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Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: It is fair to say there is now a spotlight on the gardaí that we have not seen since the days of the Morris tribunal. We were told then that it was a few bad apples in Donegal but what was revealed was a systemic problem. The solutions put in place at that time have clearly failed and the systemic problem, the culture to which Deputy Wallace refers, remains. It has taken about two...

Sixth Report of the Constitutional Convention - Blasphemy: Statements (2 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: It is incredible in a modern society that Deputies are spending time discussing the inclusion in legislation of measures on blasphemy. These provisions should not have been introduced in the first instance. I have a certain sympathy for Deputy Michael Colreavy's argument that it is convenient for the Government that the House is discussing this issue as it can pretend to be delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (2 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the logic of a homeowner with pyrite having to spend thousands of euro to have a test conducted to prove the presence of pyrite in their home in order to claim an exemption from the property tax, which would not even cover the cost of the test; his views regarding the need to have the statutory instrument amended accordingly so that the spirit...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (2 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance the communication he has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to simplifying the criteria regarding the way someone can claim an exemption from the local property tax where their home has had a building condition assessment indicating significant damage relating to pyrite, but no actual test has been...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: I, too, congratulate Deputy Pringle and strongly support the motion, which puts forward an immediate solution to this issue, which is a human rights-based, humane approach to an issue which has been ignored for far too long. The nonsense that used to be put forward that Ireland is an island of a thousand welcomes has certainly long been exposed. We are a country which has been quite happy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (1 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 17 September 2014, in view of the allegations made in relation to unsafe conditions at the national car test Ballymun centre, affecting workers' lives and health, if he will establish an independent investigation into the allegations. [36638/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (1 Oct 2014)

Clare Daly: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will refuse to sign the ministerial orders enabling IAS scheme trustees to amend the scheme, as required under the State Airport (Shannon Group) Act 2014, until he is satisfied that the deferred pensioners' entitlements are not being disproportionately reduced. [36637/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: I appreciate the Minister's comment that he has not been fully briefed on the case, but I ask him to look at it because the reason is as I outlined, that she referred somebody to a hospital. This woman has an impeccable record. Sadly, the antics of the HSE have left ten women who are due to give birth imminently without somebody to assist them. I received many e-mails on this issue, but...

Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: I just asked the Minister to look at the issue.

Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: This issue arises on the back of the tragic and unnecessary death of Dhara Kivlehan which really saddened people throughout the country. She was a young woman in her prime and had just given birth to her first baby. The real tragedy is that this was not an isolated incident. Unfortunately, Dhara was the latest in a long list of others, including Savita Halappanavar, Nora Hyland, Bimbo...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Abortion Legislation (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: I agree with the Minister that some of the media commentary has been very unhelpful. However, I do not believe his points about extremes in the debate. The reality has been, as successive opinion polls have shown, that the majority of Irish people believe a woman should have access to a termination in a wide range of circumstances where her health is in danger, where she is the victim of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Abortion Legislation (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: I am not talking about my position.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Abortion Legislation (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: Then regulate it like other medical procedures.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Abortion Legislation (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 71. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the comments of the UN Human Rights Committee and the Ms Y case, his views on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act not being fit for purpose; his plans to replace it and his further plans to address the constitutional impediments of the Eighth Amendment. [36747/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Abortion Legislation (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: What is the Minister going to do about the comments at the UN Human Rights Committee which roundly condemned Ireland as contributing to the mental suffering of women by failing to address the abortion reality? These warnings tragically have been vindicated quickly in the horrific Miss X case which shows that the legislation the Government introduced last year does not give a woman whose life...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Abortion Legislation (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: We do not need any further report, although the drip-feed in the media indicates that the information we will get will be illuminating. The guidelines reiterate that the purpose of the Act introduced last year was to confirm the general prohibition on abortion, but that was not the case. It was to legislate for the lawful circumstances in which a woman was entitled to have an abortion in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 80. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the extremely dangerous MMS and CD are outlawed following numerous attempts at specially organised events to push them as a miracle cure for conditions such as autism and the fact that the product is toxic industrial strength bleach. [36501/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 82. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the operation of the treatment abroad scheme department of the Health Service Executive in relation to the making of decisions, the appeal process and new E112 forms which remove the right to voluntary and informed consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36499/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 90. To ask the Minister for Health if he will withdraw the guidance document for the implementation of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act, which amplifies rather than minimises the flaws in the legislation and leaves Ireland still in breach of the European Court of Human Rights, as a woman whose life is in danger cannot effectively access their legal right to an abortion [36497/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (30 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 113. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the way he will ensure that psychiatrists are screened to work within the new legislation in view of the fact that over 100 psychiatrists have signed an open letter opposing the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act with many stating they would participate in the carrying out of assessments in effect to prevent a woman accessing her...