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Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: While I do not wish to be repetitive, these issues are being raised precisely because of the importance of the census. Citizens have genuine concerns, given the private and medical information that is being collected in it. I do not believe the Minister of State has answered the questions fully. As supplementary questions, where is and what is the interface with the CSO staff based in...

Census Data (6 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: With respect, one should do this by answering precisely the concerns people have but the Minister of State has not done so. All Deputies have received quite widespread correspondence with regard to raising concerns about this matter. How does one know the data have not been lost? One simply does not know this and they may have been. Moreover, the Minister of State has not outlined how...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (6 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: The Minister stated that the reaction of the banks and the European establishment to his proposals was extremely positive. Of course that is the case. They probably could not believe their luck. Last week, the head of a major hedge fund - his name escapes me - stated that it is unbelievable that an entire population would be asked to shoulder the private debt of bondholders and...

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I welcome this Bill, which is a first step on the road that needs to be taken to radically overhaul sentencing policy. The only policy pursued in the past decade or more has been one of penal expansionism. In the past 15 years, we have seen the number of prison places increase by more than 1,900 and the largest prison building programme in the history of the State. Despite these measures,...

Prison Accommodation (7 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to remedy the problems of slopping out and overcrowding within the prison system; if he will grant a debate on the findings on prison conditions contained in the recent report published on the 10th of February of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, CPT; and...

Prison Accommodation (7 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I welcome the Minister's publication of the report and the considerable discussion on this crucial issue in recent days. As the Minister stated, 72% of prisoner accommodation has in-cell sanitation, which means that 28% does not. The Minister was not in government, but we now recognise that this has been a problem since the mid-1990s. Making people in overcrowded conditions slop out every...

Written Answers — EU Globalisation Fund: EU Globalisation Fund (7 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way workers availing of the European globalisation fund are expected to fund the finishing of the educational programmes when the funds expire in September 2011. [7078/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce a Spent Convictions Bill as priority legislation; if he intends bringing forward a more robust and comprehensive Bill than that published by the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7080/11]

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (12 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will deal with the fact that the implementation of Circular 19/2011 requiring schools to take from the panel may result in gaelscoileanna having to recruit staff who may not have the required standard of Irish to teach through that medium, therefore undermining the ethos of the school. [7307/11]

Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I am sharing time with Deputies Wallace, Healy and Boyd Barrett.

Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: The Private Member's motion from Fianna Fáil is an indication that one can spin anything one likes. The idea that these people would laud their achievements in education is an insult. Last September we had the outrageous situation, which prevails to this day, where 106,000 primary school pupils resided in classes of 30 pupils or more, representing 21% of the primary school population and...

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to discuss outstanding issues from the Barron Report on the Dublin/Monaghan bombings. [8323/11]

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: The Taoiseach's account of the history of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings serves to avoid the essential issue, that is, the outstanding matters which remain in respect of this case and what the Taoiseach has done to discuss them. We are all aware, as Deputy Adams has stated, that the outstanding issues include the fact that the British Government refused to co-operate with Mr. Justice Barron...

Passenger Name Record Data: Motion (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: As the Minister said, there are passenger name records in airlines. They are a necessary tool so airlines and airport handling companies can do their jobs. That is not at issue. What is at issue is the information being used for other purposes and being handed over to security forces for reasons other than those intended by the person handing over his or her data. This started after 11...

Written Answers — School Text Books: School Text Books (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to high mark-up on the prices of school books here, which add further financial burden to parents putting children through school; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that awarding of licences to several big publishing companies contributes to this situation; and if he will examine this...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the current procedure for claiming disability allowance, whereby claimants have to send their private medical records to a general address at the disability allowance department for their claim to be assessed, instead of attending a doctor appointed by the Department with their medical records and having their claim...

Written Answers — Garda Complaints Procedures: Garda Complaints Procedures (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many complaints which are referred to the Garda ombudsman are actually investigated by gardaí themselves due to lack of resources; his plans to increase the resources of the Garda ombudsman services or to give the ombudsman greater power to actually discipline gardaí; in view of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Internships: Departmental Internships (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for allowing students who apply to do so to carry out internships in Departments while they are still in college, in order to gain experience in the areas in which they are studying. [8337/11]

State Visits (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I will be brief as there has been some discussion on it already. I find it hard to believe that with a couple of weeks to go, the Taoiseach has no indication whatsoever of what the plans for President Obama's visit may be. I assume the Taoiseach has some idea. Out of respect to the House we deserve some indication of what they may be. Similarly, a question arises with regard to cost. The...

State Visits (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I do not believe the Taoiseach does not have the details of the costs or the plans of the visit and I wish to see them. It is not good enough to say this is an investment; the Taoiseach must quantify it. The 100,000 people working for US multinationals work here because of the profits those companies generate. However, that number is a fraction of the workforce of the country. The...