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Official Engagements (21 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to visit Irish troops serving in Lebanon; and if he will use the opportunity to visit Gaza and extend Irish solidarity to the oppressed Palestinian people. [25255/11]

Official Engagements (21 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: I am glad the Minister is to visit the troops in Lebanon, although I am not sure of the timescale for the visit. The purpose of the question was to make the point that, given that the Minister would be in the region, it would it be an ideal opportunity to lead from the front and extend solidarity with the people of Gaza by attempting to incorporate a visit there? I would like the Minister...

Official Engagements (21 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: Whatever is the Minister's official role, he has an important role to play in this situation. It is totally remiss of him not to take the opportunity when he is in the region to attempt to visit Gaza. If he is suggesting his schedule is so tight that he can only fit in a visit to Lebanon, that is one issue. However, he should consider my suggestion and if he plans to visit anywhere else,...

Official Engagements (21 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: The Minister was not in his current role at the time.

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: I am amazed by the previous speaker who referred to austerity as not being the solution. Naturally, it is not, but it is the only recipe in town for the Government, of which Deputy Spring's party is part. He is not an idle bystander, rather he is part of that process. It is an absolute scandal that an issue of such seriousness is being discussed in this manner. This matter should be put...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: I fully support the Private Members' motion and I reject totally the efforts of the Government to engage in a salami-style privatisation of our semi-State companies starting with the ESB. I am not surprised this route is being taken. Under the guise of EU-IMF intervention attempts are being made to foist similar programmes on Greece at present. In reality this is the neoliberal agenda. It...

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: They are stealing the clothes the Deputy is wearing in this Chamber.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: To think Deputy Keaveney is a SIPTU official.

Adoption Records (27 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: I thank the Minister for her response as this is a very important issue and I am pleased to know the Minister intends to address it by way of legislation. My concern would be with regard to the timescale and the emphasis. I have heard the Minister speaking on the radio on this subject and her input has tended to be on the basis of looking at the issue from the point of view of the adoptive...

Adoption Records (27 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: I ask whether the issue of retrospection and the rights of individuals to access information from a certain date, for instance, will be addressed in the Bill. The HSE is excluded from this process and is excluded from requests under freedom of information legislation nor does it seem to have the administrative capability to provide access to information. Is this issue being dealt with in...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (27 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: One of the key issues is the extension of the insurance compensation fund to deal with losses of the Quinn family. A large percentage of insurance losses result from speculative gambling on the property market by the family and, in effect, the legislation provides for the transfer of those gambling debts on to the shoulders of hard pressed taxpayers and working people who need to insure...

Written Answers — Humanitarian Aid: Humanitarian Aid (27 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting the recent statement by the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan that the Turkish defence forces will protect Turkish citizens attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in Gaza, if he will ensure that Irish citizens attempting to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza will be protected against hostile...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons that have been granted the solar heating grant despite not meeting application deadlines set by SEAI because of extenuating circumstances. [25792/11]

Ferry Operations (29 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the significant threat to jobs, pay and conditions among a company (details supplied) and Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company employees at Dun Laoghaire Harbour, as a result of the decision by the company to down-grade its ferry service at the port to seasonal status and cost cutting measures...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (29 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will respect airways as public property and to ensure that ComReg engages in dialogue with PSME users against the background of the transfer of channel 69 to a newly allocated frequency range, and to implement a compensation programme for radio microphone users and a reduction in licensing rates for...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (29 Sep 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total expenditure in 2010 on consultants fees by the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that travel expenses are being paid to a board member for eight meetings per annum which cover travelling from the United Arab Emirates; in view of the fact that Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company...

Overseas Missions (4 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade nothing the UN Resolution 2009 of 16 September, that the UN proposes to establish a three month support mission to Libya, if Irish participation is being proposed and the form of same. [27386/11]

Overseas Missions (4 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: I would certainly welcome and fully support the move of the peoples of Libya for democracy but I do not believe the role of the UN and, in particular, NATO has done anything to further that aim. I note the Tánaiste said we have not received a request as of yet but, clearly, he would be open to an Irish intervention if that was the case. When one considers the role of the UN in the scenario...

Overseas Missions (4 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: The question is that this was the starting point of the international intervention under the guise of the UN. Effectively, everything was left to NATO, which had troops on the ground and basically outsourced security and peacekeeping, funded the Transitional National Council and is now intervening to deal with the fallout. It is not very democratic, particularly when a majority of the...

Overseas Missions (4 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Despite what the Tánaiste says, the UN was not at the centre of operations. In reality, it stood back and allowed NATO call the shots. The Tánaiste has again reiterated there would be no military presence. We were told this all during the situation yet everybody knows that special forces from the US, France and Britain were actively on the ground in contravention of the UN resolution....