Results 11,861-11,880 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Garda Investigations (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Garda investigation into cockfighting in County Monaghan; and his plans to increase penalties and enforcement of those guilty of this unlawful activity. [54631/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Collite is not contributing to increasing our extremely low forest cover in line with our national forestry targets; the reason public forests are being cleared to be replaced with concrete and steel for private wind energy companies; the reason Coillte is unable to supply the ESB with quality wooden poles to satisfy an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the millions of euro worth of public forests which were sold by Coillte to a pension fund company (details supplied) that Coillte is a partner of were put out to tender on international markets, or, was it the case that there was one seller and one buyer. [54627/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Crime (18 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the funding cuts to the national drugs task force which has resulted in funding to policing forums being dramatically eroded; and the plans he has to ensure that the policing forums are adequately financed. [54513/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Records Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: The official apologies made to the victims of the Magdalen laundries and industrial schools made a huge difference to the people concerned and this issue will not go away. It meant a huge amount to the people concerned in Australia to have the state officially acknowledged the issue. In 2010 Gordon Brown apologised for Britain's role in some of these activities in disrupting the identity of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Records Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 73. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the state apologies in Australia, Spain and Britain, to children who were the victims of forced and often illegal adoptions; and her views on whether the Irish State should make a similar apology to Irish children who were forcibly adopted and exported from the State. [54123/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Records Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: This question relates to the shoddy way in which the Irish State has treated adopted persons. This issue has come to prominence recently with the release of the film "Philomena", and the producers of that film have been inundated with requests from Irish people to seek assistance in getting their identity traced. Appalling crimes of identity theft have been committed against people. Other...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Records Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: This is obviously a very important issue, which has devastating consequences on people throughout their lives. There is a certain irony in the fact that we are rushing through legislation later in the week to facilitate intercountry adoptions, since some of the people I am talking about here were the intercountry adoptees of their day, leaving these shores - sometimes in illegal...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 85. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of cases where the Adoption Authority of Ireland has overturned negative assessments of couples as being unsuitable parents; the circumstances in which these decisions are made; and if she has any plans to reform this system. [53811/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Proposed Legislation (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 103. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons for the delay in bringing forward the adoption and tracing legislation; and if she will specify the obstacles that she has previously referred to in relation to implementing full tracing rights and retrospection. [53812/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the pyrite resolution board will process applications for remediation and expedite the claims in view of the urgency and very serious deteriorating condition of a number of dwellings. [53685/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will undertake a study on the way the excessive numbers of take-away and fast food outlets operating in many urban and suburban areas can be curtailed. [53838/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of Sligo Borough Council served a notice on the temporary county manager (detail supplied) under section 140 of the Local Government Act 2001, directing her to have a special meeting of the borough council convened on 16 December 2013; if his attention has been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 408. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the most recent local government auditor's report indicates that the overall debt of Sligo County Council has increased from €85 million to €94 million; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the auditor has again expressed concern in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the terms of reference of the consideration of the Fr. Niall Molloy case have been published even though no consultation had taken place with those who handed over the evidence of a cover-up. [54150/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Obesity Strategy (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will undertake a study with regard to the way fast food outlets and supermarkets who undertake special cheap deals targeted at lunch times and schoolchildren can be curtailed in the interest of combatting the growing levels of youth obesity. [53837/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 4 December 2013, if she will clarify the nationalities of children in care on a national basis for the past ten years. [54179/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Development Projects (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the arbitration award due to the Northern Meath Community Development Association is paid without delay. [53686/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (17 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board relating to donor acceptance criteria where third party information is received; and the way this policy is communicated to the donor. [54181/13]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Clare Daly: I apologise to the Chairman as I was double-booked for meetings. However, I wish to put on record that I will revert on Report Stage to the issues that could not be dealt with in my absence here. These are the issues concerning the amount at which the cut can come in when a scheme is a difficulty, as I consider it to be too low. As this issue must be addressed, I will return to this matter...