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Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I am not sure what the Taoiseach needs to have clarified as it is a fact that the United States authorities engaged in the surveillance that has been alleged. I note the Taoiseach is not willing to condemn the actions of the United States and chose instead to diminish them by describing them as a matter of concern. They are a matter of very grave concern, which will have serious...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the local property tax, if a person who has previously paid for tests which showed that their home has pyrite, is required to pay for a new building assessment which would cost them more than the local property tax exemption that they are seeking; and the steps available to them in this situation. [31775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance the way a person with pyrite secures an exemption in relation to the local property tax. [31776/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will compare the cost of the outsourcing of cleaning and security in his Department, as opposed to direct recruitment; and if he will justify this increased cost against the backdrop of the pursuance of savings and efficiencies. [24515/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Appointments (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 423. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to any previous academic malpractice in relation to a person (details supplied); and if so, if this was known prior to said person's appointment to the Science Foundation Ireland. [32066/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 456. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to implement a system whereby maintenance orders which are awarded to social welfare recipients would be deducted from their social welfare payments. [31791/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the way the authors of the Keeping Communities Safe document arrived at the manning levels for Dublin as outlined in Appendix One of the document; and his views on whether the levels indicated in the document will have an effect on the standards of operations in the Dublin Fire Service. [31499/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 169, the legislative basis upon which he feels he is not in a position to comment on the specific property, a braille reader, which is subject to a complaint to the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission. [31788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to ensure that maintenance orders are enforced and the moneys awarded to families are paid up as requested by the courts; and if he has any plans to improve this situation. [31790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that legislation is urgently implemented to regulate the admission of counselling notes in sexual abuse cases. [31792/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 667. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Mallow Hospital will not take children under six years of age and yet the south dock facility only has one night doctor and in the event of a day doctor being late on the shift, potentially has no staff available to deal with medical emergencies; and the steps he intends to take to ensure that children in medical emergencies have access to timely...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Instruction Regulation (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 713. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations governing the course provided by driving schools for those desiring to become driving instructors on the basis of huge surplus of such persons and the amount of money it is costing persons to take the courses. [31800/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 720. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the legislative or regulatory basis where it specifies that a vehicle over 15 years of age can not be a taxi. [32030/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 721. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons the age of a vehicle is being pushed as a defining criteria in suitability of vehicles against the backdrop of National Car Testing and other standards which must be adhered to. [32031/13]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: One issue in the section has not been dealt with by amendment, so I need to mention it here, namely, inserting the word "maternal" in the Title of the Bill. The circumstances of the X case were about the protection of maternal life and that is what the Bill is designed to do; to provide for lawful abortion where there is a risk to the maternal life. That is why we are here. Inserting the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I am not satisfied with the response of either Minister on these amendments. Many people who have anti-abortion views that differ considerably from my pro-choice position would feel that this aspect of the matter needs to be addressed. I do not think either Minister is doing that sufficiently. The Minister for Justice and Equality has described what we are subjecting women to as...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: With respect to the Minister's response, I think he misunderstands what the Constitution does. He is correct that it gives protection to the life of unborn, but the point that has been raised by other legal opinion is that where there is no life to protect, the constitutional protection no longer applies. That is why fatal foetal abnormalities and inevitable miscarriages are potentially...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that no plans for a graduate tax, student loan or student voucher system in relation to university fees will be considered in Budget 2014. [32006/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a State-funded study on the impact of increasing student registration fees was conducted in recent years; and if so, what the findings revealed. [32007/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sunbed Usage (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislation to protect young persons from sunbed use as a result of the huge incidents of skin cancer resulting from same [32306/13]