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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (17 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the recent loan of €250,000 granted by Bord na gCon to a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary, in view of reported debts on the part of both Bord na gCon and the company receiving the loan and reports of the company's inability to pay Bord na gCon's race entry fees; if he will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Drugs in Sport (17 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 27 January 2015, if he is satisfied with the current standards of drug testing in the greyhound industry, in view of his comments that no confirmed cases of stanozolol have been reported in Bord na gCon samples to date, despite reported widespread use of this drug in the industry; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (17 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 3 February 2015, if he will answer the question asked, which dealt with his responsibility with regard to the authorisation of the transit of foreign military personnel through Irish airspace or on civilian aircraft, in view of the fact that the transport of military personnel is not covered by...

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: I am afraid I do not agree. Sadly, if we do not change tack, I imagine I will be proven right. There are problems with the Pensions Authority and with trustees taking decisions that members are not happy with, and there is a problem with having an appropriate investigation into some of the activities. The difficulty is that we are talking about people's retirement in their twilight years....

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that the Workplace Relations Bill failed to include a mechanism for retired workers to access the State's industrial relations machinery when their pensions are affected, his plans to deal with this issue. [5858/15]

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: The Workplace Relations Bill passed by the Dáil a few weeks ago was a missed opportunity to deal with an issue that, as the Minister has previously acknowledged, must be addressed. Normally, when an employee severs his or her relationship with an employer, he or she no longer has access to the State's industrial relations machinery. In most instances this makes perfect sense, but the...

Other Questions: Pension Provisions (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: That is not adequate at all. The reason this difficulty has arisen is that, under existing procedures, trustees already must inform everybody. Notifying people of something is not the same as engaging or negotiating with them. This is the difficulty. will use the example of the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme, IASS, because it highlights well the point being made in this regard. At...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Superannuation Schemes (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent and basis of his Department's involvement with the expert panel dealing with the IASS, including the initiative proposed on 2 December 2014 by the Secretary General of his Department and by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport; and the subsequent action taken. [5857/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will repeal section 247B of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act of 16 January 2012 which precludes community employment scheme participants from receiving the widow's/widower's pension, in view of the Minister for Finance's declaration that austerity is over. [6406/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the Gateway scheme in view of the fact that participants with children and other dependents, earning an extra €20 per week, are subject to income tax and pay related social insurance, so that taking part in the scheme actually reduces their net income, when the end of the fuel allowance season is taken into account...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 190. To ask the Minister for Health his views on speculation that consideration is being given to introducing a charge per item for holders of long-term illness cards, which will make it more difficult for persons to manage their condition effectively, costing more in the long run, as a result of the negative impact on their health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: State Visits (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of Irish State, ministerial, Minister of State and any other official State visits which are planned to Israel and-or Palestine this year. [6372/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fundamental constitutional difference between schools in receipt of any State funding or public moneys and schools exclusively privately funded by parents according to their means in relation to religious discrimination in admissions to schools (details supplied). [6477/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining Industry (12 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the direct revenue to the State from the exploitation of the nation's natural resources; and the expected revenue over the next ten years. [6479/15]

Child Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: I will share time with Deputies Boyd Barrett, Mick Wallace, Joan Collins and Catherine Murphy. It is very well documented, and people know, that every dollar invested in high-quality early childhood programmes for disadvantaged children produces a 7% to 10% annual return on investment through increased productivity and lower social costs. Investment in child care is beneficial not only...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: -----employ them and then go for it because the private sector will not do it. We need a little bit of the vision that we had when the ESB was set up all those years ago. There are engineers and we need to get many more involved. We need to do that, and not to waste our time on the likes of fracking or nuclear energy.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: We need a radical shift because we are at a tipping point. We need to examine how society is organised. Addressing climate change is in people's interest. It is the clumsy handling of it that has alienated people. We need to devolve it locally but we also need to see that climate action is a massive job creator. A project is being promoted in South Africa under the banner of 1 million...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: The Venezuelan political scientist, Professor Edgardo Lander, wrote of the current climate crisis, stating:The total failure of climate negotiation serves to highlight the extent to which we now live in a post-democratic society. The interest of financial capital and the oil industry are much more important than the democratic will of people around the world. In the global neoliberal...

Ombudsman for Children Appointment: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: I do not know Dr. Niall Muldoon but I suspect his qualifications are considerable, as he saw off competition from excellent advocates of children's rights such as Senator Jillian van Turnhout and others. I can only trust that his capability is considerable and I wish him well in his post. Our examination of the appointment of a new ombudsman gives us the chance to look at the role of the...

Other Questions: Aer Lingus Sale (11 Feb 2015)

Clare Daly: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of his Department in the potential sale of the State's shareholding in Aer Lingus to IAG, the International Airlines Group. [5608/15]