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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to initiate an independent investigation into the governance of the two CIÉ pension schemes. [5049/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with CIÉ on behalf of the 10,000 membership of the CIÉ pension schemes to oblige the company to answer all outstanding questions. [5050/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 298. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all private providers of community based residential services operated by or on behalf of Tusla are inspected annually by Tusla registration and inspection services; and if not, the frequency with which such services are inspected. [5012/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 299. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1505 of 16 January 2018 and the answer thereto provided by Tusla, the way in which the more than €7 million in funding provided to the service by Tusla in 2015 and 2016 was spent. [5013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 303. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the implementation of a secure, encrypted, online submission facility for Tusla referrals in view of the fact that at present all Tusla referral forms must be printed off and completed manually by the referrer in order to be submitted. [5225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some counties do not have access to an automated case management system and are instead relying on spreadsheets and manual records for the co-ordination and provision of Tusla services in their areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 305. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the implementation of a recommendation by a company (details supplied) concerning the maintenance of all data in regard to a case opened by Tusla in one digital format in view of the fact that the current system of maintaining separate digital and manual case files could lead to the information in the separate files...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla staff who have been provided with formal training in their rights and obligations under data protection legislation since the establishment of the agency. [5228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Data Protection (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 307. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the third party organisations contracted by Tusla to provide services that have a formal data processor contract in place with Tusla, as is required by data protection legislation. [5229/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the proposed total contributions approach to pensions, persons who retire after 2020 will face cuts of up to 44% in their pensions relative to current rates such as in examples (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5045/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the plan to substantially raise the bar of qualification for a full State contributory pension is a fair and equitable approach for persons retiring after 2020 with reference to the total contribution approach. [5046/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (1 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the effect that gaps in work years other than those spent caring or unemployed will have on pension entitlements when a total contributions approach to pensions is introduced. [5047/18]

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: Six years ago this week, 31 year-old Nora Hyland died in Holles Street hospital. She died from a cardiac arrest as a result of a massive haemorrhage after giving birth to her son, Frederick, by emergency caesarean section. There were no emergency blood supplies in the operating theatre. The coroner believed that the 37-minute delay in getting a transfusion probably cost her her life....

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: I welcome the Minister for Health's initiative to put in place an external review, but it is not enough and it is not a substitute for an inquest. There are a lot of questions around the review, including what the terms of reference and qualifications of a reviewer will be and whether it will be capable of public scrutiny. There is something very wrong in the Department of Justice and...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: Today’s business shall be No. 9, motion re Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018, referral to joint committee, without debate; No. 30, statements on the centenary of women's suffrage; and No. 1, Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad] Second Stage. Private Members business shall be No. 170, motion re rural broadband, selected...

Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to review the supports available to Garda whistleblowers, particularly in view of GSOC's acknowledgement of its lack of resources in fulfilling this function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5652/18]

Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: This question relates to the adequacies, or rather inadequacies, of GSOC with regard to its ability to deal with its function as the recipient of protected disclosures from Garda whistleblowers. This is a matter Deputy Wallace and I have raised on repeated instances, even at the time the legislation was brought forward. We are heartened by the fact GSOC now agrees with us and has itself...

Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: I am afraid the Minister and I are certainly not at one because he is satisfied and I am not, and I am not the only one who is not satisfied. GSOC itself is not satisfied and, more particularly, the Garda whistleblowers who have made protected disclosures to that organisation are not satisfied. There is a very real reason for this, which is that their legitimate complaints which were...

Other Questions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: The Minister can dress it up any way he likes but it has been established that there has been Garda involvement in the drugs trade in Athlone. It is a fact that no action has been taken against those responsible. It is a fact that the person who made the allegations is out sick and his senior manager has recently been promoted despite being at the centre of allegations of bullying and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (6 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of senior Garda appointments made by the Policing Authority at each rank; if he has satisfied himself with the manner in which promotions are being conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5651/18]