Results 4,041-4,060 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1109. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make medicinal cannabis available under the current medical card scheme or under the long-term illness scheme; his views on whether it is time to make it available on an equitable basis to all persons, irrespective of income, in view of the fact that medicinal cannabis is now available by licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an incident that occurred on St. Stephen's Day at a location (details supplied) in which a pack of hunt dogs entered an estate and killed a fox in a person's garden; and the action he plans to take to prevent this happening again in view of the fact that children play in and around this area. [1326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce the waiting times for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inspections (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1478. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections carried out by HIQA of an organisation (details supplied) since that organisation began operations; and the dates on which those inspections took place [1207/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 12 December 2017, if consideration will be given to overturning the decision regarding the over age exemption in view of the fact that the decision will result in children with special needs starting primary school at a younger age than children who do not have special needs. [54730/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1505. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has ever carried out an audit of the way in which the more than €7 million given to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 and 2016 was spent; and if Tusla has concerns in regard to the level of directors' remuneration at this service. [1208/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1524. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Charities Regulator is empowered to enforce sanctions against charities operating in contravention of the Charities Act, such as in the case of an organisation (details supplied). [1206/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure (16 Jan 2018)

Clare Daly: 1734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request the pyrite board to increase the allowances for accommodation costs during remediation in view of the substantial rise in rents since the scheme was introduced. [54807/17]

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank the Deputies who contributed. My points were in no way a reflection of any decision by the Ceann Comhairle's office or the ruling out of order; I understand fully how that process works and I fully accept it. It was more to do with the fact that because there has been so much dedicated and hands-on work behind the scenes in preparation for bringing the Bill here, between...

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 8:In page 4, line 17, to delete “and the corresponding duty” and substitute “which is an indigenous language in its own right used by a sizeable minority in the State and the duty”. As this is my only amendment that has not been ruled out of order, I will make some points on it and on some of my other amendments. I do not know if somebody has...

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: No.

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: It is nice to finish the year, almost, on a positive note. Like everyone else, I am delighted to see this Bill before the House tonight. There is no doubt that a huge number of people have campaigned on this issue for so long. It was a great shame that it was voted down by the previous Administration. There are over 70 million users of sign language worldwide and after this legislation is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to develop a coordinated national coastal plan to prioritise the most at risk inhabited and to develop a unified approach to the management of coastal erosion nationwide. [53063/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the steps being taken to prevent further damage to dunes at Portrane, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53466/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 5 December 2017, if he will clarify that while the absolute numbers of prisoners on restricted regimes have decreased, the percentage of prisoners on restricted regimes has doubled between October 2013 and October 2017. [54017/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Institute (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has confidence in the Marine Institute after it issued a statement on 8 December 2017 in relation to the viral disease he identified in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 8 November 2017 (details supplied). [53694/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Institute (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct the Marine Institute to issue a correction of equal prominence to its erroneous statement on 8 December 2017 claiming that only salmon contract cardiomyopathy and inform the public of the highly transmissible nature of the cardiomyopathy virus as made clear in peer reviewed published research. [53695/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Institute (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he plans to take to ensure that the Marine Institute is properly staffed to guarantee that information provided to the public is scientifically accurate. [53696/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases (details supplied); and if he will reconsider his refusal to release information with regard to the outbreak of cardiomyopathy resulting in 200,000 mortalities of farmed salmon and numerous wild mackerel reported to Inland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Dec 2017)

Clare Daly: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the virus cardiomyopathy has been found in the lice that infect farmed salmon. [53698/17]