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Pension Provisions (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the recent referendum in Slovenia when persons were consulted on raising the pension age will have any bearing on her proposals to raise the pension age here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15367/11]

Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider re-instating, as a matter of urgency, supplementary welfare allowance payments in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford. [15368/11]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: The Minister previously noted the problem concerned people who had skills but could not access employment because they had insufficient experience. That is not my understanding of the problem. There are no jobs for these people because of the policies pursued by this Government and its predecessor. She has not convinced me that safeguards are being built into the internship scheme to assist...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: That does not mean it will not be reached. Who will monitor the scheme, how will it be evaluated and what is its timescale? Who decided that a company of 30 or more employees could take on 20% of its workforce as interns? What is the scientific rationale for that figure and what say will the rest of us be given in terms of changing the arrangement?

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: The Opposition's approach is much more credible than the Government's.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Our proposal to delete this section is preferable to Deputy Ó Snodaigh's amendment because it is hard to define "conscious fraud". The word "fraud" is bandied around too much in debates on social welfare legislation when we do not hear it too often in debates on white collar crime and the like. When this section is added to previous statements by the Minister of her intention to engage in...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: No one said it is acceptable.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Will the Minister indicate who said that should be the case?

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: I realise it is late and the Minister has been in the House for a long time. She may be a little tired and not listening to precisely what is being said on this side of the House. I have heard no one in the Chamber condoning fraud of any character. To imply that is disingenuous. Fraud, even only one occurrence, would not be condoned by anybody. The point being made on this side of the...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the redundancy package at the Tallaght sports complex, Dublin, is being funded. [15053/11]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that National Employment Rights Authority is taking to address the issue of exploitation of workers who are employed as au pairs and live-in childminders, many of whom are here on student visas and are more vulnerable to being exploited. [15070/11]

Written Answers — Registration of Births: Registration of Births (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the illegal birth registrations which allegedly took place in 42 mother and baby homes which were closed in 1972. [15052/11]

Written Answers — Onshore Exploration: Onshore Exploration (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the process of fracking or hydraulic fracturing is being allowed to happen in the Shannon basin or in other areas in the west; if his attention has been drawn to the dangers and the environmental damage caused by fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15068/11]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (15 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Question 643: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the fluoridation of drinking water, which is an issue of health and safety concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15069/11]

Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: Amendment No. 1 reads as follows: To add the following to the motion: "— calls on householders to actively resist the imposition of a water tax by a campaign of civil disobedience and mass non-payment; — calls on the trade union movement to actively resist any moves towards the implementation of a water tax or the privatisation of water supply including with industrial action; and —...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: We all agree that criminal gangs engaged in murder, smuggling, supplying drugs, kidnapping and so on need to be tackled. The Minister has told the House that this curtailment of civil liberties is necessary to achieve that aim, but the first question to be asked is whether that is the case. The legislation has been in place for a number of years, yet it has not impacted on the reality of...

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: I move: That Dáil Éireann: noting that: — the Report of Independent Review of Employment Regulation Orders and Registered Employment Agreement Wage Settling Mechanisms by Mr. Kevin Duffy and Dr. Frank Walsh to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, concludes inter alia: "We have concluded that lowering the basic JLC rates to the level of the minimum wage...

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: They have noted the recent huffing and puffing of certain Labour Party backbenchers, one of whom is in the Chamber-----

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: -----and SIPTU officials who hope the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, will bear full responsibility for this measure.

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Clare Daly: It is known the Minister is possessed of much zeal to pursue this issue, but Members will not allow the Labour Party to hide behind this. Each Member has a vote on this issue and it is quite simple: if one is against the attack on wages of the lowest paid, one will support the motion.