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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (17 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 487. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to respond to the European Union plan to introduce labelling for goods produced in settlements in the West Bank. [40717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (17 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress she has made regarding the long-promised review of Caranua, with particular reference to the possibility of children of victims of institutional abuse being able to access the fund. [40596/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Airport Facilities (17 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 23 September 2015, if he will provide the information he referred to during the oral discussion with regard to the 190 tons of ammunition and bullets which had been transported over Shannon from the United States of America to Afghanistan; and his views on the matter, having undertaken to...

Other Questions: Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have agreed to the change in local property tax procedures, on an administrative basis, for home owners with properties affected by pyrite, as announced by him in budget 2016; when these changes will come into effect; and when they will be put on a legislative basis. [40178/15]

Other Questions: Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister announced in the Budget Statement with great fanfare that he was finally going to address the difficulties of the owners of properties with pyrite in accessing their legitimate right to an exemption from the local property tax. This has been consistently sought for almost two years. What is the meat of the proposal and when is it likely to be introduced? Are there other details?

Other Questions: Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: If any homeowner was listening in, far from thinking the process has become simpler, their head would be splitting after listening to the Minister. The reality is that many of these people have had hundreds of euro and more than €1,000 in some instances deducted from their wages for properties that are simply valueless. Based on the Minister's response, I am not clear whether we must...

Other Questions: Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: I take it that in the worst case scenario for a homeowner where no ground testing has been carried out, the homeowner can assess the value of the property. Presumably, if it is incapable of being sold because it has pyrite, it will return a very minor value and, therefore, be open to a very small property tax and the Revenue Commissioners will agree to that. Will the duration of the...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: We have a housing crisis. It is an emergency. Everybody seems to realise it except the members of the Government, who are displaying ostrich-type behaviour. However, burying their heads in the sand is not going to deal with this issue. An emergency requires an urgent response. The members of the Government are the only people who think they have delivered that. The first thing to do in...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: I thank Deputy Mac Lochlainn for affording me an opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is unfortunate that we are discussing these issues at this late hour. I welcome that we are reviewing section 37 of the 1998 Act. When I saw the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, and his Labour Party back bench colleagues queuing up fresh faced to speak during the opening slot,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance why the report of the review of the local property tax by Dr. Don Thornhill was not published until budget day 2016, given that it was dated July 2015; the timeframe he had sight of the report's recommendations before it was published; and when its recommendations will be implemented. [40179/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gender Equality (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a proposal to erect a statue or memorial in O'Connell Street, Dublin 1, dedicated to the role of women in Ireland's struggle for independence in the interest of equality; given that currently there are seven memorials on the city's main thoroughfare, all dedicated to men; her further views that it is time to address...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (18 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 178. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if hares captured by a coursing club (details supplied) were released back into the wild following the club's disqualification; and if this release was supervised by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [40809/15]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: I believe am sharing time with Deputy Coppinger. I was nearly going to punish the Minister of State by starting where I started last night. I will let him off and will not go back to where we ended up last night. It is obviously difficult to pick up a slot midway through having made half the points last night and having to conclude them this afternoon. The point I was making when we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (19 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the systemic analysis he has undertaken of the effects on public service delivery of the reduction in public service staff numbers from 320,387 full-time equivalents to 293,811 full-time equivalents between 2008 and end of June 2015; and if he is satisfied that public services can be adequately provided in the face of such reductions....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Cases (19 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the request of a person (details supplied) to invoke mediation as an alternative to a Supreme Court proceeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41045/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (19 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the views of the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy in relation to the upcoming regulation of these professions, given the association's statement that there is no difference between counselling and psychotherapy, and that these professions should be regulated by the same qualifications; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (24 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: 67. To ask the Minister for Defence the merits of deploying members of the Irish Defence Forces in Mali, given the history of that country. [41375/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (24 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: This question is obviously posed in the context of the French authorities invoking Article 42.7 of the Treaty on European Union, including the requirement to aid and assist in the event of an attack on another member state. There is speculation in the media that the Minister was considering allowing French troops currently located in Mali to be relieved of their duties and go elsewhere, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (24 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: There is a link, of course, despite the Minister's best wishes. He is correct that the article involved clearly states that whatever action is taken, it "shall not prejudice the specific character of the security and defence policy" of the individual member state. The problem is that this Government and the previous Government have had an incredibly fluid interpretation of what it means to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (24 Nov 2015)

Clare Daly: I assure the Minister that will be strenuously resisted in this Chamber. The Minister's stance has exposed the utter hypocrisy of western authorities in respect of this matter. France is better placed and France has a right to defend its citizens - exactly contradictory remarks were made when Russia engaged in the same reprehensible actions by bombing Syria in response to attacks on Russia....