Results 10,361-10,380 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 919. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the PHECC and the HSA to meet with non-recognised institutions or instructors for first-aid training in order to resolve the ongoing problems as a result of their prohibition on advertising by non-recognised and smaller providers. [55271/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 920. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission legal assessment regarding the PHECC approach to non-recognised and small first-aid training instructors. [55272/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1024. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a pharmacy-based minor ailment scheme. [1369/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1109. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make medicinal cannabis available under the current medical card scheme or under the long-term illness scheme; his views on whether it is time to make it available on an equitable basis to all persons, irrespective of income, in view of the fact that medicinal cannabis is now available by licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an incident that occurred on St. Stephen's Day at a location (details supplied) in which a pack of hunt dogs entered an estate and killed a fox in a person's garden; and the action he plans to take to prevent this happening again in view of the fact that children play in and around this area. [1326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the waiting times for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inspections (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1478. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections carried out by HIQA of an organisation (details supplied) since that organisation began operations; and the dates on which those inspections took place [1207/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 12 December 2017, if consideration will be given to overturning the decision regarding the over age exemption in view of the fact that the decision will result in children with special needs starting primary school at a younger age than children who do not have special needs. [54730/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1505. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has ever carried out an audit of the way in which the more than €7 million given to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 and 2016 was spent; and if Tusla has concerns in regard to the level of directors' remuneration at this service. [1208/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1524. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Charities Regulator is empowered to enforce sanctions against charities operating in contravention of the Charities Act, such as in the case of an organisation (details supplied). [1206/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the pyrite board to increase the allowances for accommodation costs during remediation in view of the substantial rise in rents since the scheme was introduced. [54807/17]

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: Having listened carefully to the debate tonight and before Christmas, I am a little concerned about some of the comments on the Bill and the tone and attitude displayed in some of the contributions towards people who raise concerns about the measures in it. It is becoming an increasingly common feature of society that people who raise concerns and ask for more reasoned dialogue are vilified...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 29. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the discriminatory nature of the eligibility rules for obtaining a State pension (contributory) and its affect in disadvantaging women that in the past chose to take time out of the jobs market in order to raise families. [1910/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department will take in conjunction with the broadband task force to address gaps in the service affecting some homes in rural areas in which telephone lines are not running through a fibre cabinet and are therefore experiencing slow connection speeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1678/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I have a couple of comments and then a few questions. I welcome that we are finally opting into the reception conditions directive. However, we should point out that it was published 15 years ago. It was beefed up five years ago. Asylum seekers used to have the right to work in this State. It was taken away from them 20 years ago. For the guts of those 20 years we have been an outlier...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I do not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I will ask a few questions and see how we go. The statement says that member states that have opted in can require the applicant to contribute towards the cost of accommodation, and so on, if the applicant has sufficient resources, including if they have been working for a reasonable period. The directive seems to set the bar of sufficiency as being to "enable their subsistence". I have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: I refer to the cost of the work permits on the temporary scheme, the one that will be set up until the directive is in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: Is there a list of the excluded categories? Are they being developed or looked at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Directives: Minister for Justice and Equality (17 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: That is a little vague. I do not want to hog the time and I know that other Deputies want to speak. I refer to the implementation group and our submissions to it. We all have a different view of what is reasonable and what is not. Is there a timescale for that? I am sure the committee would like to have an input into that, as would other groups.