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Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: It is all their fault; the Taoiseach is in a bunker.

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: The Minister knows well there are major problems in this area and the bias, although not specific, comes from the manner in which the contracts are constructed and the reality, as a result, is that small and micro-businesses end up being unfairly disadvantaged. The proof is that Irish manufacturers which may have previously made uniforms for State services or provided school books and so on...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: What we see is really neoliberalism unleashed. The centralisation of these-----

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: If the Minister buttoned it for a bit, he might listen. The centralisation of these contracts has resulted in the de factoexclusion of small and medium-sized businesses. That is a fact. These are the employers that make up the majority of employment prospects for Irish citizens. The point I am making is that other EU countries have managed EU rules to protect their own employers.

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: The Minister has been found wanting and with the Government imposing a turnover limit on companies, the European Commission has found that it wrongly excluded SMEs from competing, for example, for the Eircom contract. Businesses are arguing that many of them cannot tender for the work; large companies are tendering but the actual work is contracted out afterwards. That the Government has...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact on Irish small and medium enterprises of the tendering process for Government contracts which favours big businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1940/16]

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: This question follows on from points made by Deputies Wallace and McDonald earlier about the procurement process. The Government spends billions annually on goods and services and in capital expenditure. I note the Minister said in response to the other Deputies that he is aware there are problems and that he is working on the issues, but that will be too late for many small businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that the local knowledge of residents regarding patterns of flooding in their areas is taken into account as part of the medium-term and long-term efforts to deal with the flooding problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1941/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 283. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 1 December 2015, if she will provide sign language interpreters to deaf persons for a certain number of hours each year free of charge, as put forward in the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2013, as one of the mechanisms for the promotion and recognition of Irish Sign...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (19 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funds distributed by Caranua, by heading and by the number of persons in 2015; and the amount of funds remaining to be distributed. [2058/16]

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: Yes.

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: We all got texts. I saw the Ceann Comhairle getting agitated, so I thought I should tell him just in case. The important point is the Government's assertion that competition will create more places. There has been an increase, but where organisations are running nursing home care to generate a profit, it is a problem. A lady in my area was approaching her 95th birthday and was ready to...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: It is a fact that there have been more people on hospital trolleys during the watch of this Government and the so-called days of recovery than under the darkest hours of its predecessor. The counter-motion put forward by the Government today tries, in essence, to blame citizens for getting older and causing the crisis. It is utterly ludicrous. There are people on trolleys because they...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the advice he received from his Department opposing the introduction of a tax on sugar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1273/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (14 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rules in place for the application of tax relief at source unfairly discriminate against persons who are unable to meet their mortgage repayments, particularly given the ongoing mortgage crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (14 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the nature and scope of the Health Service Executive investigation to ascertain the circumstances of an event (details supplied) [1676/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding the prevalence of low wage, zero-hour and casual contracts and their impact on the social protection budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1163/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Data (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of family income supplement for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1162/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why the Christmas bonus is only given to persons on the live register for 15 months or longer, given that persons who are only recently unemployed feel discriminated against; the rationale behind this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46451/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parental Leave (13 Jan 2016)

Clare Daly: 265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to enable public sector workers to enjoy the same entitlements as their colleagues in the Civil Service regarding transferring 14 weeks of entitlements to parental leave between one parent and the other under the Parental Leave Act. [46809/15]