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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: Was that the only time the matter was discussed by the board? In earlier responses, Mr. Keeling led me to believe it was discussed frequently at board level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: A question was asked at the board about the reappointment but it was not discussed, despite the board taking the trouble to engage in detailed contacts with the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: The clock was ticking. It was the board's responsibility, yet the matter was never formally raised in a board meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: Does Mr. Keeling accept that was not the right thing to do and that, given that this matter was the responsibility of the board, its members should have been briefed at every turn?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: Mr. Keeling accepts that this was done incorrectly or the wrong way around.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reviews her Department has carried out on the operation of the Garda Reserve which reached its 10th anniversary in September 2016, with particular reference to any plans to improve the pathways from membership of the reserves to a career in An Garda Síochána, including lifting the requirement for a person to be under 35 years of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements that exist when gardaí are present at private sporting events and concerts, with regard to the way payment for these services is calculated, with particular reference to whether there is payment per garda; the financial arrangements relating to payment for Garda reserves; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the gardaí involved with the Abbeylara case 2000 were also involved, either directly or indirectly, with cases (details supplied) prior to the murder; if so, the responsibilities of such personnel in the investigations prior to the murder; the steps that were taken by the Garda Commissioner to have this involvement investigated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the huge disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents by providing funding for a free primary education system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million. [30118/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 5 October 2016 to outline his views on the value of creating a potent disincentive to corrupt practices and whether the recovery of lost revenues where same are exposed and the patterns of success demonstrated in the jurisdiction he cited are strong arguments favouring a more expansive...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waste Disposal Charges (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 114. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline her views on the fact that persons who pay for a company's (details supplied) bin tags via prepay in a post office pay 30 cent more than customers who pay for tags via automated means by saving a credit or debit card to their account; the proportion of this 30 cent that consists of the post office's merchant commission;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: 151. To ask the Minister for Health the date the HSE was first approached by the Central Remedial Clinic to explore the possibility of members of the Central Remedial Clinic pension plan being accepted into a public sector pension scheme for past and-or future service. [30183/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: At lunchtime one of the Dáil wits made the point that yesterday should really have been called "Fiver Tuesday". There was a fiver for everyone in the audience unless one was a young person and not deemed to be good enough to even get the fiver as if it was going to make a fundamental difference to the living standards of people in the State. Like everybody else, I am sure the Minister...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: Yes, thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. That is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I will start where Deputy O'Callaghan left off. The Commissioner said she was not privy to any information about allegations of mistreatment of whistleblowers, that her knowledge was very much based on public commentary and what she heard. Is that statement not contradicted by the fact that counsel for one of the whistleblowers wrote directly to her 14 times over a two-year period outlining...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I have no intention of going into detail on any individual cases but I asked if it was the case that the Commissioner received direct contact on 14 occasions from the counsel for one of the whistleblowers giving very specific information, which I will not give here, outlining his negative experiences as a whistleblower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I am not asking the Commissioner to do that. I am asking her to confirm that she received 14 direct communications from legal counsel about these matters. I think it is a valid question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: I am not asking the Commissioner to give any details about an individual case but I am perfectly entitled to put a question, particularly in the context of O'Higgins, of the public assurances we have received from the Commissioner's offices that the Garda Síochána is a safe place for people to come forward with information when that public statement is contradicted by other issues....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: Nobody has asked the Commissioner to go into individual cases but there have been a large number of public statements and the Commissioner has made more today, to say that she is not privy to any of these complaints or more specific examples that are in the public domain. It is a yes or no question: can the Commissioner confirm whether or not she is aware? She has said she is not privy to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for An Garda Síochána: Garda Commissioner (12 Oct 2016)

Clare Daly: The Commissioner is not aware of any circumstances where such claims would have been made. That has not been brought to her attention.