Results 1,961-1,980 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (4 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 271. To ask the Minister for Health to rank by price the amount the State spends, or subsidises by tax relief on prescribed medication and or prescription refunds, on the top ten prescribed drugs. [32796/13]

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the 12 month interest-only criterion to enable a person to receive mortgage interest supplement. [32891/13]

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I must say that there is a real problem with this scheme. As the Minister pointed out, only 12,000 homeowners are in receipt of it, yet we have almost 100,000 people in mortgage arrears, many of whom have lost their jobs. The reality is that some of those people do not have the economic wherewithal to sustain an arrangement with their lenders for 12 months of interest-only payments. They...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: The cat is clearly out of the bag and we are now dealing with an open crisis. As Deputy O'Dea noted, however, it is not unexpected because we knew this day would come. Some 400 of these schemes have already closed over the past five years and 300 out of the 900 existing schemes have failed to meet existing standards. What this means in reality is that the reasonable expectation of tens of...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: The Minister's response is totally unacceptable. The statement that the crisis in defined benefit schemes is because of increased life expectancy and a downturn in the financial market is not true. He has failed to address the points I raised regarding very profitable companies that are using the current situation as an excuse to avoid their responsibility. Defined benefit schemes are not...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to bring in legislation to deduct maintenance orders from social welfare payments where the court order is ignored. [32892/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflict Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli Government's plans to ethnically cleanse the Naqab, Negev; and if he will make urgent representation to the Israeli Government to express concerns regarding the negative and destructive consequences of such a policy. [33007/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm the destination, purpose and cargo of three US military airplanes (details supplied) which landed at Shannon on 30 June 2013. [33008/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Boston College Case (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will, on the back of the revelations of the extensive spying by the American National Security Agency, which has also been revealed to be used by the British GCHQ, raise the issue of the second Boston College subpoena with his counterparts in the United States and United Kingdom; if his attention has been drawn to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene and condemn the Colombian authorities for vicious oppression of the peasant protest movement in Catatumbo and demand the establishment of a negotiating forum to solve the crisis and to implement what is a legal and constitutional right of the peasant population and to ensure reparation for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance in what capacity was a person (details supplied) a member of the board of the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he was representing himself or the trade union movement. [33006/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the way the ISPCA pounds are tended and pay particular reference to the large numbers of dogs which are killed despite being healthy and potentially having the ability to be re-housed. [33055/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any instances in which the American National Security Agency and-or the British use of National Security Agency records has compromised any Irish citizens and-or their lawyers; if he will raise the issuance of the second subpoena of the Boston College oral history archives, as a result of electronic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum on Marriage Equality (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he proposes to bring forward a referendum to deal with marriage equality. [33367/13]

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: Does the Taoiseach agree that one of the great ironies of the present age is that older citizens are required to work longer simply to make ends meet because half the population do not have any pension provision, while the other half who thought they were the lucky ones have found out that they are not lucky at all after paying tens of thousands of euro into schemes that will be worth...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I suppose the problem the Taoiseach has is one that prevails across the Government, namely, that there is an enormous disconnect between their words and the reality on the ground, the proof people experience. The reality on the ground is that there are fewer people in employment now than there were when the Government came to power. The Taoiseach has told us consistently and reiterated...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: If the Taoiseach accepts this is an emergency, as he says he does, where is his emergency response?

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: There has been an unbelievable disconnect between the real lives of citizens in this State and the discussion that has been conducted here in this House and in many elements of the media. It demonstrates how disconnected this House is from society. The reality is that the Bill and the discussion that has been held over the past while represent little more than substantial grandstanding,...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: We are well aware of the deficiencies in this as a result of the eighth amendment. It was important for us to point that out in our contributions. Even within that restrictive basis, this Bill could have gone further than the Minister has allowed. He talks about there being no new rights in it on which he is absolutely correct. The point we are making is that not only are there no new...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: We have been waiting 21 years for it.