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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (6 Apr 2016)

Clare Daly: 667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amounts paid under the Caranua scheme; and the range of awards in terms of the amounts paid to single persons. [5619/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Clare Daly: 673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to sanction an additional class for a school (details supplied ) in County Dublin, given that over 46 children who meet the eligibility category enrolment criteria for the school have not been granted a place for September 2016, and that other schools in the area are similarly oversubscribed. [5673/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Apr 2016)

Clare Daly: 699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 22 March 2016, wherein she stated Bus Éireann's school bus maintenance costs per kilometre, to confirm whether she has a control system in place for maintenance charges and other charges that is independent of Bus Éireann's internal control; her views on assurances received from Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (6 Apr 2016)

Clare Daly: 709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 454 of 22 March 2016, if there is any difference between the term "return to risk", associated with the school transport business, in the explanatory notes published with the audited statement of accounts of Bus Éireann, published on her Department's website, the term "balancing figure" at page 12 of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (6 Apr 2016)

Clare Daly: 806. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Air Cargo aeroplane which landed at Shannon Airport in County Clare on 25 March 2016 was en route to Bagram in Afghanistan; and if an exemption was sought under the 1973 order in this regard. [5618/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Applications (6 Apr 2016)

Clare Daly: 815. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why persons who already have the new identification card, pink driver's licence, cannot send the National Driver Licence Service forms by post, but instead have to present themselves when renewing their driver's licence. [5696/16]

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: The Minister's attitude to the latest EU meeting, in celebrating the failure of the EU to agree a system in which we would be incentivising a reduction in milk supply, is a little like the fellow who is laughing at the funeral and crying at the wedding. While there are many circumstances in which such a reaction might be appropriate, it is not the norm. The Minister's reaction is out of...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: If we park that for now and look at what is going on in the world, and consider a holistic approach to agriculture, factoring in the environmental costs, then the only conclusion that could be drawn is that we need to take an entirely different approach, instead of responding systematically to short-term interests and being motivated by farmers' incomes - which are important but are not the...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: That is my next point. I find it intriguing that I am the only Deputy the Minister has chosen to interrupt. I am glad to see the Minister is continuing in this Dáil as he left off in the previous one. If the Minister does not mind, I will address the point in a minute. It is unacceptable that total greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland, with a population of 4.5 million, are greater...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: No, we are not. Ramping up production of dairy and beef and arguing at EU level for the right to continue to do so, as the Minister did last week, is incredibly shortsighted and will drive us into further costs, environmentally and financially. One of the key actions we must take is to turn away from beef and dairy towards more sustainable agriculture, and changing our diet is a key part of...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: It is somewhat poignant that this discussion is taking place against the backdrop of the appalling terrorist attacks in Belgium, a slaughter of innocents and an experience which, unfortunately, is an almost daily occurrence in the Middle East and is now happening in mainland Europe. While we obviously offer our deepest sympathies to the victims of that atrocity and condemn those actions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to ensure that no JobBridge vacancies or internships are offered to organisations which engage in animal cruelty (details supplied) in County Waterford. [4729/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessments which were modified downwards by the deciding officer in contradiction to the original medical assessor for awards for social protection payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4730/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 11. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why medical eligibility criteria in calculating the fixed percentage of social protection awards is not published; if she will rectify this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4731/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the application of medical eligibility criteria in determining social protection payments, with particular reference to the discretion exercised with regard to loss of faculty; if the system is sufficiently consistent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4732/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to review the cessation of payments under the family income supplement scheme to persons on their reaching 22 years of age, given that he or she may continue to be a full-time dependant in full-time education. [4734/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the options available to persons who pay large yearly management fees on their properties but who get no tax relief, given that persons who rent their homes get tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4735/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 215. To ask the Minister for Defence why members of the Reserve Defence Forces are not receiving 1916 Centenary service medals, which honour is being restricted to the members of the permanent Defence Forces. [4737/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Heading (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 225. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which she will require multinationals in receipt of funding from State agencies, to employ at least 3% of persons with disabilities, akin to the requirement under the Disability Act 2005 in the public service. [4736/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Mar 2016)

Clare Daly: 229. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that the cost of citizenship at an approximate minimum cost of €1,000 is prohibitive and acts as a deterrent to many residents who are fully settled in Ireland applying for citizenship and having a say in the democratic process; and if and how she will reduce this amount or implement a system whereby the amount due can...