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Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (20 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce regulations to require quarries supplying aggregate to complete compulsory chemical testing to ensure that fill containing heave-inducing pyrite is detected and not used under concrete floors. [30546/11]

Written Answers — Building Insurance: Building Insurance (20 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether HomeBond structural defects insurance was fit for purpose prior to 2008, noting that the Law Society issued a warning identifying the overall limit of liability in respect of any one housing developer as seriously inadequate; if it is currently fit for purpose in view of the fact that...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (20 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason adoptees from the Bessborough Centre in Cork have been unable to access their personal information which is held by the Health Service Executive at St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; and the steps she will take to ensure that her previous commitment that this information would be available from 1 August is honoured....

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: It is not a secret that the Keane report has come as a bitter disappointment to the hundreds of thousands of individuals who are being crucified under the burden of mortgage debt. I refer to those who are included in the statistics and others who are juggling expenses and bills as they try to hold their heads above water and ensure their properties do not go into arrears. The first step to...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (19 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a requirement for employees to obtain a liquidator's stamp on their EIP 1 forms when claiming redundancy payments from her in scenarios in which the erstwhile company is utterly insolvent and unable to pay redundancy; if this is the case, how employees in these scenarios have their redundancies processed by her under the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the future of the mortgage interest supplement scheme in view of the fact that legislative changes in relation to mortgage arrears are currently being considered. [30297/11]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (19 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Ireland has not yet signed a bilateral agreement with Russia which would allow Irish people to continue to adopt children from that country; her opinion on whether the significant number of adoptions between the two countries mean that an agreement should be put in place to facilitate continuing co-operation between...

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill: Second Stage (19 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: It is not possible to examine the issue of public sector pensions in isolation from the attacks that have already taken place on the State pension and the crisis in the private pension industry. I remind the House of the criminal decision taken earlier this year to increase the State pensionable age to 68. Approximately 11,000 people who will reach the age of 65 in 2014 will have to work an...

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (18 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who currently have to slop out; the number of same who must do so while sharing cells; and his view on whether this constitutes a violation of prisoner human rights. [29550/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (18 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, with regard to the statement in the stakeholder summary report prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that, contrary to section 6 of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 which confers joint guardianship to the mother and the father of a child, fathers are generally discriminated against, notably...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: It is a fact that there cannot be economic recovery without job creation. In this debate a totally wrong premise is being repeatedly stated by the Government, which is that the State does not create jobs.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Your colleagues have done so repeatedly. I said "the Government".

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: It is an absolute fallacy, repeated made by the larger party in government in particular. In reality, the State is a key employee of more than 300,000 people in the public sector and 45,000 in semi-State bodies. It is a vital cog in job creation. There is no such thing as a non-strategic State asset in my opinion. All of these companies have historically played and at present play a vital...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Yes, the Minister could use some of the private State pension funds which amount to approximately €120 billion-----

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: -----and encourage investment of this money-----

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: No, not raid them, give them a bond or guarantee.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: They would get more return on that for investing in Irish industry.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Rather than selling off sections of these companies-----

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: -----the Minister should be investing in the likes of the ESB. He should have a vision, like some of his predecessors----

Sale of State Assets: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: -----to develop projects like Ardnacrusha and employ 500 extra engineers to develop wave and wind power. We could be leaders in energy creation which would drive the economy. Instead the Minister is a disgrace to his founding fathers-----