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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 1 February 2018, if a decision has been made as to the timeframe for the establishment of the review committee provided for under section 62 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if so, the timeframe in this regard. [6715/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 1 February 2018, his views on the inconsistencies in the inspection report of 2016 regarding declarations of compliance (details supplied). [7276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason stable staff employed in Northern Ireland have never received pensions or received moneys from the now wound up defined benefit stable staff pension scheme. [7279/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the winding up of the defined benefit stable staff pension scheme; the number of beneficiaries; the amount of money distributed; and the cost to administer the wind up. [7280/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Staff (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria which are applied for stable staff employees to become members of the newly formed defined contribution scheme, the stable employees pension scheme; his views on the adequacy of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7281/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry Funding (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s decision on 25 January 2018 to report potential allegations of criminality regarding the foal levy to An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7293/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an incident on 5 February 2018 when a number of hounds from a club (details supplied) ran onto the M3 resulting in the death of four dogs and creating a significant danger for motorists; the steps he will take to sanction the club; and his plans for legislation to ban fox hunting. [7327/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to an incident on 5 February 2018 when a number of hounds from a club (details supplied) ran onto the M3 resulting in the death of four dogs and creating a significant danger for motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 601. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the "vox pop" style document circulated by Galway County Council as part of its consultation process on the burial site at Bon Secours, Tuam; and her views on whether this is an appropriate method of consultation in view of the sensitive nature of the matter. [6815/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 330 to 332, inclusive, of 1 February 2018, if her attention has been drawn to the conclusions of the recent actuarial review of the Social Insurance Fund in regard to using a 30-year basis for full pension entitlement (details supplied), in particular the conclusion that under a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the guarantees or provision she plans to make for the first generation of pensioners under the total contributions approach from 2020 onwards in order that persons will not be faced with significant cuts to their pension expectations with no time to adjust their planning; and if her attention has been drawn to a conclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the home care credits in the total contributions approach will be allocated in the same way that unemployment credits are, namely, that in the same contribution year a person can have a mix of paid contributions and home care credits. [7243/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change a core principle of the State contributory pension by introducing means testing in view of the fact that she has referred to other sources of income in discussions on the impact of pension rate changes on affected pensioners. [7244/18]

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: I will be relatively brief because I am losing the will to live listening to some of the contributions we have had to endure here tonight. I do not say that lightly. However, nobody should be patting themselves on the back because of this legislation. This is one of the worst examples of the misnamed “new politics”. What we have is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will request that the EPA carry out an impact study on the effects of increased energy use and its implications for Ireland's obligations under the Paris Agreement (details supplied). [7246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department will take to practically support the inclusion of community based micro energy generation initiatives in the renewable energy support scheme. [7245/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: 209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the investigation by the Irish Greyhound Board, IGB, control board into a race (details supplied); if the win stands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7557/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: I thank the representatives from An Garda Síochána for coming. I offer my sympathy to the family of the late Detective Superintendent Colm Fox and his colleagues. I do not want to repeat points made by others, but there are two issues, the first of which is the recording and classification of homicides, while the second is the internal review. There is no doubt that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: However, the acting Commissioner does not consider that the statement by Deputy Commissioner Twomey that they were minor issues was accurate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Clare Daly: It does not tally with what the acting Commissioner has subsequently found out.