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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: Can the report be circulated beforehand?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Select Committee (8 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: How much time will the meeting on 22 November take? It starts at 11.30 a.m., but when does it finish?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Rates (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that there are no further cutbacks in Budget 2013 in any payments benefits or allowances to elderly citizens and that the cutbacks in the last two budgets for this category be reversed. [49912/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Homemakers Schemes (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in Budget 2013 for a backdating of the home-makers scheme from 1994 back to 1964 in order to ensure that workers with and interrupted PRSI record do not lose out on their contributory State pension. [49913/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of reviews that have been carried out by the Chief Appeals Officer each year since 2005. [49923/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the expected timeframe for developing a stand alone specification for hard core as outlined in recommendation 15 of the Pyrite Panel Report. [49969/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on his dealings with the stakeholders regarding a solution to the pyrite issue. [49970/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the publication of the Mental Capacity Bill 2008; and if he will address this matter urgently. [49633/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will conduct a review of the location of speed cameras and the inconsistency in speed limits signage in order to improve road safety. [49402/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: Like Deputy O'Brien I was surprised by the statement that the system is working when it demonstrably is not. I do not wish to be smart about it but I expected an acknowledgement or apology to the students and families who are enduring monumental hardship as a result of the flaws in the system. It is not a matter of dispute. The impression being given was that somehow this was the fault of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: I asked about the appeals issue, the issues about Revenue and the reason a different system was not set up from the outset.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: Is there a procedure for when an error is immediately spotted or must that go through the entire appeal process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: Separately. It does not have to go through the entire process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: The other members would acknowledge they were not answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: Our discussion has revealed that a crisis exists. I am not being smart when I say that the huge human cost has not been adequately acknowledged. Ms Stewart has acknowledged that the proposed solution will not alleviate the problem for at least 10,000 students. We will have a problem leaving this meeting, although it is nothing compared to the students who cannot sit their exams, go to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: In fairness, the Minister has wasted quite a bit of time already. This is not the first time we have heard the Minister say he is going to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: It is. What I heard earlier, I have heard twice before. I was patient on the two previous occasions, but now my patience is wearing thin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: Yes, I will. I would like to know why I should believe the Minister this time when I may have believed him the last time, although no progress seems to have been made. That is my first question. Second, when the Minister says that the financial sector is now prepared to come in with an up-front kitty, or whatever, does that mean all the financial institutions? Can the Minister provide us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: Yes, I am. There are people whose houses are falling down and who are being denied-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Clare Daly: I know that. I am responding to the points the Minister made about the traffic light system and the amber category. As a result of the pyrite panel, we have homes which were being remediated by Premier Insurance but are not anymore because they are in the amber category. Those properties are not displaying enough proof of pyrite and are connected to timber framing. That is a negative...