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Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: I am beginning to wonder if the purpose of the Taoiseach's response was to put us into some sort of hypnotic trance whereby he just mumbled back the same nonsense we have been hearing for weeks and does not address any of the issues raised. When one cuts through the waffle, what he is actually saying is that the citizens who built this country over decades of work and who are outside the...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: Millions of euro are given out every year in public private partnerships for roads that are not being used yet buses which are being used cannot get an adequate level of subsidy. It is upside down economics and it demonstrates how out of touch the Taoiseach is.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 95. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action he will take to ensure that the Heritage Council is in a position to award grants to local authorities and other bodies as it did previously. [43520/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (22 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a benchmark of 32 hours exists for special needs assistants when the school working week is 28 hours 20 minutes. [44348/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (22 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the benchmark of 32 hours used for allocating a full special needs assistant post is reflective of the working week for the majority of primary schools. [44349/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (22 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered giving members of the Garda Reserve preferential treatment in applications for full membership of An Garda Síochána, in view of the fact that many of them would have undertaken a number of courses and training relevant to An Garda Síochána, that they would have put in years of loyal service and that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Civil Aviation Regulation (22 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to replies given by him regarding the concerns in relation to Ryanair safety, in respect of which he relies on statements made by the Irish Aviation Authority, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that statements regarding the safety of particular airlines are not normally issued by aviation authorities; if he will...

Other Questions: Fire Safety Regulations (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 23 October 2012 in which he noted that the local building control authorities are empowered to bring summary prosecutions for building code offences in the District Court and have wide powers to make application to the High Court to secure orders where buildings do not comply...

Other Questions: Fire Safety Regulations (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: This is an incredibly serious issue which obviously entered the public domain through the fire safety concerns in Priory Hall but it is most definitely not confined to Priory Hall. I am not sure from the Minister's response if he is saying that all the other developments cited in the question are outside the time limit period and therefore the best that the local authorities can hope for is...

Other Questions: Fire Safety Regulations (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 23 October 2012 in which he noted that the local building control authorities are empowered to bring summary prosecutions for building code offences in the District Court and have wide powers to make application to the High Court to secure orders where buildings do not comply...

Other Questions: Fire Safety Regulations (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: While I would very much appreciate that full report I will give the Minister a list twice as long the next time to get that information. I am grateful to receive that but to revert to the question I asked the Minister at the end of my contribution, what was the particular breach of the fire safety regulations in regard to Priory Hall, and can the Minister give us an assurance that that...

Other Questions: Fire Safety Regulations (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: That is only for developments from now.

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: I would like to share time with Deputies Finian McGrath and John Halligan.

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: It is a little frightening to listen to the disconnect between some of the contributions being made in this Chamber and the reality of what is in the Bill. Everybody knows we have one of the most centralised systems of governance in Europe, if not the world. We will not be much better off in that respect after this much-discussed Bill has been passed. It will not reverse the trend of...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: The problem is not that they do nothing - it is what they do and what they are allowed to do. It was ludicrous for the Deputy who spoke before me to argue that councillors should be paid a full-time wage, while at the same time making the case for a system that has stripped away the decision-making powers of councillors. In my experience, many councillors spend their time annoying council...

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: There is no doubt that we have had a huge amount of discussion about this issue in recent days, and we are bound to have much more. However, none of it rings true to people outside, because everybody knows that those moving the motion tonight were the same people who did exactly the same as this Government when they were the Government. When the Government Members were in the Opposition,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (23 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: 29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the €50 million initially promised for remedial works to houses damage by heave due to pyrite has not been delivered and these home owners have been abandoned by the structural guarantee company, HomeBond, if he will request that HomeBond now contribute its €25 million surplus to...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: There is no doubt that there can be no economic recovery without a return of people to work. That is a fact. What we have had from this Government is a lot of talk about jobs with precious little being delivered. One could say this budget, like many of the statements from the Government side, is conjury and trickery in terms of on the one hand giving something and on the other taking...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: The Tánaiste advised us this morning that we cannot jump to conclusions in respect of these horrendous cases and I agree. That said, the only conclusion that can be drawn from the evidence presented is that racial profiling occurred and these children were taken from their parents for one reason only - they were Roma and did not look like their parents. I sincerely believe that if they...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Clare Daly: The Minister accused this side of the House of predetermining the outcome of an independent inquiry. He did the same when he stated as fact that the Garda had acted in good faith. We do not know that yet. The Minister has again attempted to minimise the situation. He will not get away with it. He is using people's legitimate concerns about child safety to undermine and mask the...