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Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: As we are sitting here today and tomorrow debating this new legislation, we do so against the backdrop of the necessity for county councils around the country to set their budgets from funding that has been slashed in order to take account of this new tax on home owners. That is an absolute joke. The reason local authorities are being starved of funding is not that we have not paid our fair...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: The Minister's analysts and the ESRI have said that.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: We are on the record now so we will return to this in two years and see which one of us is right.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: I know it will be me. This is part of a bigger agenda and anybody who doubts that need only look at the legislation before us and the penalties to be imposed on ordinary people for not registering and not paying in terms of late interest payments, class C fines, court appearances and so forth. It is really punitive legislation which is not being introduced just for this charge. However, the...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: The Deputy should look at the record.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: As Deputy Stanley stated, the section is fundamental to the rest of the legislation as it establishes the basis for the introduction of the household tax. This tax is being imposed on top of many other austerity measures that have been imposed in recent years. It is clear from other provisions that this is the first step towards broader provisions for a property tax and other charges on the...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, subsection (2), between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "(f) homes purchased under local authority Affordable Housing Schemes; (g) homes on which stamp duty has been paid from January 1st 2003 up unto December 31st 2011; (h) homes purchased through Shared Ownership Schemes; (i) homes affected by pyrite.". The Minister claimed the household charge is...

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Surely, the Minister of State will accept now that these categories, while not exceptional, should be exempted legitimately. Why will he put county managers through hearing all of these cases when he knows those whose homes were affected by pyrite, for example, should be excluded. Will he take the shortcut and build the exemption into the legislation now?

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: We have been told, because of the changes and the Government not putting up any more speakers, that we can take the extra time.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Is it not the case that Deputy Mattie McGrath can continue for ten minutes, Government Members will then have 20 minutes and we can come back in?

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: I cannot think of any greater cheap vote-getting exercise by a political party than contesting an election by saying it will not bring in a flat household charge and then, when it is elected, doing the complete opposite. This is, of course, the record of Fine Gael.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Yes, but I am merely responding to points already made. I can assure Deputy Buttimer-----

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: -----that it is not easy to take the stance we have taken, but we are standing by the people who elected us. The Bill before us is relatively straightforward. Its purpose is to ratify changes to the IMF articles of agreement. However, we must first step back and examine the role of the IMF. It is clear that the IMF is not a neutral international economic advisory committee. The allocation...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: It is timely that we are discussing this matter. Clearly the protection of workers is an extremely important issue. The Topical Issue debate brought to centre stage the issue of workers rights in general and highlighted the necessity for legislative protection. Statutory and legal protection, if not enforced, is not sufficient. That workers in Vita Cortex and La Senza who are not being...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the findings of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to the A, B and C cases which deemed that Ireland was guilty of a serious violation of human rights. [1047/12]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce legislation to deal with the provision of abortion when the life of a woman is in danger in view of the urgency of the situation and the outcome of the cases before the European Convention on Human Rights. [1046/12]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 947: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in bringing forward proposals to legislate for abortion arising from the outcome of the November 1992 referendum as well as the outcomes of the A, B and C cases. [1161/12]

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including among the beneficiaries of his decision in budget 2012 the extension of mortgage interest relief provision to all those first-time buyers who agreed the purchase of their first property in 2008, even if the transaction was completed in early 2009 (details supplied). [40969/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new second level school for Lusk, County Dublin will be delivered in its entirety or in phases; and if in phases, the phases that will be delivered initially in terms of number of classes and specialist facilities. [41024/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the experts who provided him with his working definition of ABA, as outlined in a previous reply on 24 November 2011; and if he will provide one peer-reviewed research paper which finds the eclectic model of intervention for a child with autism, to be more effective than a model based on the principles of the science of...