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Order of Business (21 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: If I could speak without interruption I would ask that.

Order of Business (21 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: What security will the Tánaiste give to those workers and their families and to the taxpayers that he will not stand over the butchery of our assets?

Order of Business (21 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: We know he is already committed at least to selecting from Mr. McCarthy's menu. We have a right to know, as do those people, which ones he has his eye on. I find it disgusting that Members on the other side are having merriment at the issue of workers' rights.

State Visits (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I will be brief as there has been some discussion on it already. I find it hard to believe that with a couple of weeks to go, the Taoiseach has no indication whatsoever of what the plans for President Obama's visit may be. I assume the Taoiseach has some idea. Out of respect to the House we deserve some indication of what they may be. Similarly, a question arises with regard to cost. The...

State Visits (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I do not believe the Taoiseach does not have the details of the costs or the plans of the visit and I wish to see them. It is not good enough to say this is an investment; the Taoiseach must quantify it. The 100,000 people working for US multinationals work here because of the profits those companies generate. However, that number is a fraction of the workforce of the country. The...

State Visits (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: That is the question.

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I am somewhat shocked at what Deputy Ó Caoláin indicated has been done. I am new to this procedure, this being my first time to participate on Report Stage of a Bill. I have waited all morning to support the amendments put down by Deputy Ó Caoláin, proposals which are critical for the foundation of maternity care in Ireland for the next quarter of a century. The provisions in the Bill...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I support this amendment. This Bill is one of the first items of legislation before the new Dáil and in that sense, it provides Members with a good opportunity to set an important precedent with regard to the appointment of State boards. The fact that the board would be subject to the approval of a joint committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas is more democratic and involves the entire...

Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Report Stage (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I ask for clarification. Do I understand the basis for this decision is that there would be a potential charge on the Exchequer and, therefore, the amendments must be recommitted? However, the same reason was given for ruling Deputy Ó Caoláin's amendment out of order. What is the basis for the distinction?

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I am incredibly underwhelmed by this report. We could have gone across the road to Trinity College and paid somebody considerably less to produce a report which tells us what everybody knows. It mentions flawed lending overseen by silent observers and enabled by public authorities. We know all this. By blaming everybody, in essence the report states that nobody is responsible. I...

Written Answers — School Text Books: School Text Books (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to high mark-up on the prices of school books here, which add further financial burden to parents putting children through school; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that awarding of licences to several big publishing companies contributes to this situation; and if he will examine this...

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

Clare Daly: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the current procedure for claiming disability allowance, whereby claimants have to send their private medical records to a general address at the disability allowance department for their claim to be assessed, instead of attending a doctor appointed by the Department with their medical records and having their claim...

Written Answers — Garda Complaints Procedures: Garda Complaints Procedures (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many complaints which are referred to the Garda ombudsman are actually investigated by gardaí themselves due to lack of resources; his plans to increase the resources of the Garda ombudsman services or to give the ombudsman greater power to actually discipline gardaí; in view of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Internships: Departmental Internships (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for allowing students who apply to do so to carry out internships in Departments while they are still in college, in order to gain experience in the areas in which they are studying. [8337/11]

Passenger Name Record Data: Motion (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: As the Minister said, there are passenger name records in airlines. They are a necessary tool so airlines and airport handling companies can do their jobs. That is not at issue. What is at issue is the information being used for other purposes and being handed over to security forces for reasons other than those intended by the person handing over his or her data. This started after 11...

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: The Taoiseach's account of the history of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings serves to avoid the essential issue, that is, the outstanding matters which remain in respect of this case and what the Taoiseach has done to discuss them. We are all aware, as Deputy Adams has stated, that the outstanding issues include the fact that the British Government refused to co-operate with Mr. Justice Barron...

Official Engagements (19 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to discuss outstanding issues from the Barron Report on the Dublin/Monaghan bombings. [8323/11]

Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: I am sharing time with Deputies Wallace, Healy and Boyd Barrett.

Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: The Private Member's motion from Fianna Fáil is an indication that one can spin anything one likes. The idea that these people would laud their achievements in education is an insult. Last September we had the outrageous situation, which prevails to this day, where 106,000 primary school pupils resided in classes of 30 pupils or more, representing 21% of the primary school population and...

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (12 Apr 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he will deal with the fact that the implementation of Circular 19/2011 requiring schools to take from the panel may result in gaelscoileanna having to recruit staff who may not have the required standard of Irish to teach through that medium, therefore undermining the ethos of the school. [7307/11]