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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing, as a minimum, that moneys paid in order to prove the existence of heave-inducing pyrite by householders, which can amount to €3,000 to €4,000 per home, would be offset against the residents' tax liability, in view of the fact that they are the victims of this crisis. [37519/11]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (29 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposal that where non-compliance with fire safety building regulations (details supplied) is discovered in domestic dwellings and brought to the attention of a local authority, that authority must ensure that all measures required to bring the structure into compliance must be completed....

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that the medication Pradaxa, which is used to treat the condition pulmonary embolism, is no longer covered by the medical card; if so, the reason this is the case; if he will ensure that Pradaxa will continue to be covered by the medical card scheme in general and if he will grant the medication in the case of a person (details...

Building Regulations (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in view of the epidemic of problems facing tens of thousands of home owners following the housing boom including pyrite related structural damage, inadequate foundations, inadequate fire protection, water ingress through faulty construction, sound transfer through party walls, drainage problems, unfinished...

Building Regulations (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: The Minister seems to be suggesting that the current crisis has nothing to do with him. I suggest that if he continues to adopt that attitude he is facilitating what is a human and social disaster. Priory Hall residents were outside the gates of Leinster House today. They thought the works on their homes would be completed by Monday but as of today, nothing has been done to deal with the...

Building Regulations (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Yes, I have. The Minister has not intervened enough. He said it is his responsibility to deal with the regulations. The regulations have contributed to the situation we are in now. The Minister has a role in that and I would like to hear more about what he intends to do about it.

Building Regulations (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: It is clear we do not have a robust system in place. The reality is that the houses of tens of thousands of people are literally falling down. To say it is a legal issue is not good enough. We have regulations but the Minister does not have the staff on the ground to implement those regulations. At the height of the boom there were two building enforcement officers in north Kildare, one...

Building Regulations (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: I do not understand how we can have improved inspection rates or performance against a backdrop of a public sector recruitment embargo and how the Minister can talk about pooling resources when those which exist are insufficient to do the tasks already on the shoulders of local authorities, never mind giving them more. Where there is a conflict between what a competent professional is saying...

Local Authority Housing (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: I need the Minister to explain the contradiction between the impression he gives about his dealings with NAMA and some possible outcome that he might acquire the properties permanently and the reality of government social housing policy which is, as Deputy Boyd Barrett said, one of long-term leasing where local authorities are required to enter into an arrangement to lease a property for ten...

Local Authority Housing (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: That is excellent.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Everybody would support the idea of improving water quality and upgrading septic tanks but the issue before us is the way it will be done and who will pay for it. The Government can dress it up any way it likes but rural dwellers know that what is going on here is the use of an environmental cover or the threat of the European Union to bring in a new stealth tax. The proof of that is that...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: I am sorry, but I thought you would give me a minute's notice. Why does the Government not set up a task force and employ thousands of unemployed engineers, technicians, construction workers and so on to remediate these septic tanks as a public service and, where possible, connect those to the public sewer?

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Social Justice Ireland, hardly the most militant or revolutionary group in the country, made the point this morning at the Joint Committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education that any cut in child benefit would be a red line issue for it and that if the Government thought that it could get away with replacing the idea of a €10 cut in child benefit with one of €5, then it would not...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (30 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that HomeBond is co-operating with the pyrite panel in revealing all the information in its possession relating to pyrite infill under ground floor slabs of houses insured by HomeBond against major structural damage; and if he has any proposals to deal with structural guarantees into the...

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Yes.

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: This Bill draws attention to the debacle that is the Irish health service and the role of private health insurance. I find it absolutely shocking that 47% of the population have private health insurance. That is a huge number of families who are already overburdened with other bills and who have to scrape together the means to come up with those funds. It is interesting to note that this...

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider halting the prison building plans at Dóchas and instead divert resources to provision of community based residential and therapeutic alternatives to prison for women, which are proven to be cheaper, more effective and more capable of addressing the complex needs of women offenders; and if he will make a statement...

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. Overcrowding is a serious issue in all of the prisons and, as the Minister stated, especially in the Dóchas Centre but what has arisen out of this crisis is a shift in the ethos around which that facility was built, namely, the idea of a more open and rehabilitative process. A consequence of the overcrowding is that it has been replaced by a somewhat...

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Are the extra 70 dormitory spaces replacing the bunking up situation in the single cells? A previous governor resigned over the totally inadequate nature of that provision. Will that be discontinued as a result of these spaces? Has the Minister obtained any information on how many current prisoners are reoffenders? In my experience, many of the same people come back again. If moneys were...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the categories of female offenders that will be housed in the new dormitory-style accommodation at the Dóchas Centre; his views on whether dormitory accommodation may prove more problematic than traditional cell-based accommodation due to drug use and possession of other prohibited items; and if he will make a statement on the...