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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (4 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has conducted any research into staffless libraries; his views that this is a direction in which the local authorities should proceed, in view of the fact that the savings in staff are often replaced by significant cost in relation to security and surveillance hardware. [4869/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Transmission Network (4 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has instructed his Department to ensure that assessments are conducted into the impact of the Grid 25 project on the heritage and wildlife along the planned routes of the project. [51462/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his position regarding the closure of the courthouse in Balbriggan; when this will take place; the alternative uses that will be made of this prominent building in the town; and the alternative arrangements that are in place for District Court hearings. [5099/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (4 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 546. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of female prisoners currently incarcerated in the State in the 70-80 age group. [5598/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (4 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 614. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be further legal action taken regarding the financial irregularities uncovered at an organisation (details supplied) in 2012. [5601/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Pollution (4 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has refused to investigate a public report, put before him by the Irish Environmental Forum, which was published by Professor Jacqueline McGlade of the European Environmental Agency entitled, The Cost of Air Pollution. [5100/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (4 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 765. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the DART commuter transport link to residential areas of Donabate and further areas on the rail network in north County Dublin. [5600/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: Oh God.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: Stick to the subject.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: Perhaps the Minister might, for once, answer the question.

Other Questions: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974, or introduce any other legislation in order to improve the transparency and accountability of the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. [5307/14]

Other Questions: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: There has been some concern about the operation of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, because decisions are not published and are not made accountable or monitored. The Minister said earlier that he does not like to rush into things but he has been in office for three years and these matters have been in the public domain for some time. What plans does the Minister have...

Other Questions: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: There are several important issues here. Nobody would dispute the need for the DPP to be independent but I reject the implication that there is a contradiction between independence and accountability. One can have both. In a society which aspires to be democratic and open it is necessary to have both. The Minister has acknowledged that he will finally bring in the EU legislation next year...

Other Questions: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: I was not making any allegations. We were speaking of matters that are in the public domain.

Other Questions: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: The point I was making, which perhaps the Minister did not fully understand, was that in this instance it has been demonstrated that the DPP failed to adhere - in fact breached - a court order for discovery by Mr. Justice Barry White. To whom is the DPP accountable for breaching court orders? Can the Minister enlighten me as to why in the national Parliament we are not allowed raise issues...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: The other Deputies have hit the nail on the head regarding this legislation. We have an attempt to put some protection on paper, with which most right-thinking citizens would agree. However we must ask ourselves how effective that will be when we have a problem with the culture in our society and a tone set by those on the top. It is interesting to look at previous Dáil debates about...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: When we look at the North, it is in some ways a case of everything being different, yet in some ways everything remains the same. I was in Derry at the weekend at the invitation of a community organisation to discuss issues of justice following on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. It had been approximately 28 years since I had been in Derry and in some ways it was like nothing had changed...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protection for Whistleblowers (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views in relation to the functioning of the Garda confidential recipient; and his views on whether it needs to be reformed in order to protect Garda whistleblowers. [5308/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 28 January 2014, if a pensionable service tapered table dealing with service and recognising different contributions will be implemented in calculating pension benefits; and if she will acknowledge that this would not constitute age discrimination as applying different criteria to different age groups...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (5 Feb 2014)

Clare Daly: 150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in the interests of open and transparent justice and in view of the fact that €16 million was spent in installing digital audio recording facilities in most of our courts as an accurate and cost effective method of recording evidence, the reason CDs of digital audio recordings of court hearings are not available to...