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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Code of Practice (28 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 152 and 153 of 14 November 2017, the rationale for his inaction in view of the fact that an organisation (details supplied) and the CEO of a company have expressed concern regarding the matter and have asked that it be addressed; and his plans to take action regrading same. [50424/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (28 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will liaise with the Turkish Embassy in Dublin and with the Turkish Government in Ankara with a view to using all possible diplomatic means to help the return of 54 missing children (details supplied) and the return of the bodies of those missing children that may have died; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (28 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assistance her Department can provide for the development of a wildlife rehabilitation hospital and visitor centre in Fingal in view of the fact that such rescue centres are in operation throughout the UK. [50180/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take in respect of coursing similar to his Department's policy to ban the use of animals for entertainment purposes at circuses in view of his Department's commitment to animal welfare and the recent video footage of hares being severely mauled at meetings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (28 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the information in her possession in terms of the Pensions Authority investigation of a company's (details supplied) second supplementary fund wind up; when it is likely to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50020/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (28 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that was loaned in mortgages for newly built homes over the past 25 to 30 years. [50237/17]

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress on addressing problems in regard to the distribution of financial assets in a pension scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50585/17]

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I sympathise with the Minister as, like her, I am following so many pensions investigations and I am not sure what she thinks this question is about or even what my office thinks it is about. In my head, it covers two elements. The first is a progress report on the investigation sought by the Minister from the Pensions Authority into the Aer Lingus second supplementary pension scheme. It...

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank the Minister. I suppose the reassurance that staff and members of the scheme want is to know the investigation is still being actively pursued. There is a worry about a time delay. I remind the House we were dealing with a case where a second supplementary pension scheme had €100 million in it was sitting there for two years, belonging to people who had retired in the mean...

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank the Minister. There are broader matters linking to this scheme, the wind-up and annuities being purchased for pensioners. This morning, a joint life annuity allowing for 1.5% inflation per year would cost €37 for every €1 of pension. We discussed last week the need to seriously address that area. There is some form of consultation that the Department will initiate in...

Disclosures Tribunal: Motion [Private Members] (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I understand fully the motivation of Sinn Féin in tabling the motion. Given that the motion of no confidence was cancelled, it was entirely appropriate that we would discuss these justice issues. However, like Deputy Wallace, I do not see any need to support a change in the terms of reference. I must say, and I am not talking about Sinn Féin, that some of the ignorance that has...

Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Second Stage (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak tonight. Many Deputies have spoken about the inadequacies of the legislation, which need to be emphasised and emphasised again. Last week, we passed the Finance Bill in the House. Parts of the Bill and amendments to it were intended to address the appalling vista that AIB is going to pay no tax in the State for the next 20 years because it can...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the gap between the age at which the State pension becomes payable and the age at which public servants must retire; her plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50586/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 291. To ask the Minister for Health if all maternity units are complying with the obligation to publish a monthly maternity patient safety statement; if not, the hospitals which have never submitted a monthly maternity patient safety statement; and the hospitals which failed to publish a monthly maternity patient safety statement in each of the months December 2015 to date in 2017. [50816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 300. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement a system of clocking in for consultants in hospitals to prevent the abuses revealed by a programme (details supplied) which have led to some consultants being paid tens of thousands of euro for work they did not do and to increased wait times for persons in public hospitals. [50853/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (29 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if data transmitted between her Department's central server and local branch offices is transmitted via HTTPS or HTTP. [50770/17]

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland’s participation in two European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: Labour is also voting for it.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland’s participation in two European Defence Agency Projects: Motion (30 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: Obviously, we understand that the SatCom project, which we are being asked to sign up to in this motion, has a variety of uses. It will involve a pay per use of the system for defence forces in the field. However, as part of that debate it would be wrong not to look at the EU satellite technology and to highlight the use of satellites and satellite data transmission as part of Europe's...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (30 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 24 October 2017, the progress of his examination; if an appropriate framework is in place, to allow persons a simple and effective route to resolve complaints in regard to financial service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50802/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (30 Nov 2017)

Clare Daly: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the Central Bank is sufficiently empowered to identify all persons affected by the tracker mortgage scandal as part of its investigation of same in view of the recent revelation that an additional 6,000 persons had been overcharged by a bank (details supplied) 18 months after the commencement of Phase 2 of the investigation...