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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: I ask the Minister to expand further on this. In essence he is saying he would love to deal with it and is actively looking, but circumstances are not right at the moment to dispose of the final shareholding in this valuable State asset. Obviously ideologically I do not agree with that in any case and not just from the point of view of the market conditions. This was and is a key employer...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: The Minister is incredibly ill informed on both counts. First, the problem with the pension situation was not, as he identified, one of simply not paying enough. In fact it was demonstrably poor management decisions facilitating early retirements and voluntary severance schemes over a long period of time putting strain on the scheme as well as outsourcing direct labour resulting in fewer...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: It was never set up to pay a dividend but it did not cost the State any money.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the tourist potential linked to the work of the Irish Seal Sanctuary, if he will facilitate this volunteer organisation with a suitable permanent premises in Balbriggan as part of the previously planned marine conservation project in conjunction with Fingal County Council. [54134/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to assist the Irish Amateur Boxing Association in working with Swords Boxing Club, County Dublin to develop international level boxing facilities in the town. [54133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of aquaculture licences issued under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997 where aquaculture in respect of which a licence has been granted has not commenced within two years after the date on which the licence was granted and the licence has therefore ceased to have effect under the the Fisheries (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of aquaculture licences issued under the Fisheries (Amendment Act) 1997 where aquaculture in respect of which a licence has been granted has ceased for a continuous period of two years and he is required to revoke these licences; the name of the original and last holder of each such license; the nature,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has notified the applicant for a company (details supplied) in County Galway and all those who have made submissions or observations in relation to the application of the reasons it has not been possible or appropriate to determine the application within four months; and if he has specified the date before which he intends...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training Colleges (19 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken to investigate the collapse of the pilot training college in July 2012, with particular reference to the knowledge of the IAA with regard to financial problems in the college and the steps taken to assist the students complete their training. [54927/13]

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: I do not think the remediation is adequate. I will support this for no reason other than to prove the Minister wrong in some instances. We must be mindful of the fact many families have already paid hundreds and thousands of euro getting tests done. They have completed the building condition assessment and have been evaluated as category 2 damage. Their houses are deteriorating rapidly as...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: Yes. The Minister will understand why there is no fanfare today. It is exactly a year to the day since we read the press release from his Department that up to €50 million in bank loans and levies to pay for the repair of pyrite-affected homes was on the cards. That was followed up by the Minister for Finance telling us that the victims of pyrite would have their property tax sorted...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: There is quite a range of amendments in this group and many of them involve complex issues which need time that we obviously do not have. I agree with the point made by Deputy O'Dea that the flat percentage being proposed by the Minister does not give any recognition to some important variable factors, such as length of pensionable service, the amount the person contributed over his or her...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 3:In page 9, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“9. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following new section after section 47:"47A Where the company is solvent the discharge of the liabilities of a relevant scheme under (1AB), the resources of the relevant scheme are not sufficient to discharge, in whole or in part, the liabilities of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: While dealing with 32 survivors might seem a small figure, this process has trundled on for decades, over the lifetimes of these victims. The State did not consciously suppress the 1974 documentation but what is revealed is the extent of knowledge which was not shared. Had it been shared, lives could have been changed. In that sense, the State responded inappropriately and is culpable to a...

Topical Issue Debate: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State is aware that RTE's "Prime Time" programme recently shed light on the Government's handling of the thalidomide scandal in the 1960s. Documents produced show that the Government made a conscious decision not to issue a public warning on the dangers of thalidomide as such a move was regarded as "undesirable". That has serious ramifications for a scandal that has gone on...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: We must realise that this is the first time we are allowing the pensions of existing pensioners to potentially be reduced. That is a very serious matter. It is being done in the name of fairness, but the point of the amendments is to question if it is fair to allow this against the backdrop of a successful, profitable, viable company. The reality is that some employers have exploited the...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: It is important to put the amendments in the context of the backdrop to the legislation and the stated objectives of the Minister, and whether they have been addressed. We are dealing with a scenario in which some defined benefit schemes have run into difficulties. As it is constituted now, many active members and some deferred members are left with a very serious hit, whereas up to now...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Claims (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 10. To ask the Minister for Health if he will alter his proposals for a redress scheme for the victims of symphysiotomy to take account of the concerns of their representative organisation SoS and instead that a mechanism for dealing with medical negligence and the lifting of the statute of limitations would be facilitated in order to secure proper compensation. [53985/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternal Mortality (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 35. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the disproportionate numbers of maternal deaths to women of black minority ethnic status and the action he will take regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53984/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Betting Legislation (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when updated legislation to control and licence gambling is likely to be introduced; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied ) have been guilty of criminal activity in relation to interactive gambling; and the plans he has to prevent such operators from being able to trade. [54632/13]