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Private Members' Business: Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: That is correct. When I was president of a students' union involved in legal battles with SPUC over the distribution of abortion information in students' union magazines, I would never have dreamt that 25 years later we would still be largely fighting the same issues. When so much has changed in Irish society in the intervening period, legally everything has remained the same. Despite the...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: It is probably ironic that we are debating this Bill on the same day on which I introduced a Private Members' Bill designed to allow for abortion. In the run-up to its introduction, many were clamouring and demanding rights for so-called unborn children. I contrast this with the virtual silence on the deprivation and dire straits many children born in this country experience on a daily...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 370: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money he has made payable to an organisation (details supplied) per annum; the reason these moneys were awarded; the reason accounts were not audited; if previous commitments that this group would be investigated were carried out and the findings of same. [19015/12]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin to immediately address serious health and safety concerns and provide permanent classrooms as the only viable solution to the fact that rot degradation of the prefab floor has resulted in rooms being condemned from usage. [19016/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 407: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the dates of meetings, from the establishment of the task force on Autism in October 2000 up to July 2010, that he, his predecessors, senior officials from his Department and or task forces held with professional bodies in applied behaviour analysis and provide the minutes of those meetings. [19530/12]

Written Answers — Policy Reviews: Policy Reviews (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 408: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that, when matters of science impact directly on education policy decisions, professionals not trained in a particular science to international standards should not be relied upon for clarification on issues pertaining to that science. [19531/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 531: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 29 November 2011, regarding social welfare fraud statistics for 2010: the portion of the €25.9 million cited in her reply that represented suspected fraud and the portion of the €25.9 million saved that represented actual fraud. [18081/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 558: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it is currently taking to process claims for carer's allowance and if she will address these delays by allocating more resources to dealing with claims. [18315/12]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 840: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take in order to implement the Kenny Report. [18355/12]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 841: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) was brought on to the Building Regulation Advisory Board, in view of the problems experienced by residents in their dealings with that person to attend the Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht. [18356/12]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 960: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2011 figures for the number of decisions made by Refugee Applications Tribunal and the number of these rulings which overturned the decision of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. [18088/12]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 961: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures for the individual years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the number of decisions made on subsidiary protection and the number of decisions in which subsidiary protection was granted. [18089/12]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 962: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions made on humanitarian leave to remain and the number of these decisions where humanitarian leave to remain was granted. [18090/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 1155: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money she has made payable to an organisation (details supplied) per annum; the reason these moneys were awarded; the reason accounts were not audited; if previous commitments that this group would be investigated were carried out and the findings of same. [19014/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 1186: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain where the clinical support for the two classroom special needs unit that will operate in the new 24 classroom school in Holywell, County Dublin, due to be open in 2012 will come from, in view of the fact that Beechpark Services have been identified as the key service provider for autistic children, but do not seem to be...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 1268: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding private clinics and women who have received PIP breast implants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18317/12]

Written Answers — Medical Records: Medical Records (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 1271: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to allow the destruction of the nation's newborn screening card blood samples, as urged by the Irish Heart Foundation, due to the importance of these records in the fight against sudden cardiac death [18354/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 1281: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [18410/12]

Private Members' Business. Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: Deputy Flanagan is always a hard act to follow. It is a welcome development that we have spent almost three hours discussing for the first time in the State the issue of abortion rights in a relatively positive way, albeit within limited scope. The discussion has been generally cordial and courteous, with a good tone and engaging debate. People constructively engaged in a balanced way and...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Clare Daly: We are against the fiscal treaty for the economic reasons outlined already in this debate by some of my ULA colleagues, but also on the grounds of the attack that it represents on democracy. Quite a fundamental shift is taking place. It is really a fundamental attack on the basic democratic right to elect a Government and have that Government decide on budgetary and economic strategy. Of...