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Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Clare Daly: We obviously have very limited time. The Minister said he is not in the business of getting information from An Garda Síochána, and it is not in the business of giving it to him, and that we can all be reassured. I am certainly not reassured. Yesterday, the Minister claimed he was at a briefing on the termination of fixed charge penalty notices where the information in regard...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance Issues (21 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that a recent Court ruling on the matter of a tax avoidance scheme known as the value shift arrangement means that additional tax revenue of up to €500 million is now owing to the State; and the process that the Revenue Commissioners have put in place to obtain payment of these outstanding obligations. [23661/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (21 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of dwellings that were issued with local property tax assessment forms; the number of returns that have been received broken down between post and online; and the way he proposes to deal with the back-log. [23662/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman Issues (21 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the length of time it takes the Office of the Financial Ombudsman to take a complaint from initial submission, to investigation and finally to resolution. [23671/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman Reports (21 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance the levels of payment the Office of the Financial Ombudsman has achieved in the past two years for complainants; if he has plans to require the Financial Ombudsman to publish in their annual report the perpetrators of financial injustice against customers. [23672/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (21 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if he will be attending the Bilderberg Group meeting in early June and if he will be making a presentation to the Gathering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24003/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (21 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the patronage of Educate Together for the promised second level school in Balbriggan in 2016. [23695/13]

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Clare Daly: This is a very important issue and the livelihood of many citizens depends on the taxi industry. There are many people employed in it and a large proportion are in an incredibly precarious economic position because the industry is under pressure. I do not want to repeat all the points made in the debate so far, but some of them must be emphasised. As many of the full-time taxi...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the findings of a distinguished legal research and advocacy panel from the Constitution Project that the United States had practiced had indisputable torture on prisoners. [23100/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he proposes to take in relation to the detention of a person (details supplied) for three years without charge, in relation to the High Court's overruling of the application to take their case to the Supreme Court. [23099/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtors (16 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) is prevented from buying back their loans at a discount from National Assets Management Agency, in view of the fact that they have refused to deliver on their responsibilities to remediate homes in their developments which have pyrite and other building defects; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman Issues (16 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review section 57 CL (1) of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004, to facilitate those with small claims having the right to appeal a decision of the Financial Services Ombudsman without the expense of going to the High Court. [23387/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that local authorities in considering requests for future planning permissions will take account of the record of builders and developers to deal satisfactorily with pyrite and other breaches of building regulations in their former projects and developments; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (16 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to insist on the fattening country on labels, along with birth country/country of origin for all beef products entering Ireland so that consumers can make ethical choice, in relation to for example, rain forest cleared land. [23461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Standards Regulation (16 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations dealing with fish, pig, cow and poultry food manufacture, with particular reference to whether cow brains and spinal cord are permitted. [23462/13]

Good Friday Agreement: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 May 2013)

Clare Daly: The issues Deputy Wallace has raised have been silenced by the mainstream media here in the South and we will ignore these issues at our peril. Not too far up the road we have a man who has been in jail for three years who meets all the criteria of the Good Friday Agreement, whose licence was revoked, allegedly for security reasons. He and his legal team have not been informed of these...

Other Questions: Industrial Disputes (15 May 2013)

Clare Daly: Does the Minister of State accept that payroll costs at Bus Éireann have been slashed by €15 million since 2009? Does he agree that payments for overtime and driving throughout the night form part of the core wages Bus Éireann workers bring home to their families? I expect he will agree that they cannot afford to lose approximately €3,000 per annum under the deal...

Other Questions: State Airports (15 May 2013)

Clare Daly: I am a former Aer Lingus worker and I am concerned about what goes on in Shannon but I am sure my colleagues in Shannon will agree with me that road safety and other issues take precedence at present. The Minister disallowed questions which we validly submitted on the investigation into the termination of fixed penalty points but he deigned to comment on the matter on the public airwaves.

Other Questions: State Airports (15 May 2013)

Clare Daly: I would like the Minister to comment on the matter in this House. We sent him a letter over one month ago to raise our concerns about it.

Other Questions: State Airports (15 May 2013)

Clare Daly: We have tabled questions on previous occasions but they have been disallowed. Is this what Fine Gael mean by transparency in Government?