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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (27 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason lower paid workers were not excluded from the pension levy in line with the method used for the PRD in the public service. [31326/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will enable a school (details supplied) to recruit an additional teacher next year, which is absolutely vital in view of the fact that 31 new students are being enrolled, and that failure to do so will result in the classes above junior and senior infants doubling and trebling up beyond what should be tolerated for educating children of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (27 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or any of his officials attended a recent cross party briefing on the subject of his Department's policy with regard to applied behaviour analysis and autism by internationally recognised experts; if he will respond to the criticisms outlined at that briefing; if he will state if and when he plans to accept the invitation provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (27 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is his intention to abolish the pension related deduction from 2014. [31325/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (27 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a front line worker on €20,000 pays a pension relation deduction of 10% but a person on more than €60,000 pays only 10.5%, with the deduction being on gross salary the higher the pay, meaning significantly more relief from tax, pay related social insurance and universal social charge, meaning effectively the...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: It is an indictment of the Lithuanian authorities that they stand over prison conditions such as those in which Michael Campbell, and anyone else in Lithuania who happens to be in prison, are being held. It is in breach of all human rights standards and something this nation should speak out about. It is good that the embassy is sending a representative. I hope the Tánaiste will...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: The Tánaiste has done well in arguing against the lifting of the embargo. I honestly think we could do a lot more. We tend to understate the influence we can have on the world stage. I think the examples of Libya and other countries show the damage that comes from taking sides in a civil war. Is it not the case that the peace talks are being held up by the American-backed rebels...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the British and Northern Ireland authorities that a person (details supplied), imprisoned in Maghaberry Prison will be immediately released on unconditional bail due to the serious lack of evidence of any crime being committed and the concerns expressed by human rights organisations. [30487/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (26 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the decision of the US to supply arms to Syria, the steps he is taking to ensure that such weapons are not being taken through Shannon in breach of international laws on neutrality. [30486/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (26 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate reports of cockfighting in County Monaghan and request footage of the incident from the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. [31006/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternal Deaths (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 101. To ask the Minister for Health the changes he intends to implement in relation to maternal mortality reporting and investigating procedures to improve the information gathered in order to assist in saving women's lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Issues (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 144. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not yet honoured the Labour Court recommendations which ordered the payment of a gratuity of four and a half weeks for home helps who were employed in the sector between 2000 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30025/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the claims of a company (details supplied) that it can publish schoolbooks at considerably cheaper prices, with particular attention to the terms and conditions of employment of its workforce. [30113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Fingal County Council has applied for an exemption to the public sector recruitment embargo in order to overcome the critical shortage of librarians due to retirement which is leading to facilities having to close; if he will consider this request as a matter of urgency. [30210/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the gross lump sum, the gross severance gratuity and annual pension that will be paid to the Sligo County Manger when he retires from office later this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30325/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons Issues (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has discussed the missing persons cases (details supplied) with the Garda Commissioner and if he is satisfied with the progress of these cases. [30093/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to alter the vetting legislation which requires the disclosure of court proceedings even when a person has been acquitted. [30094/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in the context of the Digital Audio Recording service, which was implemented in the court system as a way of providing an accurate record of evidence for distribution from CD, DVD and VCR as a method of guaranteeing open and fair justice for everybody in a cost effective manner, the reason these CDs have not been made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for a lay litigant to obtain the CD of a digital audio recording of the proceedings of a case; the person whose responsibility it is to supply these recordings; and the recourse open to them in the absence of the recording being made available. [30097/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (25 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 459. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of persons within direct provision, who made their application for protection more than five years ago, and are respectively awaiting deportation, seeking subsidiary protection or leave to remain, or have a judicial attachment to their application; the number that are children and the options...