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Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: I wish to share time with Deputy Seamus Healy.

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: In essence, this Bill gives the Central Bank more powers to scrutinise the practice of private banks, which everyone will welcome and will not have a great problem with given what the banks got up to in the absence of adequate regulation. That said, I am not sure of the extent of the scope of this Bill in terms of what other institutions are covered. It is not entirely clear to me whether...

Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)

Clare Daly: I will share time with Deputies Joan Collins, Mick Wallace, Luke 'Ming' Flanagan and Mattie McGrath. We heard comments from the Government yesterday and today to the effect that reform takes time and that there is a bit of a disconnect due to the changeover, but that basically the Government is heading in the right direction and dealing with the issues. The comments suggest those of us on...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (2 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the submission by Equality For Fathers to the UPR Secretariat (details supplied) for the recent report to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review, which made him aware of a number of Equality Tribunal cases taken by men acting as guardians on behalf of their children, the way he proposes to address the failure of...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will initiate an independent investigation into the Priory Hall development, Dublin; the way these properties were developed and sold to persons in clear breach of standards. [32580/11]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (2 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the submission by Equality For Fathers to the UPR secretariat (details supplied) for the recent report to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review, which made him aware of a number of Equality Tribunal cases taken by men acting as guardians on behalf of their children, the failure of hospitals to require joint parental...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (2 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the report from the Garda Síochána on the issue of forced labour originally promised for this summer, will be ready; and when he will act on this report. [32056/11]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (2 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Health Service Executive's regional adoption service, in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, Cork, has not made available adoption files from the Sacred Heart Adoption Society in Bessborough. [32030/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the parental consent form (details supplied) for dental service in the Cavan-Monaghan area accepts the consent of one-parent only and does not adhere to the staff guidelines for obtaining consent for non-emergency treatment services from parents of children and young people under the age of 18 years [31946/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (2 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that there is a replacement consultant rheumatologist at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, prior to the maternity leave of the existing consultant; and his plans to increase the number of paediatric rheumatologists available to the thousands of children in need of this care. [31975/11]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (3 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason neither the chairman nor the executive of the Adoption Authority has answered two letters from an organisation (details supplied) despite repeated reminders; and when the organisation can expect a response. [32417/11]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (3 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will immediately end the system of self-certification in the building regulations and return to a situation in which local authorities are responsible for certifying development, in tandem with the lifting of the public sector recruitment embargo, in order to ensure that they have the appropriate...

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: May I ask a supplementary question?

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: On what issue does the Minister need an expert? This is the reality for thousands of Irish women every year.

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: On what issue does the Government need to deliberate? What expertise does it require? More than 20 years ago the people voted on the right to abortion, albeit in limited circumstances. Can the Government not simply enact legislation to deal with the reality for thousands of Irish women every year? What is the reason for the delay and why does the Government require expertise to deliberate...

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Is it not the case that the advice of the people is that they have voted on this matter twice already? In terms of the Supreme Court judgment and the previous ruling in the X case, the people have voted to allow abortion in Ireland, albeit in limited circumstances. However, the Government has not yet drafted the heads of a Bill to deal with the issue.

European Court of Human Rights Judgment (8 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Twenty years.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the delay in the completion of the report into the practise of symphysiotomy; when he expects to engage with patient groups on the matter and publish the report; and if he accepts the urgency in having this report concluded in view of the aging profile of the victims and their need to have this matter addressed....

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: I agree with Deputy Murphy that there is no great reason to oppose this legislation, but neither is there cause for excitement about it. It provides additional sanctions for "lesser" transgressions of competition law to overcome some of the evidential requirements for certainty, as opposed to the balance of probabilities concept that applies in civil cases. In that sense, it is okay, but...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the humanitarian concerns used to justify UN Resolution 1973 which enabled the bombing of Libya and in view of the daily routine violations of international humanitarian law during the NATO campaign; and his further views that, far from humanitarian concerns, the NATO bombing was supporting one...