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Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: We sometimes ask ourselves what we are doing here. Today is a very good example of that. We debated the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill earlier, for which citizens had to wait over four years. Many people are desperately seeking pieces of legislation which have been promised, such as the adoption tracing Bill and other areas where there has been no progress. We are discussing this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the recent Tyrell report (details supplied), HomeBond's Repudiation of Purchasers Claims - Was it Justified, a Report on the Repudiation by HomeBond of Purchasers Claims under the Major Defects Warranty in the Homebond Agreement for Damages caused by Pyritic Heave; and if he will act to ensure that HomeBond...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (11 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has read the report by an eminent insurance claims expert (details supplied) which argues, based on insurance case law, that the denial of responsibility letter issued by HomeBond on 31 August 2011 in relation to pyrite cases has no basis in law and that the claims by householders were not invalidated by the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (11 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a case mentioned in Dáil Éireann on 5 February 2015 in relation to allegations that two gardaí in County Galway were involved in embezzling funds for a property deal in Romania, which was first brought to the attention of An Garda Síochána in August 2011 but with no follow-up, has now been referred to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the recent Leitrim County Council vote of no confidence in a company (details supplied) appointed to carry out a 24-month research programme looking at the potential impacts on the environment and human health of hydraulic fracturing. [22991/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that it is acceptable that there is no solution identified to provide broadband in substantial parts of County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22990/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps his Department has taken, or plans to take, to address the regulatory and consumer protection issues arising from massive consolidation in the insurance market, a consolidation which is likely to increase when the Solvency II regime comes into force on 1 January 2016. [23795/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Loans (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance if any Ministers, former Ministers, or their immediate family members had loans with Anglo Irish Bank or with the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation which benefited from a write-down, in view of the potential conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23846/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that there was a conflict of interest where some former directors of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation became directors of companies (details supplied) which handled mortgages sold by the corporation to another company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23847/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 405. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 9 June 2015, when he expects to have considered the Office of the Attorney General's advice in view of the length of time that the person concerned has been waiting for a review. [23848/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the financial records for Bessborough mother and baby home were not handed over to the Health Service Executive in the 2011 transfer of files. [23832/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Bessborough mother and baby home was offered any indemnity against material in the files that it handed over to the Health Service Executive in 2011. [23833/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 527. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that a Health Service Executive report in 2012 uncovered 478 deaths at Bessborough mother and baby home over a 19-year period, a similar death rate to Tuam, County Galway; the reason an investigation was not undertaken at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23834/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 556. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who cannot receive access to ultraviolet light treatment for the skin condition psoriasis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23113/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason some schools are advertising for special needs assistant posts but the National Council for Special Education is not showing any posts. [23129/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (16 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 811. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the reports of water containing lead in quantities that are dangerous, the reason no notification of the danger has been sent to persons in areas affected; the reason no safe uncontaminated water is being made available to persons by way of tankers; when the grant that is being proposed will be made...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (17 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: I am unsure whether I am sad or embarrassed to be here again at the annual charade, whereby we are asked to wave through draconian legislation in order that it can operate for another 12 months. It bears emphasising that the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act was supposed to be passed as emergency legislation in 1998 but yet we renew it every year. The reason we are asked to renew...

Employment Equality (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: The fact that less people are offering on this debate and that others are not taking their allocated time is a reflection not of the fact that this is not an important issue or that it is a controversial issue but that it is an absolute no-brainer. There is nobody who could oppose, on principle, a Bill that seeks to ensure that no person, regardless of where they work, is discriminated...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Sale (17 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1186 of 9 June 2015, if consideration was given at any stage of the process to using a percentage of the proceeds of the sale of the State's shareholding in Aer Lingus to alleviate the hardship being faced by the Irish airlines (general employees) superannuation scheme's deferred and current...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Safety (17 Jun 2015)

Clare Daly: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1002 of 26 May 2015, and in view of his awareness of the University of Ghent report on atypical employment in aviation and its potential impact on safety as indicated in his reply, if his Department or the Irish Aviation Authority made any specific contact with the airlines, or undertook any...