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Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: I wish to share time with Deputies Wallace and Boyd Barrett.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: I do not believe, as has been alleged by one contributor, that abortion is the divisive issue it once was. Many people in Irish society have very different views on the subject, as is their right, but they also recognise it is a private health matter that primarily is one for the woman herself, as well as her doctors. Repeated opinion polls have revealed the fact that the overwhelming...

Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: I find myself agreeing with my fellow trade unionist, Deputy Ross, in his analysis of the role of some of the trade union leaders. My union has a fee half of what Deputy Ross is being charged but we probably still get comparably little service. It is a great irony to have to witness and listen to the comments of some of the Labour Deputies who have tried to pose themselves as the great...

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: It is a real irony that such has been the mishandling of the case for the abolition of the Seanad by the Taoiseach that the spectre has been raised of this archaic, irrelevant and highly undemocratic institution potentially being rescued from annihilation. This would be totally regrettable. I do not in any way blame people for having this view. It is small wonder when we have been...

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: Many people have been insulted by having the example of small Scandinavian countries being lauded by the Administration for not having a second chamber, and fair play to them and I do not have a problem with it, but these countries have very good health care and child care systems and other measures which our Government chooses to blatantly ignore. The real irony for ordinary people looking...

Topical Issue Debate: United Nations Report on Refugees (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: This report on refugees is a devastating indictment of current international policy. One person is displaced every four seconds and men, women and children are being uprooted from their communities. The report is useful in revealing that, contrary to the myth prevailing in the West about an invasion of refugees from these war torn countries, most refugees end up in bordering countries that...

Topical Issue Debate: United Nations Report on Refugees (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: The Minister of State acknowledged that war is the primary reason for the huge number of refugees but we have to draw lessons from that observation. The UN report notes that the country with the largest number of refugees is Afghanistan and the country with the biggest increase in the number of refugees is Syria. The lesson is that interference by foreign imperialist powers causes...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: It is important to take this opportunity to bring some balance into the discussion surrounding the visit of the US President and his wife, given the almost unprecedented slobbering over the Obama family to which the nation has been exposed in recent days. It is difficult to decide which is worse, the outpourings of President Obama and his wife or the sycophantic fawning over them by the...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: What steps will the Taoiseach take to follow the correct decision made by his colleague, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, to vote against a proposal to lift the arms embargo on Syria? What steps will he take to ensure no weapons destined for Syria will be transported through Shannon Airport in breach of our international duties as a neutral State?...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: I did not say anything about the Northern Ireland peace process. While everyone supports the peace process, that does not give one a licence to do whatever one likes anywhere else around the globe. There is not much peace in Iraq where 26 people lost their lives yesterday, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Syria. My position on Syria is one of agreement with Oxfam, which issued the following...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 17. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the Common Fisheries Policy reform, the reason the fully documented ecosystem and precautionary approach was not included as previously promised. [29216/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 350 and 351 of 11 June 2013, the way the pension related deduction applies to those earning less than €60,000 per annum. [29628/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will organise an enquiry into a wind farm (details supplied) in County Wexford as a result of breaches in planning permission and a lack of enforcement by the planning authorities which is causing serious injury to the amenity of local residents. [29528/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Discipline (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a protocol to require members of An Garda Síochána to declare gifts they receive in the form of accommodation or refreshment in places of public resort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29541/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (19 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a policy of monitoring the phone and email records of residents here. [29542/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Investigations (18 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 42. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied with the internal investigation conducted by the Defence Forces into allegations about Irish Defence Forces' personnel working for private security companies and purchasing arms on the black market in South Africa and training special forces in the Seychelles in 2007. [28963/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Ombudsman Complaints (18 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 47. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of complaints processed by the Defence Forces Ombudsman; and if he is satisfied with the operation of the system. [28964/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (18 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will spearhead an internationl campaign to ban the use of drones. [28748/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Summits (18 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he attended the Bilderberg meeting; and the basis of his contribution to same. [28657/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Genetically Modified Organisms (18 Jun 2013)

Clare Daly: 301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will adopt a precautionary approach and ban GMO/GE crops including the GMO potato trials in Carlow. [29206/13]