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Other Questions: National Minimum Wage (16 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: My question is in general terms and I can be more specific about it now. I am speaking about someone who was taken on by Hertz car hire and paid the princely sum of €2.46 per hour for a period of months on the promise of a permanent position. Is the Minister of State of aware of the situation? If it can happen in a company as supposedly reputable as Hertz, what is to say examples of...

Other Questions: National Minimum Wage (16 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: It is clear from the response of the Minister of State that there has been a flagrant breach of the law and a criminal offence has been carried out. At least two, if not more, people were taken on based on the promise of a full-time job. They were employed for six months and received payslips with the figure €2.46 per hour. When they questioned the payment after a month or two, they...

Other Questions: National Minimum Wage (16 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: I accept that and I hope the Minister of State will monitor it. The complaint was made in June and the person started in April and finished up last week, exactly six months. In that sense, the horse had bolted by the time NERA got back. Multinationals like Hertz rely heavily on people for whom English is not the first language. There are many European workers employed there who are not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (16 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding the measures he is putting in place to enable former employees gain access to the State's industrial relations machinery, for example in circumstances where issues arise in relation to a pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39074/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (16 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason three uniformed gardaí were present at Glin hare coursing meeting on 3 and 4 October 2014; their purpose at the event; and if the coursing club will be covering the costs of the Garda presence. [39513/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (16 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 103 and 104 of 9 October 2014, the reason the number of children taken into care in counties Wexford and Waterford is significantly higher than the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39559/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (16 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants do not qualify for flat rate expenses, which apply to all other grades in education. [39633/14]

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: What the budget says to me is that Ministers do not have a clue what it is like to live in the real world. That world is inhabited by so many families, people on social welfare, those who get up in the morning to go out and do their jobs who are earning less money than they did a number of years ago, those with dependent children, and those in need of health care or a roof over their heads....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Eligibility (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the criteria of the respite care grant in order to enable those who work more that 15 hours a week to be able to avail of the payment, as in many instances these persons do provide full-time care. [39214/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Deferrals (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 7 October 2014, the reason persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim whose sole income is disability allowance and whose sole property is vacant, with no rental income and in negative equity, were not granted a deferral of the property tax. [39235/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to deal with the massive waiting lists for approval under the fair deal scheme and his views regarding the reversal of cuts in this area.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38940/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the investigations by his Department and-or the Health Service Executive into financial irregularities at a company (details supplied), with particular reference to the cost to public funds of inappropriate expenditure by-or on behalf of this company and-or its directors. [39128/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the review by his Department of compliance with Government and departmental policies on the part of a company (details supplied), an entity that is in receipt of public funds under sections 38 or 39 or both of the Health Act 2004; if this review identified inappropriate expenditure in respect of salaries of the chief executive officer, CEO,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 7 October 2014, if he will answer the question with regard to the Hercules C130 registration number 16/8074 which landed at Shannon Airport on 30 September 2014, but was at Shannon on 1 October 2014, in relation to his views that it was not involved in any military operations or exercise, in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 331. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the requirement for personal public service data by Irish Water is following the USA model of private utilities requiring social security details in order to run credit checks on customers and potential customers in order to ensure bill payment and collection of delinquent accounts and to ascertain level of deposit...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 334. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that were taken by the Government and Irish Water to ensure compliance with the Irish State's obligations under the Aarhaus Convention in relation to access to information, public participation and decision making and access to justice in environmental matters. [39182/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Impact Statements (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 335. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full and specific details and results of all its environmental impact surveys conducted prior to commencing work including but not limited to the installation to the electromagnetic frequency omitting devices smart meters across the country. [39183/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding State property which has been made available for housing purposes or to assist in dealing with the homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38168/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 1 October 2014, if he will acknowledge that the deferred members and existing pensioners in the Irish aviation superannuation scheme were not involved in the consultation process, had none of their concerns addressed and in the context of the massive reduction in their living standards that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Airport Facilities (14 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 380. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 7 October 2014, if he will list the aircraft from the five companies that were granted permits to carry munitions; and the dates on which those permits were granted. [39185/14]