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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 698. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs since 2008, the number of Irish children that have been or are in care in other countries for whatever reason, be it for psychological-medical purposes; the amount this is costing the State; and the reason these children cannot be cared for here. [20979/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Sex Offenders Treatment Programme (13 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 699. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount it is costing the State annually since the Grenada Institute closed down to treat, or to offer treatment to, child sex offenders; the number being treated abroad; the cost of same; and if it would be more effective to treat them at home or look at other alternatives. [20980/14]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: It is ironic that we are discussing a Bill which includes a proposal to make it easier for local authorities to evict people, making them homeless, when we should be examining how to get people into houses. This is the social concern in Irish society and it has only recently started to trickle into the media that we have a crisis with people sleeping in their cars with their children or...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: The Minister's Department told me the dispute mechanism that the State established for landlords and tenants is not open for review. I will give a case study and the Minister may respond in her reply. It concerns two constituents in my area who purchased a starter home in 2005, which was never intended to be an investment property. However, when they got married and had a family, the house...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: It is no secret that the HSE is an incredibly dysfunctional organisation. This House has had to listen to horrendous accounts of how vulnerable citizens are being let down by the Government and its appalling decisions to support refusals of medical cards. Although the Taoiseach told us earlier that it was unacceptable, there are so many cases, some in instances where the condition is either...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 28. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 26 March 2014, the reason the Health Service Executive has been permitted to endorse the website of a private company regarding maternity services here (details supplied), which fails to mention the existence of publicly-funded evidence-based midwifery-led care and midwifery led units, and instead promotes the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 54. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 813 of 30 April 2014 and in respect of the Health Service Executive service plan, in which he stated that the plan was based on the dual challenge of protecting patient outcomes and reducing costs, the reason midwifery-led maternity care is not being promoted as the best option for safety and cost. [21142/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make every possible effort to defend the right of Colombian people to protest, associate and mobilise without fear for their lives (details supplied); and if he will use his influence to make sure the Colombian Government finally listens to the demands of the farmers. [21707/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to refuse sanction for a second infant class in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21710/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions that will be put in place for homes where extra water is consumed due to specific treatments for various medical conditions. [21989/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Visits of Foreign Naval Vessels (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 134. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 7 May 2014, about the USS Leyte Gulf cruiser being docked in Cobh, if the ship was searched; and if not, how do they know it was not armed. [21709/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Military Aircraft Landings (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Gardaí regularly need the assistance of the Army to ensure law and order is upheld and that the internal security of the State is protected when US military planes land at Shannon; and if the decision of the Gardaí to have the Army present is one which they themselves decide or one which occurs following a request from...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any pending changes to equality legislation which would relate to the ability of employer to terminate a person's employment upon reaching a certain age. [21760/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences Renewals (14 May 2014)

Clare Daly: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the case of personal hardship where a person was unaware of the closing date for transfer of licence until April of this year and has experienced an accident and severe financial pressure and is therefore not in a position to renew their licence, if that person would be given a derogation to allow them to sell the licence in a...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)

Clare Daly: We were all a little bit disappointed last week that the Tánaiste was not here to answer questions on the dramatic departure of the former Minister for Justice and Equality only hours after his ringing endorsement of him. Having listened to his response to Deputy McDonald the idea that he is almost taking pride in his total lack of involvement or supposed knowledge of one of the biggest...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)

Clare Daly: I want to refer to the Tánaiste's point in which he addressed the-----

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)

Clare Daly: We will take it up in the discussion on the Guerin report because the Tánaiste has some neck to talk about reform when he staunchly opposed it last year.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)

Clare Daly: It is one rule for one and the other-----

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)

Clare Daly: Previously the funding of local government required that motor taxation revenue would go to fund local authorities. The Government pilfered this account and took money, which we as car owners have continued to pay, from the local authority budgets to pay the national debt. Now it is looking for it again. To listen to the Tánaiste one would think the local authorities never fixed a...

Guerin Report: Statements (15 May 2014)

Clare Daly: The Minister referred to the report's findings as being deeply disturbing and went on to talk about the wider systemic and historical problems in the force. That is the context of this discussion because, as Deputy Wallace has said, for us the Guerin report revealed nothing new. It was just an absolute and utter vindication of the stories we have heard and the experiences we have had over...