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Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: There is no time limit on this.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: Absolutely not. Since when? There is no guillotine on this. We have two opportunities to speak.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: The Ceann Comhairle said earlier that movers of amendments could speak three times.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: So, if I stop now, I can finish my points the next time. I would have done it in one go.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I can come in on the next round as well. I will just finish my point in literally two seconds. Officials are tied up on this issue. We would be quite happy to leave Deputy Mattie McGrath in Thurles or Clonmel if he were only damaging himself and his neighbours and they were only damaging each other. Sadly, the activity does not do that. There must be a voice to speak out on that.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I have unlimited time now? For heaven's sake. If the Acting Chairman had allowed me to speak the first time, I would not have come back in.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 13:In page 15, to delete lines 15 to 17.This is probably the most important amendment we have tabled to the Bill and the one that has received the most attention. That such a comprehensive animal health and welfare Bill is being put through the House today is a significant step forward. All of us agree that many of its provisions represent a substantial step forward in...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I support Deputy O'Sullivan's amendment. I appreciate the point made by the Minister that he will look at this issue in the form of a code of conduct, but the problem for us is that what we are dealing with currently is an Animal Health and Welfare Bill where this practice, which is inherently cruel and inhumane, will be allowed to continue, while we are expected to buy into a promise of...

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: Is the Taoiseach aware that the foremost authority on road traffic legislation in Ireland has stated that there is nothing in legislation to allow senior gardaí to cancel any penalty points? Superintendents are making what he calls secret decisions behind closed doors with no authority in road traffic legislation to allow them to do so. This is a frightening situation, an affront to...

Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: I did not make any comment about a report that has not yet been published. That would be entirely inappropriate. The questions I raised related to comments and speeches made by the Minister and points that he has already ascertained. I would like the Taoiseach to deal with the question I asked. Does he think it is appropriate that the Minister, who commissioned this report that allegedly...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way taxi drivers who own perfectly safe and roadworthy vehicles designed to accommodate wheelchairs, are to be compensated; the way those who have lost the mobility allowance are going to travel with less wheelchair accessible taxis on the road, following the decision that such vehicles have to be taken off the road when they are 15...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reverse the decision requiring taxi drivers to take wheelchair taxis off the road once they are 15 years old. [15037/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Proliferation (27 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting on 10th Anniversary of the war and occupation of Iraq based on false claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, that unsubstantiated claims are currently being made by US and Israel that Iran is developing nuclear weapons together with assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and threats by Israel/US...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (26 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce the prohibition of pair trawling for herring, sprat and bass within a 12 mile radius of our coastline in order to protect marine mammals. [14671/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that those who started teaching prior to 1 February 2012 will not be considered as new entrants for the purposes of the new pay scales, even if the had not qualified by that date, in line with previous commitments made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14766/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: General Register Office (26 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the procedures to be followed when a person wants to change information on a birth certificate; and her plans, if any, to change this process. [14765/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility (26 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available to a person who needs mortgage interest supplement, but has been unable to honour a twelve month interest only payment with the bank on the grounds of inability to pay. [15158/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (26 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that registered architects are trained to design in compliance with the building regulations and that they have no academic or practical training to certify compliance of construction works with building regulations; consequently if he will justify the short-listing of architects to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (26 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will resolve issues of access for metal detectors on State lands; if boundary issues near historical sites will be clarified so that members of the public can pursue the hobby of metal detecting. [14853/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (26 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that registered architects are trained to design in compliance with the building regulations and that they have no academic or practical training to certify compliance of construction works with building regulations; consequently if he will justify the short-listing of architects to...