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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered and is concerned by a British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission report that notes that 231 earthquakes triggered by hydraulic fracturing were recorded in the Montney region of British Columbia in 2014; if he has considered and is concerned by recent reports that a hydraulic fracturing company (details...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on changes in terms and conditions for Bord na Móna employees, which will amount to substantial reductions in pay; and on serious allegations of consistent bullying and harassment taking place in the company; his level of awareness of these issues; the action he has taken; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason her Department has failed to process this case in a speedy and efficient manner; her views that it is acceptable; when a decision is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31876/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to agreements made with construction companies or developers in the National Asset Management Agency, who are remediating unsold houses damaged by pyritic heave, to enable sale of these houses, if this remediation complies, in all particulars, to Irish Standard 398 of 2013; and if he will put these agreements before Dáil Éireann....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Residential Property Sales (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of pay as you earn taxpayers who purchased houses during the period when 9% stamp duty was levied on the price of houses; and the reason there is no offset of this penal rate of stamp duty against the local property tax. [30484/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 331. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to address the failure of the Permanent TSB to pass on changes in the standard variable rate to customers, despite stating in July that it would do so, though no contact has been made with any mortgage holders by September. [31267/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Money Laundering (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 334. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he has had with Garda authorities further to information supplied to him in relation to allegations of money laundering (details supplied). [31314/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossession (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 385. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of repossession cases where the mortgage involved was a standard variable rate for every year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32171/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason no funding has been provided from the national lottery for work on the natural environment despite the fact that section 41(1) of the National Lottery Act 2013 includes the natural environment as one of six categories that can receive funding; and if he will ensure that a fair share of the national lottery funding is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to allow civil servants who are presently required to retire at 65 years of age but who are not eligible for the State pension, the option of remaining in employment until they reach the age at which they are eligible for the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30498/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a difference in the amount of pension due to a pre-1995 and a post-1995 Civil Service retiree, if the years' service and credits were equal, and the basis for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30499/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the Civil Service retirement age from 65 years of age to synchronise with the State pension age, for those who choose to work on rather than draw jobseeker's benefit until they are eligible for their pension. [30785/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 431. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the decision to outsource testing for recruitment to the Civil Service to two UK firms (details supplied), the reason an Ireland-based company or the PAS, Public Appointments Service, are not performing this function; his views that these firms are best-placed to conduct this testing. [31836/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 444. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position the regarding the disproportionately high booking fees that are charged for booking concert tickets, airline tickets and so on by credit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30584/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Redundancy Payments (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to institute a system of sanctions for employers who do not pay redundancy payments in cases in which they have been ordered to do so by the Labour Court or by the Employment Appeals Tribunal. [31090/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 455. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on concerns at the significant timelags, four years in some instances, between cases being heard by the Employment Appeals Tribunal and determinations on those cases being issued by the tribunal. [31613/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make available a seat on the Discards Implementation Group for the Sea Fishery Advisory Group of the Irish Seal Sanctuary and other environmental non-governmental organisations to provide important oversight of the landings obligation where serious problems with its implementation have already emerged. [30718/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in place governing the sale of domesticated and wild animals at markets and car boot sales; and the penalties in place for breach of any such regulations [30926/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering Standards (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has conducted an evaluation of the practices of halal and kosher butchery in terms of animal welfare; if not, his plans to do so. [30967/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase funding for organisations such as the Blue Cross, which provide low-cost veterinary services, in order to create a system, along the lines of the United Kingdom's People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, whereby comprehensive low-cost veterinary care is widely and easily accessible and based on ability to pay....