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Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Jim Daly: Fáiltím roimh an deis labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate and will be as brief as I can in putting a few concise points on the record. This day, and the stalemate we have arrived at in this debate, marks a sad departure. We are seeing the substitution of principled politics with popular politics, and that is...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Jim Daly: -----and changing their tune accordingly as the politics moves the other way. Belatedly they are coming to that party. I come from a constituency where 20% to 30% of the people may not be provided with water, are paying for their own water and have to sink wells, pay maintenance and electricity costs, etc. I hope that point is well understood at this stage. However, the provision of...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Jim Daly: I did not interrupt the Deputy. She gets plenty of airtime to make her points. This is my space. Please allow me to have it, and have some manners, please, Deputy Coppinger.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Jim Daly: Road tax has always gone into the provision of water, and now that the function of the provision of water has been moved from the authorities to Irish Water then so is a certain amount of that funding stream.

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Jim Daly: Politics, in my book, is about leadership, and always will be, making the hard decisions and choices and showing leadership, not about following the populist race to the bottom. I must disagree with my party colleague, who spoke about the charges being refunded. It would be a nonsense to refund charges, and I would hate to see that happen. The law, as laid down in this House for right or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (27 Apr 2016)

Jim Daly: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances where the Revenue Commissioners have foregone the collection of interest on late payments of tax due made for whatever reason for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Data (27 Apr 2016)

Jim Daly: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the situation that the Revenue Commissioners does not collate data of a particular type of tax relief (details supplied) which is costing the Exchequer revenue annually; if he is satisfied that the Revenue Commissioners is not in a position to advise his Department the amount the particular relief is costing the Exchequer annually;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (4 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the 2015 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing legislation to rebalance liability when an accident occurs, notwithstanding the separation of the Judiciary and the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10158/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10525/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Application (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance if there were instances over the past 15 years where the Revenue Commissioners formally approved relief to a tax payer who had worked abroad for a State agency under section 774(7)(d) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and subsequently reversed this approval and sought the payment of the amount of relief; the reason for this; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Application (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 27 April 2016, why the details of amounts carried forward in the manner described are not separately identifiable; to request the Revenue Commissioners to calculate and identify these; how it is possible that a number of applications for such relief have been denied and a number of applications have been approved;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to issue a final response to an issue (detail supplied) referred to his office in September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9361/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to accept a late application for electrical works from a school under the summer works scheme which missed the deadline due to a genuine administrative error; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9597/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken over the past five years to ensure an adequate supply of social housing is available to approved social housing applicants; the immediate measures he will take to alleviate the current crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10357/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to amend the taxation rates of private motor vehicles and base them on certified emissions values by national car test centres regardless of the age of the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9371/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 500. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to assure those in receipt of a payment under the jobseeker's scheme or any other payment who may be eligible for supported employment due to illness, injury, mental ill health or disability that they will continue to have access to the additional support they need through the EmployAbility programme to return to the labour force...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Correspondence (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to issue a final response to a query that was sent to her office in February 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10425/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the grants available through local social inclusion projects to support arts and disability projects that are associated and assisting with mental health recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9893/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (17 May 2016)

Jim Daly: 811. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to eradicate the waiting list for routine orthodontic treatment, which is in excess of four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/16]