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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: Would Ms O'Toole agree that this process here and the Citizens' Assembly is the equivalent, we are informing the people as to why we want to go in that direction and it is really the same kind of guidance?

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: We live in a society with a dysfunctional police service. For years Fine Gael was supposedly the party of law and order. When the Taoiseach was a mere Cabinet Minister, twice he distinguished himself on policing issues, and we were never shy to recognise as much: getting the penalty points issues onto the record of the Dáil and supporting whistleblowers, whom he called "distinguished"....

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: Last Friday evening, a young woman died in Athlone. She was 27 years of age, a sister, a daughter and a friend. She was the second death from heroin in Athlone in the past two years, the same two years it has been since Garda whistleblower Nick Kehoe went to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, to complain about the manner in which the investigation into his protected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: It was Fine Gael and the Labour Party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: My last point was about the children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: The replies are quite lengthy and have not necessarily been responses to my questions. Perhaps that is something to bear in mind. Regarding children and the recommendations made by the special rapporteur on child protection, Dr. Geoffrey Shannon, who appeared before the committee last week, he said he has had no contact from the Policing Authority, which I found astounding, particularly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: I do not mean this in a personal way, but I find it amazing that the Policing Authority cannot answer how many of the recommendations have been implemented. Some of the recommendations were quite simple - for example, the laminated card, the risk principles, the new ones that Dr. Shannon designed. The Policing Authority's brief is to oversee systems and principles, and children is a key one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: Limited as the legislation is, I would have thought the authority could have done more in some areas and I want to home in on some of those now. The first concerns appointments and removals, picking up on Deputy Wallace's point about the Garda Commissioner and the authority's failure to recommend to the Government that she be removed. It has now been well established that keeping her in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: It seems a striking response when added to Ms Feehily's earlier indication that the authority does not, under the legislation, have the role to appoint the new Garda Commissioner but that this comes under the Public Appointments Service instead. The witness is now saying that what the law really means is that the authority would never recommend the removal of a Garda Commissioner. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: They also have quite a few positives to offer here. They probably look across at us thinking what while they may be bad, at least they are not like us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: This committee wrote to the Policing Authority before the summer to express our concerns with regard to promotions, which is one of the authority's central roles. This correspondence has not been acknowledged, which I find quite shocking given that it is one of the body's central briefs. It has been well established that to transform the culture inside the force, one needs to look at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recent issues relating to An Garda Síochána: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: I thank Ms Feehily for attending. When we raise questions and make criticisms of the authority, they are mainly aimed at a body that was set up poorly, so its members are dealing with a flawed product. It was built into the legislation that the authority would be reviewed after two years, with 1 January specified in the Act as the end of that period. In that context, I would be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to act on recommendations of the report of the Moore street consultative group. [40527/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Animal Welfare (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capacity in which NPWS officers are using Larsen traps; the time of year in which they are being used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40526/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address a situation in a school (details supplied) whereby the school's speech and language class can accommodate only seven pupils, the same number as could be accommodated 20 years ago. [40862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the severe shortage of speech and language places for children in north County Dublin schools. [40863/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children refused a speech and language place on grounds of capacity shortage must undergo another psychological assessment and another speech and language assessment the following year at a cost to the HSE; his views on whether a better use of resources would be to provide speech and language...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 156. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 20 September 2017, if the 2015 circular on sleepover pay rates and its funding in the 2015 service plan applies to all HSE-funded section 38 and section 39 organisations in the sector. [40872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 7 of 30 November 2016, the progress on the development and roll-out of a tuberculosis vaccination programme for badgers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40870/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Clare Daly: 197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) contracted by her Department to provide Jobpath services is demanding that users register with a London-based company. [40865/17]