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Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: We went to the committee but we did not get answers.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: There are 13 Garda investigations.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: How did the Government set up the banking inquiry?

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: The finance committee does not have the expertise.

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: Is the Taoiseach not interested in finding out the truth?

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: He can have the two minutes I did not use.

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: It is the necessary way to go. However, we have to listen a lot more because there is a feeling morale is low in the Defence Forces. The three brigade structure has not worked. There is a belief it was totally dysfunctional and misguided. Troops from Finner Camp are coming to Dublin to carry out duties. Military police officers are being sent from Athlone to carry out duties in Leinster...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: That is not good enough. It was a case of misleading the House on our role there-----

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: When LE Eithneand LE Niamhrescue migrants in these precarious waters, they should be regarded as Irish property and their entry into Ireland should be facilitated. However, the documents show that the Government supported the ending of the Mare Nostrum operation which, in turn, led to the deaths of thousands of people. That is not good enough. It is welcome that the Naval Service is now...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: This Bill arises from the retirement of the former Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Conor O'Boyle, and the Government's decision to make Mark Mellett the new Chief of Staff because, under existing legislation, Rear Admiral Mellett would not be of sufficiently high rank. I note that his name is spelt wrongly in the explanatory memorandum. I hope that does not jeopardise the plans and make...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: The point I am trying to make relates to the concept known as corporate welfare. It is not simply about direct aid which, as the Minister has said, has been restricted somewhat in recent years. It is really about subsidies and tax breaks. Would the Minister not agree that there is no centralised record in Ireland of exactly how much taxpayers' money is being diverted to foreign...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of grants paid per year, every year to indigenous Irish start-up companies and foreign start-up companies between 2011 and 2015. [28629/15]

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: We are always being told Ireland is a great little country in which to do business but there probably is a perception that the focus is overwhelmingly on attracting foreign multinationals rather than nurturing sustainable home-grown industry. Economic watchdogs such as the Nevin Economic Research Institute would warn we need to be careful of an over-reliance on foreign direct investment....

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: This is really part of a broader discussion that needs to be had in terms of State supports, which come in many forms. I appreciate the Minister's point about my question. I had two questions in one but I think they must have been split up. I appreciate the points the Minister made about start-ups. I also hear what he is saying about more than two thirds of his budget going to Irish...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the credibility of the source studies on which the growth in gross domestic product, the projections for growth in jobs and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28706/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: This question relates to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP. It is an absolute disgrace that we are heading into the recess without having a comprehensive discussion in the Parliament about its widescale implications. The Minister has made repeated claims that it will have a wonderful impact on job creation and GDP growth rates. In 2013 he told us it would lead to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: All of the studies cited by the Minister are based on computable general equilibrium modelling techniques and the general equilibrium theory that underpins them. They have been widely discredited by sociologists and most economists, with the exception of the neoclassical economists who are wedded to the neoliberal agenda. The methods used by these groups have been defined by some as...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: The problem is that the Minister's predictions which he so confidently makes are nonsense in the context of the models used. I do not say this in a derogatory way but because the same rationale was used, for example, in making predictions about other trade agreements which did not materialise. Greatness was predicted in terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, for example,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State has claimed that "a strong suite of legislative protections is in place for part-time workers", but he has not addressed my point that there are no protections in the area to which my question refers. Workers who are on casual contracts - in the case of Dunnes Stores, workers were on 15 hour contracts - are aware that hours are used as a method of control by management....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (15 Jul 2015)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State is studiously avoiding my contention that casual employment is a serious blight on our society. The changes introduced by the Tánaiste, in the absence of affordable child care and of legislation enabling lone parents to seek extra hours, represent the deliberate pauperisation of a section of society. The CSO has revealed that the overwhelming majority of lone...