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Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 5:In page 10, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(3) Where a court imposes any period of detention on a child it shall give its reasons for doing so in writing in language that is appropriate to the age and level of understanding of the child.”.”.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 7:In page 24, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(2A) Where an inquiry is held under subsection (1) the child shall be provided with an opportunity to be heard and to respond to any allegation of disciplinary breach orally or in writing.”.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 8:In page 25, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(5) At the conclusion of the inquiry, if a finding of a disciplinary breach under section 201 has been made and/or if a sanction has been imposed under section 201A, the child shall be informed of his or her right to send to the Director, for transmission to the Minister, a petition concerning the...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 9:In page 25, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following:“(1A) Any child who breaches the rules of a children detention school may be sanctioned on the instructions of the Director of the school in a way that is both reasonable, proportionate and within the prescribed limits. (1B) Without prejudice to the power of the Minister to prescribe limits for the...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I compliment the Minister and his staff. It is a great step forward and igood that we are passing this legislation before the recess. It is an important departure from the dark old days when children, like women, were treated as vessels. The Bill treats them as individuals with problems who can be worked with and make a valuable contribution to society. It is a great body of work. Well done.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unfair Dismissals (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of employers dismissing employees with long service as a cheaper option than giving a severance package; his plans to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28416/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will bring forward legislation to insert a social responsibility clause into the Insolvency Act and the Companies Act, to ensure the rights of workers are protected. [28631/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has read the report of the Living Wage Technical Group; and whether he proposes to bring forward legislation to deal with this issue. [28630/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Aviation Industry Regulations (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation whether he has conducted any research or investigation into employment practices in the aviation sector given the particular importance of staff welfare in an employment which has critical functions in terms of the safety of passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Vaccination Programme (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 156. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 8 July 2015 if he will explain his statement that the use of anti-malaria medication, including Lariam, is in line with current Health Products Regulatory Authority approved summary of product characteristics, given that Primaquine in the formulary has also been included and it is not licensed by the authority....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has been referred to the United Kingdom for mitrofanoff surgery in 2013 has still not had the surgery; and if he will clarify the possibility of the patient being referred back here for surgery. [29395/15]

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the operation of the pyrite remediation scheme, with particular reference to any consideration being provided to widen the terms of the scheme to include more homes with pyrite, particularly those which do not have a Building and Construction Authority rating of 2; and if he will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I welcome that the pyrite remediation scheme is up and running. A number of units have been entirely remediated and a number of others are underway. what are the view of the Minister of State? Is he happy with the progress, is he fully briefed on the issues that have emerged in the course of that remediation which may require a change to the scheme, and is he looking at revisiting those...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: We are now in a new phase of the scheme. Inevitably, there would be teething problems. The board is confident that it can achieve its target of having 600 houses completed by the end of next year. I welcome that and hope it is the case. I refer to some of the issues that have emerged during the remediation works. In some areas, when homeowners moved out, the job took longer because of...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: We need to revisit the other structural issues that emerge, including in respect of HomeBond, for example. I do not know whether the Minister of State has done any work on this. He is correct that some of these matters are very serious. While the taxpayer should not be liable under this scheme, the homeowner should not be either. With regard to the basis of the scheme and the idea that...

Appointment of Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I will share time. I will speak for four minutes and Deputy Mick Wallace for one. I am very glad that the appointment to GSOC has finally been made and that we are not going into the recess without it. The gap has been far too long between the retirement of Mr. Simon O'Brien and this appointment and I feel the commissioners have suffered in his absence. The time when he was at the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Exemptions (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had any discussions with the Department of Finance over the past 12 months in order to enable home owners with houses containing pyrite to claim their exemption for local property tax without an infill test, with particular reference to offering assistance to the Department of Finance in relation to how the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reverse the 4% cap on withdrawal from approved medium retirement funds in circumstances such as a case (details supplied). [29841/15]

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: I am very shy.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: This is an insult to the population and this House. The manner in which the Taoiseach presented this previously was quite breath-taking. I do not know how many people here have read the report but I have read it more than once. The version of it which the Taoiseach has presented to this House belies its actual content. Let us look at what Mr. Justice Fennelly actually says about the...