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Oireachtas Members' Salaries (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: In light of the statement by the Houses of the Oireachtas that Deputies' travel expenses can only be incurred in their constituencies, how can an unvouched allowance of €1,000 per Dublin Deputy be supported? Is the Minister reviewing this situation? Is he reviewing the fact that political parties receive €1 million aside from the party leader's allowance that leaders use to travel...

Oireachtas Members' Salaries (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: They are substantially less than the Minister's.

Oireachtas Members' Salaries (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: Just answer the question.

Oireachtas Members' Salaries (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: Good man.

Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the conclusions of the Nevin Economic Research Institute's Quarterly Economic Observer Summer 2012 report that cutting public expenditure and other austerity measures result only in a much reduced public service and do nothing to promote economic growth; and if he will act on the Institute's advice and do no...

Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: I understand the Minister's sensitivity as the employment creation process over which the Government has stood led to a youth unemployment rate of 27.5% in April and an overall unemployment rate of 15%. The Nevin Economic Research Institute has indicated firmly that the policies being pursued of consistent cutbacks have succeeded in bringing about a cumulative decline of 26% in domestic...

Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: We can get money elsewhere.

Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: The Nevin institute which is made up of economists recommends the Government could start by closing off tax breaks and reliefs, with a graduated and incremental increase in the average target tax take for high income households, with the aim of reducing the budget deficit to below 3% of GDP by 2017.

Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: The Government could take a leaf from the book of Social Justice Ireland which has indicated that if we dealt with our taxation rates and had them at the EU average, the Government could raise another €6.5 billion. Instead, it has chosen to go after ordinary households through cutbacks in welfare and other general tax hikes.

Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: I did not mention a wealth tax.

Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: I have quoted a reputable source.

Economic Policy (4 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: My question was related to something else. The Minister did not answer it.

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (3 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Ryanair's attempt to take a majority stake in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32105/12]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the proposed sewerage treatment plant in north County Dublin, the distance from the three potential sites to the load centre or centres; the cost per kilometre of the pipes; the size of the pipes; the level of treatment the sewerage will be given; if a tidal flow study has been done on the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 539: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Number 168 (details supplied) if he will reconsider his reply. [31654/12]

Property Taxation (28 Jun 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister has clearly linked the property tax with the household tax. Does the Minister intend to move to the property tax next year, ahead of schedule, as some reports would seem to indicate or is it his intention to keep it for two years and then move to a property tax? He refers to a new source of funding in respect of the non-principal private residence and the household charge but,...

Water Pollution (28 Jun 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his views on whether his risk based proposals relating to the standards to be required for septic tank upgrades take due account of the Environmental Protection Agency code of practice for waste water and disposal systems for single houses, 2009, developed following a series of scientific studies or...

Water Pollution (28 Jun 2012)

Clare Daly: The purpose of my question is an effort to untangle the Minister's motivation when dealing with this issue. This is proposed to be a measure for dealing with pollution but the key part of a wastewater treatment system is the secondary treatment area which in this case is the percolation area. The Minister's Department has stated that many septic tanks in Ireland do not have an appropriate...

Water Pollution (28 Jun 2012)

Clare Daly: I watched some of it on the television.

Water Pollution (28 Jun 2012)

Clare Daly: It is environmentally unsustainable and probably economic madness to expect people who have septic tanks in relatively densely populated areas to deal with the problem themselves. A best practice environmental solution would be to connect those people to the public sewer. I have followed the deliberations on Committee Stage, as many other people have, and I believe the Minister has avoided...