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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if she will reconsider the proposed pension cuts and if he will conform the constitutionality of The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2010 and the new legislation that will be required to implement the current proposed pension cut. [11221/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons retiring next year at the age of 65 years will have to wait a full year before they are eligible for their pension; and the action she will take regarding same. [11018/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons retiring next year are only entitled to nine months jobseeker's benefit while waiting a year to become eligible for their pension. [11019/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the National Assets Management Agency release funds for an estate (details supplied) to ensure that requisite building and fire safety standards are implemented for all dwellings. [11035/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of any contracts that have been awarded for the installation of domestic water meters. [11459/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fire Safety Regulations (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that fire safety regulations are adhered to in all hospitals here (details supplied) [11014/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Relations (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in relation to State bodies refusing to use the State's industrial relations machinery (details supplied) [11015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Health the reason St James Hospital management believe that it is appropriate for non-electrical staff to be able to access fuse boards in the hospital ward areas [11013/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the electricians suspended by the management of St James Hospital County Dublin are reinstated in their positions and that the hospital immediately engage in dialogue with them through the auspices of the Labour Court or other vehicles of the States industrial relations machinery [11016/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme (5 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Health the safe guards that are in place to ensure that claims under the drug payment scheme are legitimate and authorised and that the medication has actually been received by the person in question. [11020/13]

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: The Deputy was not here earlier when we were here.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Clare Daly: As others have said, the ink is hardly dry on the Minister's original legislation and we are back already with a list of amendments that will be wholly inadequate to undo the damage and destruction that will be caused by this tax. This is a forerunner of the fiasco this legislation represents. This proposal was badly thought out, was rushed through and is part of a process that is foisting...

Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (28 Feb 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Finance noting that NERI estimate that Budget 2013 will reduce GDP by 2.1% and cost between 25,000 and 35,000 jobs, the way austerity can lead to job creation. [3191/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (28 Feb 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will introduce a system for investigating the deaths of seals, dolphins and porpoises. [10857/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (28 Feb 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise the application by Fingal County Council for funding for phase two of the Rush, County Dublin, sewerage upgrade, as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that raw sewerage is being pumped into the sea at Rush. [10855/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Feb 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012, as per draft available on his Department's website, will allow one person to design, construct and certify a building and his views on whether this is reasonable to ensure public safety. [10856/13]

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

Clare Daly: Nine thousand years ago, before the first settlers came to Ireland, the whole island was practically covered in forests. One hundred and ten years ago, that had been reduced to about 1%. Gradually over the past period it has grown to about 10%, which is well below what it should be for any sustainable and desirable afforestation policy. It is laughable to listen to Labour Deputies say that...

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

Clare Daly: I will deal with Coillte now. The reason we are very suspicious about a continuation of the sale of our harvesting rights is precisely because of the role of Coillte to date. The history of this organisation has been one of intrigue since its inception. It was set up by Haughey, Burke and MacSharry. The Irish forestry service was handed over to businessmen to run it with a commercial...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Clare Daly: This tragic part of our history would not have happened if we were talking about anybody other than women. It is a reflection of how Irish society treated women as second-class citizens, in particular working-class women who were doubly exploited and treated with contempt by this State. That was brought home very graphically in the testimony of one young woman who was in a laundry because...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (27 Feb 2013)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the numbers and cost of agency staff under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10304/13]