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Cooke Report: Statements (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: This discussion reminds me of "The Twilight Zone". There have been enormous problems in the Garda Síochána and this may be the most serious in many ways. The idea that the Garda oversight body was under the surveillance of the organisation it was supposed to oversee is appalling for the State to consider. Have we dismissed the possibility that this surveillance may not have...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment ) Act 1998: Motions (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: Draconian law never makes society safer and the "war on terror" has not brought us any nearer to world peace. In fact, it has destabilised the situation beyond anything we experienced previously. The Minister acknowledged that gangland and dissident activities, as they are described, have not been curtailed by the draconian legislation already on the Statute Book. If she wants to deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to develop food and other export and home market opportunities from the horticultural sector with particular focus on investment in research and development in view of the EU's concern over a deficit in this area. [23714/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extra resources he has made available to enforce the new animal health and welfare legislation. [26100/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person with a building condition assessment pyrite damage rating of 2 is not exempt from the property tax this year as the assessment was carried out this year, even though the property clearly has no value in that condition. [26462/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of her comments on a radio programme (details supplied) in respect of the restriction and means testing to the one-parent family payment introduced by her in the Budget 2013 if she accepts that her actions are the direct opposite of those of her predecessor which she sought to praise. [26464/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the approach being taken to homeowners with a building condition assessment damage rating of 2 where the builder is still trading; if a decision has been made to exclude these persons from the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will immediately take steps to address this issue and ensure that they are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Central Statistics Office data will be available in relation to local authority house starts per month for 2014. [26465/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Welfare (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will immediately address the conditions for women prisoners in County Limerick, particularly with regard to the excessive hours of lock-up and lack of education and training support. [26379/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 163. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent medical report in The Lancet which found that fluoride was a neurotoxin, if he will immediately move to cease adding it to our water supply. [26448/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Industrial Disputes (19 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: 217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 13 May 2014, his views on any outcome of the LRC conciliation process in relation to the fact that residential care staff sleep over and have had their duty hours and payments calculated in a manner which has been suggested is a breach of the EU Working Time Directive. [26470/14]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: The trustees were always required to inform members of reductions and so on. It has come to light that retired people and deferred members do not have the right to be consulted. They can be told that their pension will be decimated but one cannot have a say in the negotiations that might resolve that situation or contribute to improving it. The need to have that right and to represent a...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 25:In page 24, line 2, to delete “High Court” and substitute “Labour Court”.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I think the Minister of State was responding to amendment Nos. 25.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: This legislation is being put forward as a positive measure to allow members of a scheme to be open to a certain procedure in the event of a wind-up of the scheme, in terms of access to information. The High Court is proposed as an accessible mechanism for members of the scheme. The point of the amendment I have tabled is that experience has not shown that the High Court can play such a...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 24:In page 23, to delete lines 29 to 32.The Minister of State is lucky because I am trying to get back to a committee. I will be brief as we have discussed this matter previously. This section of the legislation relates to the pension elements and circumstances whereby we are dealing with the unilateral restructuring of pension schemes as directed by the Pensions...

Other Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State is misrepresenting me again. I did not say that.

Other Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: He misunderstood what I said.

Other Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: We were given a list and the questions have been grouped.

Other Questions: Military Aircraft Landings (18 Jun 2014)

Clare Daly: It is appropriate to the Minister of State because if it was not it would have been ruled out of order and moved by the Ceann Comhairle's office. The Minister of State does have a role in this regard. The figures he gave are absolutely shocking. At least once a day Army personnel are involved in protecting US aircraft. The Minister of State told us to ask the Department of Foreign Affairs...