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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: They will be reassured by that. It does not get us away from the bigger picture of what being included in CORU means. Have we created a myth that this is a professional standard, to which the professionals are being asked to sign up and which means that everything is going well, or is it merely a fig-leaf where everything is not going well? It also does not get us away from the question of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (24 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding the reason the State introduced one third enhanced remission [section 59 prison rules, 2007] bringing the Irish penal system into line with European norms, but subsequently rejected applicants who fulfilled the criteria, triggering a significant and costly number of legal challenges, including a sitting of the Supreme Court....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Standard (24 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will close the women's prison in Limerick due to the substandard accommodation and long hours of lock-up which are totally unacceptable and constitute a breach of human rights. [35366/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (24 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act to remove the exemption of fox-hunting from the protections of the legislation in view of horrific instances of cruelty to foxes which have emerged recently. [36110/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to regulate the home help sector, which has expanded in the private sector due to the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo, and whereby many, mainly women workers, are being grossly exploited on low wages, in some instances not getting statutory entitlements, and whereby many older citizens who require assistance are not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (24 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will specify in detail the arrangements that allow the facilitation of the US military on actions that contravene Irish neutrality and the Hague Convention and were not mandated by the United Nations. [36104/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (24 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether chartered planes carrying only armed soldiers and-or military cargo are not military aircraft; if he will accept that any aircraft being used for exclusively military purposes should be treated as a military aircraft and responsibility for all such aircraft and all US military personnel and war materials transiting...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the Indecon report into the greyhound industry published in July, which confirmed significant animal welfare problems in the industry, including whether hare coursing should now be banned. [35156/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his previous statements that his Department does not use snares in the culling of badgers and his plans with reports that show this practise is taking place. [35157/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Charges Administration (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason allowances for water cannot be made as a credit payment to the State pension in the same manner that the property tax has been taken as a deduction. [35756/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the European Court of Justice ruling which explicitly makes it clear that member States can set different VAT rates for ebooks, the measures he will take in relation to retaining the VAT exempt status of printed books; and his plans to abolish the VAT rate on ebooks. [35847/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Data (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take in relation to the seizure of 63 horses from Ballyguile Hill on 4 December 2013 by Wicklow County Council. [35533/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will assist a person (details supplied) who was in contact with his Department in relation to a fine issued for breach of rules of the rural environment protection scheme. [35917/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí suspended from duty, excluding day suspensions for court appearances, by rank, over the past four years; the numbers per category who were subsequently disciplined; and the nature of the sanction imposed. [35923/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of court orders made to tap-monitor text and call traffic per year, over the past five years. [35924/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new intake gardaí who were members of the Garda reserve; and the number of members of the Garda reserve who applied for the positions. [35925/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 328. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drugs units have been shut down over the past five years; and her plans to deal with the drugs crisis. [35926/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the way the proposal to have free general practitioner care for over 70s can be made available to all if only those whose doctor is a public sector GP can avail of the scheme; and the reason he is reluctant to have a system akin to the drug payment scheme, which covers people for any GP. [35754/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of designated centres for the care of the elderly regulated under the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2009 which have major non-compliances in meeting the mandatory requirements to provide privacy and dignity due to insufficient physical design and layout; if he will provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (23 Sep 2014)

Clare Daly: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason the person is still awaiting a reply despite communication in July 2014; and her plans to ensure that all such correspondence is responded to promptly. [35597/14]