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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 8:In page 5, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of Act of 19975. The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following new section after section 11: “12. The Minister shall, within 12 months of the enactment of this Act, lay before the Oireachtas a review of bail supports available in the State, to include but not limited...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: It can be included in that. Obviously, one cannot review nothing. That is a pretty serious indictment of our system. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to know that this is the key way to ensure that bail conditions are adhered to and it works particularly well with vulnerable groups. We have the children and young people's part, which is key, but those with chaotic lifestyles or...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I will withdraw it on that basis but I will submit a rewording. The Minister of State might like to put in something himself because it is not specifically provided for in the Bill. We need to reach a position where we cannot talk about bail without bail supports.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 9:In page 7, line 4, after "reasons" to insert "in writing". These amendments provide that a judge must give his or her reasons in writing for decisions to grant or refuse bail. The reason they should be in writing relates to transparency. It promotes public confidence in the system. In some instances, it would give victims a greater understanding of why a judge...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: They are all the same.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: The arguments put forward by the Minister of State and the other Deputies are pretty compelling in terms of the practicalities in an overall sense and how this, as put forward, would be unworkable. I accept that. Having accepted that, there are issues in respect of the rights of the person involved - or even the victim - and his or her ability to access the thinking of the judge in that...

Personal Explanation by Member (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank the Office and staff of the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating my request to make a personal explanation in regard to remarks I made during Department of Defence questions on 13 December 2016, in which I inadvertently upset the family of Lieutenant Colonel McNamee of the 35th Battalion commission in the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo. My Department of Defence question was to...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: We will all benefit from the opportunity to discuss these issues here tonight. There is an acceptance on our part that the scope of the Bill is too broad and there is agreement with some of the points made by some of the other Deputies and an acknowledgement that there may be some mistakes in the drafting. It brings me back to the points made by Deputy Darragh O'Brien that should this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 in order that the remediation scheme would be based on the presence of pyrite rather than significant damage. [16805/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of cases approved for pyrite remediation under the exceptional circumstances provision in the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16804/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Children's Rights (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on drawing up regulations to provide clarity regarding the appointment of experts to hear the voice of the child in family law cases, as provided for in the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [17180/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the Caranua appeals process is in crisis with decisions taking over 12 months to process; and if the part-time appeals officer's role will be included in the terms of reference for the review into the scheme. [17154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the provision of a new school (details supplied) and the timeline for works. [17177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Domestic Violence Incidence (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons living in refuge shelters or other locations provided for victims of domestic violence, with reference to the latest homelessness report form his Department in February 2017. [17155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to appoint welfare inspectors in each county to enforce the provisions of the Animal Welfare Act 2013. [17176/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (6 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent media reports (details supplied) of Irish animals exported to the Middle East being slaughtered in breach of EU regulations; if he will consider banning live exports to these destinations and replace with meat exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17215/17]

Other Questions: State Pensions (11 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: 47. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to alleviate the financial hardship that will be endured by many persons due to an absence of financial bridging in the social protection system and the time-limited nature of jobseeker's benefit (details supplied). [17757/17]

Other Questions: State Pensions (11 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: This question arises from the massive race of the previous Government to increase the pension age in 2012 without putting in place any financial bridging arrangements to cushion the blow from the way in which our pension schemes operate, with the result that many people who took early retirement had their pension based on an un-coordinated basis until they reached the age of 65. However,...

Other Questions: State Pensions (11 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: Notwithstanding the Minister's answer, there is still an enormous gap because of the rules around the State contributory pension and indeed rules around pension schemes. I will give an example of a former Aer Lingus colleague of mine who took early retirement. His pension was €25,615 per year. He celebrated his 65th birthday in January 2017 but it was not much of a celebration...

Other Questions: State Pensions (11 Apr 2017)

Clare Daly: The problem is that the Minister does not have the solution but I would be somewhat reassured if I thought he was actively looking for one. What the question is saying is that we need to put a system in place that addresses this. The Minister calls it an anomaly. I call it a deliberate gap or a gap that has arisen because of the way we structure our State contributory pension scheme and...