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Standing Orders: Motion (26 May 2016)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 1:In Standing Order 143D(2), to delete all words from "Where a member" up to and including "purposes," and substitute the following:"Where a member leaves a party and joins another, or, in the case of a non-party member, where that member joins a party, he or she is considered part of his or her new political party for group purposes,". I imagine that this amendment will...

Standing Orders: Motion (26 May 2016)

Clare Daly: No, I am just asking whether the Government will accept my first amendment, because what I am proposing to do is completely in line with the discussion that took place at the meeting of the Sub-committee on Dáil Reform. We checked with the Office of the Clerk of Dáil Éireann yesterday. It just provides more clarity for a scenario in which somebody leaves a group and joins...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statute of Limitations (26 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will reinstate a three-year statute of limitations period for families who have to fight for inquests into maternal and baby deaths, given the absence of legislation regarding a statutory duty of candour for clinicians and until such time as such legislation is introduced and given the inordinate length of time for which families have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Sign Language (26 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the provision of adequate Irish Sign Language interpreters in the courts to meet the needs of deaf persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12408/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (26 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure the recommendations of the public service pay commission, when it is established, will take account of the loss of earnings and allowances by public sector staff in its report and recommendations; the action he will take in respect of the two-tier pay in the public service. [12453/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas (26 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 171. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her actions to stop digging for bait on Bull Island in County Dublin, a practice naturalists describe as inconsistent with the nature reserve status of the island which is having a negative impact on birds on the mudflats. [12241/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (26 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 203. To ask the Minister for Health why the Health Service Executive is implementing a nursing embargo against the backdrop of a critical shortage of nurses; his actions to ensure this embargo is lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12411/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: I have just left the business meeting.

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: The Deputies may finish their ten minutes if they wish.

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: I thank the Deputies and the Acting Chairman. The number of people who want to speak and the fact we are debating who goes first are indicative of the seriousness with which the public and Deputies across the House take the issue. When the debate started, there was a big outcry on social media that we were not in the Chamber and were not interested in speaking but that reflects the lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of reports that teachers who commenced employment in 2011 will earn between €200,000 and €300,000 less over their careers than teachers who commenced employment before 2011 as a result of measures introduced in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 to 2015; and if he will repeal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his discussions with the Department of Education and Skills regarding what is described in a briefing document for the new Minister for Education and Skills as "woefully inadequate" capital funding for schools and regarding steps to address this funding crisis. [12499/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the initiatives she proposes to take to ensure that deaf citizens' rights to Irish Sign Language interpreters is protected in order to allow them access essential State services, particularly following an incident (details supplied). [12768/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to investigate the behaviour of members of An Garda Síochána during an eviction (details supplied), specifically gardaí permitting breaches of the Road Traffic Acts. [12531/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to speed up the resettlement of refugees in Ireland through relocation and resettlement programmes given that Ireland has taken only a small number of refugees over the past year out of the 4,000 agreed; and the consideration that has been given to increasing the number of refugees Ireland has agreed to resettle, given...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Intelligence Sharing (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the operation of the financial intelligence unit in the Seychelles and its effect on Ireland; and her views on it employing former Irish public servants with a view to benefiting from their knowledge and expertise. [12769/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that a company (details supplied) will now only accept payment of invoices for bin charges through an online billing system for e-tags, putting persons without access to the internet at a major disadvantage, given the company's discontinuation of paper tags; and if he will investigate the consumer protection...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 432. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action he will take to enable a person (details supplied) to access their lawful entitlement to a water conservation grant. [12631/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 528. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to explain the basis upon which permission was given for a US Marine Corps warplane to refuel at Shannon Airport on the evening of 23 May 2016, given that there is no conceivable reason for its presence except that it was there as part of a military operation, and it is also inconceivable that this aircraft was not carrying weapons and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (31 May 2016)

Clare Daly: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to retrospectively transfer staff at the Central Remedial Clinic, whose pension plan has been dissolved, into the standard public service pension given that they are de facto State employees and given the fact that as it currently stands, staff will lose their pensions if the State does not step in. [13376/16]