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Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (26 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the remuneration received by a person (details supplied) for their membership of the boards of the Housing Finance Agency and the Western Development Commission, and for their positions of designated manager of the Border Regional Authority and council member of Comhar. [4629/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (26 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the members of the household charge project board and their remuneration; their annual budget and if the appointments were made by open competition or by another method. [4627/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (26 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the household charge project board has affected their position on the board of the Housing Finance Agency and the Western Development Commission, their position as designated manager of the Border Regional Authority, and their council membership of...

Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasoning behind the rates of rent allowance cuts arising from Budget 2011; her views that these cuts will force persons to move and change their children's school because they will be unable to afford to stay in the areas they currently live in; if a poverty impact assessment has been done to measure the effect of the rent allowance...

Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Despite the Minister's statements, there is no evidence to suggest this measure will succeed in reducing rents. This decision is made against the backdrop of many people in receipt of rent allowance already paying in excess of the €30 minimum they are required to pay. They are forced into having to pay over the odds because many landlords will not accept people on rent allowance....

Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister should reflect on the fact that the victims of this measure will be the tenants. I can state this because the situation has already arisen. I note the Minister quoted back the example of the plight of the lady in Wexford. Although she has been on all the housing websites and has contacted all the estate agents, landlords are not taking up the rental accommodation scheme, RAS,...

Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (26 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: This is a very important discussion on an issue which has, in many ways, been dogged by scandal because of practices followed in various countries. It is also an issue encompassing many conflicting rights. The discussion in an Irish context has been very much focused on the welfare and rights of prospective adoptive parents. I recognise those who find themselves in this situation often...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (25 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 413 to 415, inclusive, of 11 January 2012, if she will introduce legislation to ensure that, when it is possible to establish that individuals reporting social welfare abuse are engaged in unfounded malicious abuse, a penalty will be imposed to prevent waste of public funds and harassment of...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil and public servants that are in receipt of family income supplement; and the grades and occupations they hold within the civil or public service. [3939/12]

Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the legislative measures, if any, he intends to introduce to prevent scenarios such as Vita Cortex and La Senza whereby places of employment are closed without prior warning being provided to employees and without provision being made for statutory or enhanced redundancy terms. [4108/12]

Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister's answer is not good enough. He has merely outlined the status quo and the backdrop against which the scandalous decisions have been made by employers to leave workers with nothing, without notice of closures which are sprung on them deliberately to evade the making of statutory redundancy payments. This is happening within the legislative framework outlined by the Minister,...

Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister has avoided many of these issues which have not been sorted. Some La Senza workers are not being paid social welfare for the days of the sit-in. Tens of thousands of workers are waiting for statutory redundancy payments. Some cases came in under the radar before Christmas. The Minister has made a lot of points about the industrial relations machinery of the State, such as the...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the allocation of funds to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in order that the prefabs currently accommodating six classes will be replaced with a permanent structure. [3561/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the cut of permanent learning support teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [4042/12]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (24 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he decides to impose further pay cuts on public servants, if a poverty impact assessment will take place in advance. [3836/12]

European Council: Statements (24 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: It is clear that the key issue before the European Council is that relating to the austerity treaty. In a certain sense, we are operating in something of a vacuum because we have not seen the final draft of the treaty. However, we have a fair and clear idea of what it is going to contain. An article in today's Financial Times indicates that Frau Merkel of Germany has decided that she may...

Private Members' Business. Promissory Notes: Motion (24 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: notes that - the Government intends to pay €1,250 million to unsecured Anglo Irish Bank bondholders on 25 January, 2012; - these bondholders are anonymous speculators, many of whom bought Anglo Irish Bank bonds at between 50% and 80% discount and who stand to make huge profits if they are paid full face value for the bonds; - the Government intends to make a...

Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: I echo the point that this is a modern disaster. It is an absolute tragedy for the families concerned. They have been evacuees from their homes for more than 100 days now. As we sit here not a single thing is being done to rectify those homes. Work is not being undertaken and they are no nearer to returning to another home. They do not want to return to the home they had because it could...

Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister is correct; he is not responsible. However, the system did not make adequate provision. Somebody is responsible; the residents certainly are not and the Minister is in the unique position of being able to assist them. I do not accept that he cannot step in until the legal process is over. If Dublin City Council wins the legal proceedings, as is likely, and is released from...

Sale of State Assets (24 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Where are the jobs?