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Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I quoted earlier from the expert group which backed up my viewpoint and not his but I will quote again so that he will have no misapprehension-----

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: He should do that. However, can we deal with the facts of the almost 1,600 families who experience fatal foetal abnormalities every year in this State? That issue has touched the hearts of all of us, including the Minister of State. It is the question of what we can do and to do it. If it is the Minister of State's contention - which I believe it is - that he is lawfully permitted to go...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: It is really derogatory of the families facing this situation. If the Minister of State wishes to continue interrupting we have quite an amount of time. However, I want to deal with this State's obligation, under human rights law and the intervention of the State's human rights watchdog, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties which has said that there is an onus on us to go further in this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to improve the level of compliance with Labour Court recommendations with particular reference to where State agencies are involved. [33282/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in view of recent revelations by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary that the Northern Ireland historical enquiries team, HET, failed properly to investigate crimes committed by the British military, and in view of the fact that the HET and PSNI have relentlessly pursued confidential tapes held at Boston College...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if in the event of the Irish Nationwide loan book transferring to the National Asset Management Agency, individual mortgage holders would not have protection from the Ombudsman or the code of conduct on mortgage arrears. [33709/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Complaints Procedures (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that complaints regarding staff members in a secondary or primary school can be fully and wholly investigated under the complaints procedure if the concerned student has already left or finished in that school. [33637/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 177. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the recommendations of the Waterways Ireland consultation process on utilising Dublin's waterways and the reason recommendations for the development for spaces for houseboats were not implemented; and his plans for same. [33612/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 209. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are charges pending against executives from Anglo Irish Bank; the nature and number of those charges. [33710/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Strategies (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details regarding the development of a dignity at work charter in the Irish Prison Service; if a prison wide dignity and respect campaign has been launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33906/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional spaces in work, training, exercise, and education facilities that have been made available in Midlands Prison since the opening of the new block in 2012; the number of prisoners currently engaged in work, training and education programmes in Midlands Prison; the number of prisoners engaged in work training and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Numbers (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently housed in each wing of Mountjoy Prison, Dublin; the number of prisoners in each wing currently housed in single occupancy cells; the number of prisoners in each wing currently housed in cells with one other prisoner; the number of prisoners in each wing currently housed in cells with more than one other...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details regarding the development of a specific strategy to deal with prisoners requiring protection, in view of the Inspector of Prisons' findings; the way the IPS intends to deal with prisoners requiring protection going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33909/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (10 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has been involved in meetings with so-called representative groups of symphysiotomy victims but has failed to meet with Survivors of Symphysiotomy; if the Walsh report has been furnished to these groups; and when it will be furnished to others and made public. [33699/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: The Minister's response is totally unacceptable. The statement that the crisis in defined benefit schemes is because of increased life expectancy and a downturn in the financial market is not true. He has failed to address the points I raised regarding very profitable companies that are using the current situation as an excuse to avoid their responsibility. Defined benefit schemes are not...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: The cat is clearly out of the bag and we are now dealing with an open crisis. As Deputy O'Dea noted, however, it is not unexpected because we knew this day would come. Some 400 of these schemes have already closed over the past five years and 300 out of the 900 existing schemes have failed to meet existing standards. What this means in reality is that the reasonable expectation of tens of...

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 63. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the 12 month interest-only criterion to enable a person to receive mortgage interest supplement. [32891/13]

Other Questions: Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I must say that there is a real problem with this scheme. As the Minister pointed out, only 12,000 homeowners are in receipt of it, yet we have almost 100,000 people in mortgage arrears, many of whom have lost their jobs. The reality is that some of those people do not have the economic wherewithal to sustain an arrangement with their lenders for 12 months of interest-only payments. They...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to bring in legislation to deduct maintenance orders from social welfare payments where the court order is ignored. [32892/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflict Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli Government's plans to ethnically cleanse the Naqab, Negev; and if he will make urgent representation to the Israeli Government to express concerns regarding the negative and destructive consequences of such a policy. [33007/13]