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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: As the Tánaiste prepares for his next European outing, it would be remiss not to mention his participation in the utterly ludicrous and outrageous presentation of the Nobel peace prize to the European Union. This participation represented a shocking failure on the part of the Government, a missed opportunity to boycott the event and take a stance against the galling hypocrisy that saw a...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: Exactly.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: On the day the extension of penalty points into other areas is being discussed, it is absolutely critical that a transparent system is in place and that residents and citizens can stand over it. We are not making any assumptions. We are alleging, based on evidence we have seen, that a culture exists that allows one to have one's motoring offences and penalty points written off as long as...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: No.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: On Friday, the Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan, released a press statement saying there could be no question of what has been described as a culture of non-enforcement of penalties being tolerated. That is exactly the situation being spoken of. That is the only explanation for the termination of 100,000 parking, penalty and motoring offences. It is the only explanation for one senior...

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: Nobody is arguing that there should not be exemptions but rather about how the exemptions are applied. The idea that tens of thousands of cases - I have seen the evidence of it - have simply been written off for legitimate reasons is questionable and is in breach of Garda regulations which actually specify that the criteria are very limited. I do not know how the Minister can say that if...

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: I did not say that.

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: That is not what we are talking about at all.

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received information regarding the write off of a number of motoring offences for a person (details supplied). [54508/12]

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he received information regarding the write off of substantial numbers of motoring offences by some Gardaí. [54507/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the EAL teacher granted in April this year to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin on an appeal was removed in October without any warning or input from the school. [55228/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the fact that Prefab 15 in a school (details supplied) has again, despite repairs, been leaking to the extent that the children have had to be moved to the PE hall, denying that facility to the entire school. [55286/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision not to award a permanent building to Rush and Lusk Educate Together was made, in contradiction to previous commitments; by whom was the decision made; and the reason for same. [55297/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding applied for by Fingal County Council in relation to coastal protection works in its administrative area, broken down by geographical location; and amount sought and awarded per annum since 2000. [55291/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Building Regulations (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 27 November 2012, the reason he believes that the National Standards Authority of Ireland has no role in the ongoing monitoring of the unit (details supplied); and the remedy available to those who purchased and installed the units. [55292/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will explain the way an organisation (details supplied) were able to employ a number of jobbridge workers while at the same time moving to dismiss nine full time workers; and the action she will take regarding same. [55238/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht while protecting funding to the arts in general, if he will ensure that no taxpayers money is made available to circuses which use animals. [55289/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason his Department has assumed responsibility for a non-ionising radiation monitoring programme in relation to the monitoring programme for the east west interconnector magnetic field [55293/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the criteria for independence applied to the formation of the independent monitoring programme for Eirgrid's east west interconnector's magnetic field and its members, including when and where the positions were advertised; the person who appointed them; their names and their terms of reference. [55294/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (11 Dec 2012)

Clare Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he will take following the revelations by the European Environmental Agency of the substantial cost of air pollution from a number of industrial facilities particularly ESB power plants amounting to the sum of €1 billion for 2009 [55235/12]