facility. [42678/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (9 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being put in place for the implementation of a programme to provide for bilateral cochlear implants. [42662/13]

Second Report of the Convention on the Constitution (Women in the Home): Statements (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: I thank the Acting Chairman for the offer of extra time. I might take a little of it but I noticed the Minister was a little touchy yesterday during the criminal justice debate and I have no wish to delay him from his lunch. Therefore, I will try to be as brief as I can. While listening to the debate from my office earlier, I heard a good deal of commentary from the Government benches...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take to assist small businesses in this current economic climate in view of the fact that they are the largest employer in the country. [42576/13]

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: The problem is that the Minister of State's response is that what the Government is doing is in the plan. However, the reality is that for many small and medium sized business on the ground life is still incredibly difficult. Despite the list of initiatives listed by the Minister of State they are still struggling. It is not good enough that some of these initiatives are only coming on...