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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Regulations (11 Oct 2022)

Dara Calleary: 804. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the exemptions that are available from the requirement for the general dog licence; and if she will confirm that an animal charity that does not have its own centre is exempt from having to purchase such a licence. [49529/22]

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: ...other services around the country are being allowed to proceed. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is either serious or not about sustainable transport. There is no sense in us sitting here like dogs barking without teeth. This project absolutely stands up when it comes to building sustainable transport, equipping the economic side of the west of the country and building up the Atlantic...

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Dara Calleary: ...Local Government yet we need to see them being implemented on the ground. Local authorities need to stop diagnosing the problem but refusing to treat it. As the old phrase goes, there is no sense in having a dog unless he barks or even bites. Local authorities are good are barking about dereliction, but they are not very good at doing much about it, even with the powers they have. I...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (30 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: ...Síochána are authorised to check the paperwork of incoming and outgoing pet animals.  The Department of Rural and Community Development has policy responsibility for matters pertaining to the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010, while the local authorities are responsible for operational activities such as the registration, inspection and regulation of Dog Breeding...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: ... also makes provision for a traceability system, which is being prioritised by BnG, and will enable lifetime tracing for every racing greyhound. My Department also works closely with animal welfare charities.  I welcome the initiative of the Dogs Trust in facilitating the International Greyhound Forum, which includes the ISPCA and BnG. With regard to the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: ...money to provide such cover for a full year. That is how the overspend is being managed; it is on the backs of children and their parents. It is nothing to shout about. There is also the sanctioning of posts and then not appointing them. The Government puts its head in the sand claiming there is no moratorium when the dogs in the street know there is. There is a commitment for only...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...news at the moment, expressed some concerns about this new penalty-points regime at the end of March. Given that he has already referred to one item of legislation going through this House as a "dog's dinner", I am not quite sure what term he would use for this. Maybe there should be some sort of liaison with his concerns brought to the Opposition's attention so that we could all find a...

Report on Mental Health Care: Motion (10 May 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...now, the mystery and the walls that surround the mental health budget are Byzantine. I pay tribute to Deputy Browne and the mental health alliance, who went after the mental health budget like dogs to bones to try to get through those walls in order that next year we will have for the first time a beginning, a proper rolling budget specifically for mental health. However, there must...

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...he had acted in this manner and that his defence was that he had been speaking in a personal capacity, rather than as a Minister with statutory responsibility? Does the Tánaiste accept that as an excuse? Is it not a "dog ate my homework" excuse? Does the Tánaiste accept that the Minister, in the quotes I have outlined, misled the Dáil last December? Does he agree that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Our Public Service 2020: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (13 Feb 2018)

Dara Calleary: ...broadband. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is pushing everybody towards online applications but a farmer working in agriculture is more than likely to not have broadband. A dog's dinner has been made of the procurement process around broadband. As the lead Department for procurement, does the Minister think it is appropriate that there is only one bidder for such a...

Building on Recovery: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...cannot make a proper judgment on it given the flimsiness of the document presented to them. I note that a date still has not been provided for delivery of the national children's hospital. It has dogged the present Government, as it did previous Governments-----

Building on Recovery: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: Again, however, the issues that dogged the delivery of the children's hospital will dog much of this plan.

Hospital Services: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...in the ambulances. There needs to be a different approach to this problem. The notion that the emergency planning force for this did not meet, even though everyone knew the problem would arise, is like having a guard dog that cannot bark. We need to have a properly resourced emergency planning force. I welcome the interesting decision to appoint Liam Doran as co-chairman of the task...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...with them for their part in providing labour market opportunities and as part of the preparation for potential labour demand in the market. I ask the Minister to explain the plan. In my view, a dog's dinner has been made of writing the report, CSR5, with regard to SME supports and access to finance. The Minister is reviewing the credit guarantee scheme and the microfinance scheme which...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...;108 million in savings must be found, yet we are presented this week with an amendment which refers to comprehensive and high quality health and social care. The service plan has all the elements of the dog ate my homework scenario about it. It has targets, lovely graphs and all types of other things, but it is not at all reflective of the reality for people who avail of the health...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge the appointment of the Minister of State with responsibility for small business and all the work that has been done, but there is no sense in having a dog that does not bark. The Minister knew that the employers' PRSI rate was going to change and yet this change to sick pay was brought in. The fact that the Minister knew that rate was going to change was another excuse to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: ...for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale behind proposed regulations under sections 16 and 17 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to allow for tail docking and dew claw removal of dogs; the reasons these proposals allow for these procedures to be carried out by non-registered persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50176/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 882. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the pressures been placed on the Irish Guide Dogs Association by cuts to their budget, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the guide-dog assistance programme has had to be curtailed as a result of these cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27721/13]

Maternity Protection (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2013)

Dara Calleary: ...figure for women falls to 56%. Many women balance work and family life by taking up part-time employment. Women represent approximately three quarters of those who worked up to 29 hours per week in paid employment in 2010, which partly explains the dogged persistence of the gender wage gap. Women earn just under 70% of the average male income, and this increases to 90% when one adjusts...

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Dara Calleary: ...Minister of State, Deputy Perry, and am sorry if I sound like a broken record. The increase in the VAT rate by 2% was in our four year plan but was not to be implemented immediately. I am like a dog with a bone in respect of the redundancy rebates. What has been done in respect of them is wrong. The justification given for them in the social welfare legislation by the Minister for...