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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount being spent on the leasing of car parking for persons working in Leinster House; if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers involved; and the area of work in which they are involved [41023/11]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis upon which she expects the reduction in the employer's rebate for statutory redundancy to produce €81 million in savings in 2012 and €104 million savings in 2013 as it follows from these estimated savings that she has estimated the number of redundancies this year and next year; and the number of redundancies that she...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of allegations of social welfare fraud that were investigated in 2011; the number of these allegations that were unfounded; the total savings arising from allegations which were upheld; and the total cost in staff hours of pursuing these cases in view of staff shortages and long delays in social welfare claims being...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the penalties that are in place for dealing with frivolous and malicious complaints against persons for alleged social welfare fraud. [1111/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the guidelines for dealing with the burden of proof and protection of privacy in relation to dealing with allegations of social welfare fraud. [1112/12]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will re-instate funding for the three community development posts in estates (details supplied) in Dublin; his views that successive Governments have not lived up to their commitments in regard to the regeneration of these estates, that in fact, regeneration has created new problems in many instances...

Written Answers — Legal Costs: Legal Costs (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 620: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State, through the Legal Aid Board, is threatening to seek the costs through a High Court action from a father who seeks to act jointly as a legal guardian with the mother of his child in accordance with the Health Service Executive guidelines. [41239/11]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 769: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care in the County Wicklow area each month over the past year by comparison with the State average; the average length of time each child remained in foster care; the number of foster families used in the area, and the total cost of same. [41435/11]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 770: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason children (details supplied) in County Wicklow were not placed in the care of family members, rather than being placed in foster care, which would save the State substantial funds and be less distressful for the children. [41436/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Funding: Health Service Funding (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 898: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider granting the funding to a organisation (details supplied) in order to enable them to continue to operate in the new year in providing support for persons involved in the difficult occupation of caring. [41307/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 915: To ask the Minister for Health the place to which patients from Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, and St. James's Hospital, Dublin, are discharged into or referred to when they require step down care. [41413/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Budgets: Hospital Budgets (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 946: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain his previous statements that Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, is operating a break-even budget on a monthly basis, and yet his Department has stated that it must deal with it an accumulated deficit of €22 million at the start of the year and a deficit of €11 million in 2011 from within its own resources [1048/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 954: To ask the Minister for Health if he will quantify in terms of cancelled operations and other medical procedures for 2012 in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, arising from recent closure of the Burkitt ward and the imminent closure of the Crampton ward totalling 75 beds or 12% of the hospital's capacity all due to hospital management coping with a reduced budget. [1299/12]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 999: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the levels of fluoride in the Irish water supply; and the reason this chemical is included in view of the fact that it is banned in many countries. [1619/12]

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (11 Jan 2012)

Clare Daly: It is timely that we are discussing this matter. Clearly the protection of workers is an extremely important issue. The Topical Issue debate brought to centre stage the issue of workers rights in general and highlighted the necessity for legislative protection. Statutory and legal protection, if not enforced, is not sufficient. That workers in Vita Cortex and La Senza who are not being...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: -----that it is not easy to take the stance we have taken, but we are standing by the people who elected us. The Bill before us is relatively straightforward. Its purpose is to ratify changes to the IMF articles of agreement. However, we must first step back and examine the role of the IMF. It is clear that the IMF is not a neutral international economic advisory committee. The allocation...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: We have been told, because of the changes and the Government not putting up any more speakers, that we can take the extra time.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Is it not the case that Deputy Mattie McGrath can continue for ten minutes, Government Members will then have 20 minutes and we can come back in?

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: I cannot think of any greater cheap vote-getting exercise by a political party than contesting an election by saying it will not bring in a flat household charge and then, when it is elected, doing the complete opposite. This is, of course, the record of Fine Gael.

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Clare Daly: Yes, but I am merely responding to points already made. I can assure Deputy Buttimer-----