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Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I am glad to hear the Taoiseach say the circumstances are extraordinary, but what I have said is true. If the Taoiseach really means what he says, I believe there will be a follow-on from this discussion. There were discussions under way in the company and there have been three Labour Court attendances over the past 18 months, but sadly the employer has either broken or not recognised any...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I want to put my question again. If the Taoiseach and all of us are appalled by what is being done, we must do something. Will the Taoiseach instruct the Minister with responsibility for jobs to get the NERA inspectors to investigate this company to see who these casual workers are, whether they are paying tax and PRSI and whether they have been trained? They are being super-exploited to...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I want to deal with the pensions issue primarily but first I wish to make a few points about the operation of Shannon Airport itself. Yesterday I had the privilege of spending the day in Ennis courthouse with peace activists Niall Farrell and Margaretta d'Arcy who were before the court for breaching airport by-laws and who faced the criminal charge of allegedly interfering with the proper...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: He said that the pension contributions were insufficient, which is incorrect. It is certainly not correct from the workers' point of view. The pension contributions of the staff were set by an actuary and were reviewed every three to five years to make sure that they would meet the benefits required under the rules of the scheme. Pensioners paid into the scheme for a period of 45 years....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 43. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that material microfilmed under the Access to Institution and Related Records project includes mother and child homes; and that any material from the project data base was given to the Magdalen inquiry. [26882/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 47. To ask the Minister for Health if he will describe in detail the Access to Institution and Related Records project established in 2002; and if he will provide the number of name entries in the name database created as part of the project. [26881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Projects (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 99. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will put a three year plan in place in Killarney National Park to re-establish control over the areas cleared of Rhododendron by groundwork volunteers since 1981. [27530/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Projects (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 101. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will reintroduce the line method of systematically checking the woods in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, to locate all rhododendron plants for removal, thereby ensuring thoroughness. [27590/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Projects (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 102. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when dealing with Rhododendrons in Killarney National Park, County Kerry if he will register seed-source plants before removal in order to allow an accurate return visit to uproot all new plants. [27591/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the chaos surrounding the rolling out of the social inclusion and community activation programme; if he has received reports of the insufficient information supplied to voluntary and community organisations currently delivering local community development programmes; his views that this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the directive he cites, 2004/18/EU, to justify the tendering of the social inclusion and community activation programme which was repealed before the notice of the tender was issued; if the tendering of the programme still has any safe legal basis; the nature of that legal basis; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 118. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is the only country in the European Union which has put its national local community development programme or analogous programme out to public tender; the reason this is necessary in Ireland but not in any other member state; if he asked for or commissioned any...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the tendering of the social inclusion and community activation programme, has he read European Directive 2014/24/EU; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is now the current law on public procurement in Ireland; if he has read preamble seven which sets down that the directive is without...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Issues (25 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a solution similar to that reached in relation to the language colleges which shut down, allowing students to finish at much discounted fees, was not considered in respect of the Pilot Training College shut down. [27592/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (26 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made a decision in his position as a shareholder in relation to the recommendations of the expert panel convened to deal with the IASS pension deficit. [27338/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (26 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the alternatives that are in place for social welfare recipients who are not allowed to have the full amount of property tax deducted from source as the Department of Social Protection has indicated that it cannot bring the rate of payment below €186 per week. [27613/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (26 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the action that was taken to investigate the disappearance of 30 patient files while in transit between Mayo General Hospital and St. Michael's day hospital, Castlebar, in 2012; if he will clarify the correct procedure for transporting confidential patient files between institutions under the remit of the Health Service Executive. [27612/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: Emotive contributions are a little unhelpful, given the sensitivity of this subject. It is not appropriate and gives an indication of some of the difficulties around this issue. I understand the desperation of parents who would like to have children. I know many brilliant parents who have adopted children, including my cousins and friends of mine, who are great people. There is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: The Senator asked me to remind you, Chairman, about the committee getting a clear breakdown of the figures in writing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Adoption in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: Also, I did not mean that the organisation was not working-----