Results 12,681-12,700 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take in view of the ECJ order that the refund of excise duty on fuel used by disabled drivers is unlawful and in breach of the excise directive [22302/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Schemes (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with the Permanent TSB in order to ensure that workers' pension benefits are protected under the defined benefit scheme and to ensure that those accountable for bad investment decisions and under funding are held accountable rather than the innocent members of the scheme. [22312/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registrations for the local property tax on a local authority basis. [22712/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special needs assistant or other assistance available to children of school going age, preschool, who are profoundly deaf; the grants or special assistance available to mainstream schools that have to accommodate profoundly deaf children. [22304/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the criteria relating to guaranteed resource learning hours for students with Down's syndrome was altered in 2005; and if he will rectify that situation by recognising Down's syndrome as a low incidence disability. [22714/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency Governance (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 431. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will use his power under section 21 (16) of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 to remove the Director General of the EPA from her position following her public comments that the EPA will not be racing to prosecute business for not complying with environmental licences and regulations. [22298/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline on a local authority basis, the number of persons that have paid the household charge since 26 April 2013. [22711/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 467. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken in relation to allegations which have been brought to his attention, that a company (details supplied) issued invoices to another company for the procurement of alcohol which was distributed to members of An Garda Síochána on the companys behalf. [22395/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector Issues (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explain the position he took regarding the vote on the new EU seed law designed to ban all traditional vegetable varieties unless registered and licensed, which went before the council on 6 May. [22300/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who committed suicide in the past ten years; and of those women, the number who were pregnant [22166/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 605. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a register of persons who are profoundly deaf; the grants available for children and persons who are profoundly deaf, including whether there are plans to include replacement parts associated with cochlear implants on the medical card scheme [22305/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Ingredients (14 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 665. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that manufacturers reduce the sugar content in products such as breakfast cereals; and the steps he has taken to receive an explanation of the reason they use up to 30% more sugar in their products for the European market compare to amounts in the US. [22728/13]

Other Questions: Adoption Services Provision (9 May 2013)

Clare Daly: It is important, partly in light of Deputy Wallace's comment and partly because of the delay, that measures are put in place between now and the introduction of the legislation to protect the records that are out there. There is nothing in law to require or compel people to hand over private records. We are totally reliant on the goodwill of the individual. As Deputy Wallace said, the man...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2013)

Clare Daly: There is a certain tragic irony in the situation that as we sit here this morning, homeowners in Priory Hall are before the courts down the road, as Dublin City Council seeks to get out of the responsibility of paying temporary accommodation for families who had the misfortune of purchasing a home in Priory hell. These families have lived on the knife-edge for hundreds of days in insecure...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2013)

Clare Daly: Is it realistic for low-paid public sector workers, who have already had their salaries reduced by 22%, to see them reduced further? Does he think it realistic for unions to go into a process where their members will come out worse off? Would it not be more realistic for the Tánaiste to target the increased number of millionaires who have got richer on his watch by progressively taxing...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2013)

Clare Daly: Of course I have nothing against the Tánaiste personally. The point I was trying to make was that he appears to be considerably out of touch with the reality on the ground. His very reference to the idea of youth unemployment being dealt with by his Government is masked by the fact that more than 300,000 people have been driven from our shores over the past four years. The fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (9 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in introducing the Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill; and the steps being taken to protect birth/adoption records held in private hands. [21820/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illegal Adoptions (9 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in view of the recent apology given by the Australian Prime Minister to the victims of illegal adoptions carried out in that country in the 1960s, if an inquiry will be established into the illegal adoptions carried out here in the post 1952 period when adoption legislation was in force. [21658/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (8 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 14. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will push for DNA testing of fish across the EU, similar to that undertaken in relation to the testing of beef products, in view of substantial evidence of fish mislabelling. [21408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Neonicotinoid Insecticides (8 May 2013)

Clare Daly: 19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will justify his stance in relation to the temporary ban on neonicotinoid insecticides. [21409/13]