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Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: There is no time limit for this.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: There is no time limit on this.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: Absolutely not. Since when? There is no guillotine on this. We have two opportunities to speak.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: The Ceann Comhairle said earlier that movers of amendments could speak three times.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: So, if I stop now, I can finish my points the next time. I would have done it in one go.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I can come in on the next round as well. I will just finish my point in literally two seconds. Officials are tied up on this issue. We would be quite happy to leave Deputy Mattie McGrath in Thurles or Clonmel if he were only damaging himself and his neighbours and they were only damaging each other. Sadly, the activity does not do that. There must be a voice to speak out on that.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I have unlimited time now? For heaven's sake. If the Acting Chairman had allowed me to speak the first time, I would not have come back in.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: There are hugely important issues here. The point about the previous vote is that there is no way only 14 Deputies are opposed to fur farming. The next vote result will be similar. We know from speaking to Deputies from all parties who voted against our amendment that it is not their personal viewpoint. I doubt many people choose to vote for a candidate based on attitudes to hare...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 14:In page 17, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:"(a) the use of hares, (b) the use of canines for the hunting of any animal or the use of canines to extract wild animals that have gone to ground, (c) the digging out of any wild animal gone to ground, (d) the use of ferrets for the hunting of an animal, (e) the culling of badgers, (f) the use of wild...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 30:In page 35, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:"(2) The Minister will be obliged to have regard for experience and qualification when appointing authorised officers.".The appointment of authorised officers is a step forward that we welcome, as would many involved in animal welfare. The Government, however, has to ensure that the people appointed have the...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I will not press the amendment, because of the spirit of the Minister's intention in this regard.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I echo the points made by Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan. This is a quality of life and welfare rather than a pest issue. In that sense, the role of pest companies is not essential. If we are to deal with the issue properly, feral cats should be included in some form in the legislation. We are talking about a population of approximately 1 million such cats in the country. This obviously puts...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way taxi drivers who own perfectly safe and roadworthy vehicles designed to accommodate wheelchairs, are to be compensated; the way those who have lost the mobility allowance are going to travel with less wheelchair accessible taxis on the road, following the decision that such vehicles have to be taken off the road when they are 15...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reverse the decision requiring taxi drivers to take wheelchair taxis off the road once they are 15 years old. [15037/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Proliferation (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting on 10th Anniversary of the war and occupation of Iraq based on false claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, that unsubstantiated claims are currently being made by US and Israel that Iran is developing nuclear weapons together with assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and threats by Israel/US...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: Again, it is important to support the points being made about the media coverage of the debate yesterday and the misrepresentation of what we are trying to deal with. It is yet another example of the very poor quality of media we have in this country. We had a debate on very substantial legislation dealing with animal health and welfare. While we might be among the Minister's biggest...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I record my compliments to the Minister also. Animal protection and welfare are more important than ever against the backdrop of evidence of a rise in cruelty and abandonment on foot of economic issues and general austerity. Protection is required to a greater extent than ever. Undoubtedly, there are significant gaps in the existing provisions. Given that we are catching up through many...

Topical Issue Debate: Fire Safety Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I was absolutely fuming when I read what happened to residents in Lucan because the very same developer was responsible for building units in Balbriggan. I spent years, starting about seven years ago, trying to push Fingal County Council to rectify fire safety issues which are in existence in that estate and must now find out the same builder was responsible for the same thing in a different...

Topical Issue Debate: Fire Safety Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State's response understates the scale of this problem. It is a fact that there are thousands of dwellings that are not compliant with fire safety standards and it is a miracle that multiple fatalities in this regard have not occurred. According to the Minister of State's response, it is understood that opinions of compliance were provided by the developer and its agents for...

Other Questions: Nuclear Proliferation (28 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a public statement calling on Israel to allow the same inspections of its nuclear programme by the International Atomic Energy Agency as it demands of Iran. [15624/13]