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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: We have seen some very interesting Garda directives which came out around the time the whistleblowing gardaí went, as they are lawfully entitled to do, to talk to a Member of the Oireachtas. None of those whistleblowers talked to the press or engaged in any breaches like that but they are entitled to talk to a Member of the Oireachtas. When they did so, and it became public, Garda...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: It is important, as this is the witnesses first time to formally come before this committee, to put some of the issues on the record. It is unfortunate that this meeting has taken place at a messy time of year where we are in the middle of much ado about nothing in the committee room next door and in terms of many other votes and all the rest of it. I am conscious of what Deputy Healy Rae...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: The Garda Commissioner will be coming before us to discuss a number of issues. What is the timescale in respect of this meeting? I am really conscious of the time our guests spent with us earlier in the week and the fact that they are here now. I suggest that we suspend and return for a further brief session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: We do not intend to keep them long. There are, however, a few matters which members wish to get on record, particularly as this is the first occasion on which our guests have been invited to come before us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I do not mind, particularly if, as the Acting Chairman seems to be implying, our presence in the Chamber will not make any difference to the outcome of the vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: Yes. I am happy enough to remain here.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that no plans for a graduate tax, student loan or student voucher system in relation to university fees will be considered in Budget 2014. [32006/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a State-funded study on the impact of increasing student registration fees was conducted in recent years; and if so, what the findings revealed. [32007/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sunbed Usage (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislation to protect young persons from sunbed use as a result of the huge incidents of skin cancer resulting from same [32306/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (3 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if the Walsh Report has been given to groups, group representatives or persons and if so, to whom it has been given, and the date of same. [32378/13]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: With respect to the Minister's response, I think he misunderstands what the Constitution does. He is correct that it gives protection to the life of unborn, but the point that has been raised by other legal opinion is that where there is no life to protect, the constitutional protection no longer applies. That is why fatal foetal abnormalities and inevitable miscarriages are potentially...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I am not satisfied with the response of either Minister on these amendments. Many people who have anti-abortion views that differ considerably from my pro-choice position would feel that this aspect of the matter needs to be addressed. I do not think either Minister is doing that sufficiently. The Minister for Justice and Equality has described what we are subjecting women to as...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: One issue in the section has not been dealt with by amendment, so I need to mention it here, namely, inserting the word "maternal" in the Title of the Bill. The circumstances of the X case were about the protection of maternal life and that is what the Bill is designed to do; to provide for lawful abortion where there is a risk to the maternal life. That is why we are here. Inserting the...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: I am not sure what the Taoiseach needs to have clarified as it is a fact that the United States authorities engaged in the surveillance that has been alleged. I note the Taoiseach is not willing to condemn the actions of the United States and chose instead to diminish them by describing them as a matter of concern. They are a matter of very grave concern, which will have serious...

Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: Would the Taoiseach agree that Edward Snowden is an international hero? This young man who has a promising career and loving family, one which he is unlikely to ever see again, has become an international exile for the crime of releasing information in the public interest. The information released was of large-scale US surveillance not only of US citizens or its perceived enemies but of its...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the local property tax, if a person who has previously paid for tests which showed that their home has pyrite, is required to pay for a new building assessment which would cost them more than the local property tax exemption that they are seeking; and the steps available to them in this situation. [31775/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance the way a person with pyrite secures an exemption in relation to the local property tax. [31776/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will compare the cost of the outsourcing of cleaning and security in his Department, as opposed to direct recruitment; and if he will justify this increased cost against the backdrop of the pursuance of savings and efficiencies. [24515/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Appointments (2 Jul 2013)

Clare Daly: 423. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to any previous academic malpractice in relation to a person (details supplied); and if so, if this was known prior to said person's appointment to the Science Foundation Ireland. [32066/13]