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Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Child and Family Agency Services
Clare Daly
498. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently placed in a centre (details supplied) on foot of a secure care order. [43518/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Child Care Services
Clare Daly
503. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to initiate a national discussion on a long-term strategy to transform the childcare sector into a public service. [43647/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Child and Family Agency Expenditure
Clare Daly
505. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 21 September 2017, the proportion of the €14,569,718.70 expenditure on legal fees by Tusla in 2016 which was spent on external legal counsel; the firms employed by Tusla to provide same; and the total value of fees that accrued to each firm. [43684/17]
Tue, 17 Oct 2017
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Free Travel Scheme
Clare Daly
547. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a passenger survey on public transport will be commissioned to assess the true costs of the free travel scheme to CIÉ, thereby making payment patterns from her Department more transparent. [43649/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Foreign Direct Investment
Clare Daly
32. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department's efforts to attract foreign direct investment are being considered in terms of wider capacity and policy to provide infrastructure and housing for employees of companies that may chose to relocate to here. [43132/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Foreign Conflicts
Clare Daly
84. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if clarification will be sought on the incidents that occurred in Tumaco on 5 October 2017 (details supplied). [43295/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Foreign Conflicts
Clare Daly
85. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to ensure that those responsible for the massacre on 5 October 2017 in Tumaco, Colombia, are brought to justice and held to account for their crimes. [43296/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Foreign Conflicts
Clare Daly
86. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the violence in Colombia, the militarisation of territories and the use of repressive strategies against rural dwellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43297/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Foreign Conflicts
Clare Daly
87. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will propose immediate political dialogue in Argelia and Cauca in Colombia to ensure the end of the militarisation of the area and the ongoing threat of state violence. [43298/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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HSE Data
Clare Daly
105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if the data protection ramifications of the HSE asking a private company to carry out a discovery process of all HSE-held information technology equipment and filing systems, including all information technology archiving and individual HSE email accounts and systems for the Grace commission of Investigation have been fully examined; if this contract was put out to tender; if responsibility will rest with senior HSE management in the event of lost documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43232/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Home Help Service Provision
Clare Daly
111. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a temporary increase in home help hours for a person (details supplied) will be given while they recover from a hospital procedure. [43245/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Clare Daly
131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the decision to subsidise the cost of IVF as soon as possible rather than delaying until 2019 to support those persons who are reaching ages at which the likelihood of becoming pregnant is lessened. [43291/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Pyrite Resolution Board Data
Clare Daly
183. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of dwellings on which core tests were carried out under the pyrite remediation scheme for each of the past five years; the number of dwellings that were re-tested twice, three times, four and five times, respectively in each of the past five years; his plans to change the present system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43233/17]
Thu, 12 Oct 2017
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Pyrite Resolution Board Data
Clare Daly
184. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason for the lengthy delays in the Housing Agency securing the results from core tests on random properties under the pyrite remediation scheme; the action taken by his Department to address the source of the delays, including requiring the use of a number of different geologists and ensuring that the proper core testing in compliance with the new standard is undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43234/17]
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
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Irish Aviation Authority
Clare Daly
9. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the IAA remains the first choice as competent authority under EU Regulation 598/14; if not, the reason therefor; and when the decision will be finalised in the context of the ongoing development of the new runway at Dublin Airport. [42143/17]
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
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Aviation Industry
Clare Daly
28. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the ongoing crisis at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42141/17]
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
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Military Aircraft
Clare Daly
43. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of the ten permits issued by his Department for transport of munitions of war through Ireland en route to or from Kuwait and Qatar in August 2017 and the six permits for same between 4 and 12 September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42144/17]
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
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Aviation Industry
Clare Daly
58. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the Commission on Aviation Regulation and the IAA in regard to the potential safety implications of atypical working conditions for pilots at some Irish airlines. [42140/17]
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
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EU Regulations
Clare Daly
66. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that neither a statutory instrument nor primary legislation has been introduced to give effect to EU Regulation 598/14 in relation to the establishment of a competent authority to deal with aircraft noise. [42142/17]
Wed, 11 Oct 2017
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Office of Public Works Properties
Clare Daly
94. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements the OPW will make to facilitate an organisation (details supplied) to which it has granted a five-year lease to operate in the Garda station relocating to alternative premises in the event of the station reopening. [43087/17]