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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 — 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...

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...

Household Charge (20 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation to introduce the household tax; and if he has reconsidered the position he has enunciated in previous statements regarding the threat to impose severe penalties on those who do not pay the tax. [30244/11]

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

Clare Daly: Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the experience of the pyrite panel group in dealing with pyrite contamination of hard-core. [30545/11]

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....

Legal Costs (25 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to deal with excessive legal fees being charged, particularly in relation to family law cases which are covered by the in camera rule. [30797/11]

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Deputy Twomey is not saying much about the Government amendment.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (25 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether, when prisoners have flushable toilets in their cells, having to perform toilet functions in front of others amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment. [30802/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which he will bring forward the legislation to re-establish joint labour committees in view of their importance to the lives of the workers they cover and the statement by the Government that their re-establishment would be given the highest priority. [30809/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (25 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will bring forward legislation to criminalise the problem of forced labour, which is necessary for Ireland to become compliant with Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights; the date for bringing forward this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31437/11]

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (25 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the [i]in camera[/i] rule as indicated in the national report to the recent Universal Periodic Review in which he stated his intentions to review this issue further with a view to ensuring that information on cases and outcomes is made public on a systematic basis and the steps he will take to overcome the...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (25 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will issue a comprehensive explanation as to the reason the survivors of the Bethany Homes have been excluded from the interdepartmental committee (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that these victims are given equality of treatment with Catholic victims. [30912/11]

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: It is clear that the eurozone is in disarray and that those at the helm do not have a clue how to deal with it. We see that in the talks that are swinging this way and that way like a pendulum, with various solutions that do not hide the intractable problems in the eurozone. This is not an abstract crisis. Many countries are experiencing serious cuts in services and wages, falling living...

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Name one.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: Could the Minister of State outline her position on the European semester which was mentioned by the Taoiseach and discussed in the European Parliament yesterday? Under this the European Commission and Council will now get the first look at governments' budgetary plans in advance of elected parliaments and the European Parliament will not have the ability to amend the Council's diktats. How...