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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the services already provided and agreed by his Department that will be provided by a company (details supplied) to the Pyrite Resolution Board, in relation to the remediation of houses damaged by pyritic heave; the engineering and geological qualifications of the company's personnel...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a company's personnel (details supplied) have adjudicated in any audits of building condition assessments submitted to the Pyrite Resolution Board. [30481/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding correspondence received by his office on 29 July 2015 (details supplied); when a reply will issue on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31875/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the management of Sligo County Council incurred overexpenditure of €377,326 to cover the cost of the recent royal visit to Sligo; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the council management did not prepare any budget in preparation for the royal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the updated five year financial plan submitted to him by Sligo County Council; his views on the contents of that plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32074/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry Regulation (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has conducted an analysis of the impact here of the recently introduced lorry road user levy in Northern Ireland; and his plans to regularise the position for Irish hauliers. [30965/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Staff (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an investigation by Bus Éireann into allegations of harassment and intimidation by a Bus Éireann bus driver of persons (detailed supplied) in County Galway was launched following the reporting of those allegations to Bus Éireann in December 2013; if not, the reason why. [31281/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had regarding increasing powers to security on public transport; if those discussions involved improved standards of training for staff or the introduction of an airport police type model; the rationale for his approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31685/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will revise his plans for public transport infrastructure to serve Swords and north Dublin more generally, given that a Luas line or bus rapid transit service falls short of adequately serving this area. [31935/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (22 Sep 2015)

Clare Daly: 1647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that proposals moved by the Taxi Regulation Review Group in 2011, and which currently form part of the public consultation document on taxi roof signs and mandatory SPSV driver safety equipment, would make in-car CCTV and partitions mandatory in all taxis; if he has considered the effects these proposals will have, if...

Appointment of Chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I will share time. I will speak for four minutes and Deputy Mick Wallace for one. I am very glad that the appointment to GSOC has finally been made and that we are not going into the recess without it. The gap has been far too long between the retirement of Mr. Simon O'Brien and this appointment and I feel the commissioners have suffered in his absence. The time when he was at the...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: We need to revisit the other structural issues that emerge, including in respect of HomeBond, for example. I do not know whether the Minister of State has done any work on this. He is correct that some of these matters are very serious. While the taxpayer should not be liable under this scheme, the homeowner should not be either. With regard to the basis of the scheme and the idea that...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the operation of the pyrite remediation scheme, with particular reference to any consideration being provided to widen the terms of the scheme to include more homes with pyrite, particularly those which do not have a Building and Construction Authority rating of 2; and if he will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I welcome that the pyrite remediation scheme is up and running. A number of units have been entirely remediated and a number of others are underway. what are the view of the Minister of State? Is he happy with the progress, is he fully briefed on the issues that have emerged in the course of that remediation which may require a change to the scheme, and is he looking at revisiting those...

Other Questions: Pyrite Remediation Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: We are now in a new phase of the scheme. Inevitably, there would be teething problems. The board is confident that it can achieve its target of having 600 houses completed by the end of next year. I welcome that and hope it is the case. I refer to some of the issues that have emerged during the remediation works. In some areas, when homeowners moved out, the job took longer because of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Exemptions (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had any discussions with the Department of Finance over the past 12 months in order to enable home owners with houses containing pyrite to claim their exemption for local property tax without an infill test, with particular reference to offering assistance to the Department of Finance in relation to how the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (16 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reverse the 4% cap on withdrawal from approved medium retirement funds in circumstances such as a case (details supplied). [29841/15]

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister has said it cannot be done. Of course, it can be done and it is done in many other jurisdictions. I appreciate his amendment on Committee Stage which has improved the position. While it is good that the reasons will have to be given in open court and in language the child can understand, the amendment does not specify that they be given in writing. Despite the State spending...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 5:In page 10, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(3) Where a court imposes any period of detention on a child it shall give its reasons for doing so in writing in language that is appropriate to the age and level of understanding of the child.”.”.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 7:In page 24, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following:“(2A) Where an inquiry is held under subsection (1) the child shall be provided with an opportunity to be heard and to respond to any allegation of disciplinary breach orally or in writing.”.