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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 136:In page 18, to delete lines 7 to 10 and substitute the following:“(i) progress towards achievement of—(I) annual targets, (II) the interim target, (III) the 2050 target,(ii) whether the annual targets, the interim target or the 2050 target are likely to be achieved, (iii) any further effort which may be necessary to achieve annual targets, the interim...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: This is a very important amendment because when we are talking about where we are going and where we want to go, we must take account of where we have come from. The amendment seeks to insert specific reference to possible contributions from different sectors of the economy and different sources of emissions. This is critical because performance is uneven. If one looks at the European...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 147:In page 19, to delete lines 10 to 12 and substitute the following: “(8) Not more than 10 days after submitting a periodic review report to the Minister in accordance with this section, the Advisory Council shall publish the report by such means as the Agency may advise.”. We had much discussion on the matter already. The amendment relates to shortening...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 151:In page 21, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Guidance to Advisory Council 15. (1) The Advisory Council shall have regard to any guidance given by the Minister to it in relation to the exercise of its functions under this Act.(2) The Minister may not give the Advisory Council guidance as to the content of any advice or report. (3) The power to...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: This is the last batch of amendments on what should have been an historic item of legislation for Irish society but which is, unfortunately, a bitter disappointment. We are launching a last-ditch effort to make it a bit better than it is and all of these amendments are designed to work with legislation, such as the Scottish Act on which we based many of them. That would have brought about...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: It is very relevant.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently increase rent supplement to enable persons remain in their current rented properties and to stem rising homelessness. [33024/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that persons who rent a room in their primary residence are exempt from tax on income generated, according to the limits set, regardless of the basis upon which they rent that room, and whether they are involved with Airbnb or other similar networks. [33575/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Equality Tribunal Cases (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that the Equality Tribunal lacks the powers to compel respondents in discrimination cases to furnish complainants with information and-or documentation relevant to the complainants' cases, thus hampering a complainant in the preparation of a case in the run-up to a hearing before the tribunal, which compromises their right...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Equality Tribunal Cases (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on very lengthy delays between the lodging of complaints with the Equality Tribunal and those complaints going forward to mediation and hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33577/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his officials confirmed to the Information Commissioner on 31 July 2015 (details supplied), after a review requested by the commissioner, that they hold no records showing compliance or otherwise with the European Communities (Control of Dangerous Substances in Aquaculture) Regulations, 2008, Statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify comments made by the Marine Institute (details supplied) regarding the release of records generated by certain European Union regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33582/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given comments made by the Information Commissioner (details supplied), the official responsible for holding records showing compliance with certain European Union regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: European Court of Justice Rulings (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that caps on compensation in discrimination cases may contravene European Union law as articulated in the European Court of Justice ruling in the case of M. H. Marshall v. Southampton and South-West Hampshire Area Health Authority (No. 2) [1994] ICR242, ECJ Case 271/9. [33578/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the monitoring and supervisory steps taken by An Garda Síochána, or any other State body, in instances where a person is released from prison early on good behaviour. [33570/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify who has responsibility for monitoring of adherence to parole conditions in respect of persons who are released from prison early. [33571/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps taken by An Garda Síochána, the prison authorities, the courts and any other State body, when a person who is released from prison early goes on to re-offend shortly after release; whether such cases are analysed; the parties involved in that analysis; whether the victims are communicated with; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria applied in considering the previous record of a person who has multiple previous convictions before a decision is made on releasing that person early from prison. [33573/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Investigations (30 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the section 31 investigation into the recording of client-solicitor telephone calls between prisoners and their legal teams; and when details of this investigation will be published and discussed in Dáil Éireann. [33574/15]