Results 181-200 of 14,388 for speaker:Clare Daly

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation which exists whereby persons in receipt of carer's allowance who are allowed to work 15 hours per week, and work as paid carers for those 15 hours are required to obtain the FETAC level 5 qualification, but the training for this, which is provided by VETAC and is unpaid, counts as 5 of...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (30 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss a matter of major public importance, namely, the imminent threat of compulsory statutory redundancies among a significant number of workers at Cavtat Taverns Limited, which runs Signature Bars at Dublin Airport and which is owned by Mr. Donie Cassidy Jr., and the threatened imposition of pay cuts of up to 40% for those...

Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: My Technical Group colleague, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, has asked me to apologise on her behalf as she is unfortunately unable to contribute to the debate. Like me, she welcomes all initiatives that promote animal welfare and looks forward to the day when coursing, fur farming, fox hunting and all such activities are banned. All these so-called sports have, at their core, deliberate and...

Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the emergency services across the country in view of recent reports that questioned the future of full accident and emergency services in many smaller hospitals. [17871/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Staff: Nursing Home Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health if he will find alternative positions for the staff of a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who bravely drew attention to the inadequate levels of care in their work place and have, as a result, been left without jobs. [17872/11]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Like other speakers, I welcome certain aspects of this Bill. Section 2, which requires the calling of a by-election within six months, is a dramatic improvement, but I concur with those who asked why the period cannot be shortened to four months. I am not sure where the point comes from, but it is obviously a step in the right direction. The lowering of expenditure in Presidential...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (5 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the typing of documents and transcription of digital dictation has been outsourced to the Philippines by the Revenue Commissioners and other public bodies. [18253/11]

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: The backdrop to this problem is the peculiar and probably very lopsided situation that exists in this country. On the one hand, we invest a phenomenal amount of time and resources in training doctors who we export while on the other hand, we are resorting to panic measures to import doctors frantically to deal with the chaos and crisis. That situation reflects deep-rooted problems in our...

Written Answers — Post Leaving Certificate Places: Post Leaving Certificate Places (7 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the cap on students by 175 in Dún Laoghaire College of Further Education, County Dublin, which would enable the creation of four new courses for which there is a very clear labour market justification as part of a job creation initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14733/11]

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (7 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a school principal is expected to guarantee that a person with no teaching qualifications is competent and capable of acting in a teaching capacity in the school as laid out in section 6.2 of circular 31-2011; and his views that this provision makes a mockery of the Teaching Council statutory role in assuring the quality of...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: I am sharing time with Deputies Halligan, Boyd Barrett, Joan Collins and Finian McGrath. Like the other speakers I believe this Bill represents a tidying up of a diverse range of areas, many of which are welcome and non-controversial but a number of which do not go far enough and represent somewhat of a lost opportunity. I will comment on a number of those. The first is the area of human...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (12 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: I will start by referring to views expressed by the Labour Party when it was in opposition. According to the Labour Party, it believes "in the equal right of every person to realise their full potential" and regards investment in education as "the most important investment we can make in our own future". It is, it continues, "central to our longer term economic recovery – not something...

Written Answers — Child Welfare and Protection: Child Welfare and Protection (12 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the children first guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19813/11]

Written Answers — Child Welfare and Protection: Child Welfare and Protection (12 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her role in ensuring the welfare of children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19814/11]

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (12 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the publication of the recent Irish Human Rights Commission's report on education and religion, Education: A Human Rights Perspective; and the implications he sees coming out of this report in relation to the Irish education system. [19533/11]

Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (12 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the remit of Senator Martin McAleese to include the Bethany Home in his review of State culpability in relation to the treatment of residents in the Magdalene Laundries. [19527/11]

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Deputy Andrew Doyle should meet some of the parents.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (13 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the mild general learning disabilities class at a school (details supplied). [20206/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (13 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is permitted to use school transport to access a school in view of the fact that this school has been established by all experts as the school which is best placed to meet their needs and enable them to develop their potential as they are entitled to under the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (13 Jul 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive management in St. Brendan's Hospital and on the north side of Dublin continues to outsource the core maintenance work of directly employed HSE tradesmen including bricklayers and plasterers to private contractors at a greater cost to the taxpayer; the reason directly employed HSE tradesmen responsible for...