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Coroners Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I acknowledge it is the 11th hour as we have almost reached the Christmas break but I am glad we are discussing this legislation. Earlier this week, when I thought I might not be around for a few weeks, this was the only item of business that I would have been gutted to miss. It is not that other issues are unimportant but this Bill is...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: Would that it were so. Sadly, part of my reason for tabling the amendment is the bitter experience of homeowners who have found inconsistency in the Revenue's approach to these matters. It should be perfectly easy for the Revenue to know which estates and general areas are affected by pyrite and which are not. The Bill leaves too much scope for the Revenue to make onerous requests, which...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 5:In page 3, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“(b) the property has a BCA rating of more than zero, regardless of whether or not a hardcore infill test has been carried out, or”.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 4:In page 3, line 25, after “it,” to insert “or”. Maybe Deputy Lawlor will be as interested in this issue, which affects his constituents and their inability to access their lawful entitlement to an exemption from property tax when they have pyrite, as he is in the welfare of Northern Ireland citizens.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: This group of amendments deals with the Government’s changes to the pyrite exemption which are better than what was in place but not good enough.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: My amendments seek to make the Government’s changes in this Bill a little better than that under several headings. I am a bit worn out with this issue which we have been discussing since the local property tax, LPT, was introduced. The Government’s change to the effect that once properties have been included for remediation in the scheme or have been remediated by the insurer...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I will probably be briefer than Deputies Wallace and Boyd Barrett. I want to discuss two main provisions in the Bill - that is all that is in it anyway. One of the provisions is clearly aimed at preventing local authorities from demanding of developers higher standards than those set out in the new national apartment planning guidelines. It is a monumental joke that we have not even seen...

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I have one minute left.

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: The point I made before the debate was suspended was that we cannot forget our complicity in creating the conditions that make people seek asylum in the first place, a complicity that makes this Bill and how it is being handled even more unforgivable. There are currently 60 million people all over the world who are displaced - that is one in every 122 people worldwide. Thanks to what Dr....

International Protection Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: I thank the Acting Chairman very much. I am very happy to be here. It is a tragedy that the Taoiseach did not call an election in November. With every passing day, the Government is becoming an even bigger joke - ramming legislation through to give the illusion that it is dealing with issues and, in so doing, probably leaving behind a legacy of disaster. It is reprehensible not only that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had regarding the manner in which the pyrite remediation scheme has been constructed and the condition that acceptance into the scheme is based on the presence of damage rather than the presence of pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44047/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the contact he has had with Homebond in the past two months regarding the structural issues which emerged in the course of pyrite remediation, if he is satisfied that home owner's rights are adequately vindicated under the present arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44048/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a M142 high mobility artillery rocket system, HIMARS, was delivered through Shannon Airport during August 2015. [44461/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (10 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the latest fare hikes introduced by Dublin Bus and the justification for the increase which will see a five-day bus pass increase to €35.50, as this will particularly effect persons who rely on public transport; and his plans to address this. [44496/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (9 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the anomaly whereby school secretaries are on inferior contracts compared to departmental secretaries and initiate a system of parity with this grade, including a defined pay scale and pension and sick leave entitlements. [43691/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Instruction in Schools (9 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a practical application to the right of a child to opt out of religion classes instead of continuing the current situation of forcing a child to remain present in a classroom during religious education against the wishes and judgment of the child's parents or guardians. [43692/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (9 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 3 November 2015, wherein he stated that permission would not be granted for the landing of an aircraft of the type specified by the Deputy, that is, a United States of America gunship AC-130W as was used in the bombing of the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital in Kunduz in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (9 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Number 880 of 3 November 2015, his views that it is appropriate that records are not kept of the number of military personnel transiting through Shannon Airport on military aircraft, as indicated by his reply; what he proposes to do regarding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44356/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (9 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 880 of 3 November 2015, wherein he stated that a small number of requests were approved for the carriage of weapons by personnel protection officers on very important persons flights passing through Shannon in 2015, the number of such requests; the nature of their visits; and the purpose of their...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Air Navigation Orders (9 Dec 2015)

Clare Daly: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 882 of 3 November 2015, where he stated that permission was granted for landings of 46 aircraft that can operate as refuelling aircraft between January and 20 October 2015, wherein he stated that none of these had Saudi Arabia as a next destination, if he will answer the actual question asked, which...