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Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Departmental Bodies
Clare Daly
409. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made by the Property Services Regulatory Authority regarding the introduction of mandatory seller packs. [41235/12]
Thu, 27 Sep 2012
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Clare Daly
19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the way the priority list for primary care centres was approved with particular reference to the changes announced in July 2012 [40940/12]
Thu, 27 Sep 2012
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Services for People with Disabilities
Clare Daly
65. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in the context of Ireland's endorsement of the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006-2015, if he will outline the progress made and specific measures being undertaken to secure equality for people with disabilities, in particular with regard to Action Line 8, 9 and 10 [40939/12]
Wed, 26 Sep 2012
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Adoption Legislation
Clare Daly
34. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Adoption Amendment Bill will address the problems experienced by adopted persons in relation to their information rights following the 1998 Supreme Court (IOT vs B) ruling; and if not, the steps she will take to secure their information and tracing rights as a matter of urgency. [40655/12]
Wed, 26 Sep 2012
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Post-Adoption Contact Register
Clare Daly
38. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs noting her statement in Dáil Éireann on 19 September 2012 that for decades this country has failed its children, her views on whether children illegally adopted were failed by the State; if she will agree to meet with those now adult who have asked to meet her; and if she will ensure to make secure medical and other records in private hands which can provide evidence of the crime committed against these children. [40654/12]
Wed, 26 Sep 2012
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Banks Recapitalisation
Clare Daly
45. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown for each financial institution, of the €7.5 billion of the bank recapitalisation which was paid in relation to mortgage debt; the action that was taken by each bank to ensure that these moneys were used for their intended purpose. [40790/12]
Wed, 26 Sep 2012
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Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
Clare Daly
119. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the outcome of the discussions with the key stakeholders identified in the pyrite report, including the CIF, IIF, IBF, ICF and Homebond, to come up with a solution to the pyrite problem. [40823/12]
Wed, 26 Sep 2012
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Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
Clare Daly
120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will give a commitment that all homes with reactive pyrite will be systematically remediated. [40824/12]
Wed, 26 Sep 2012
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Services for People with Disabilities
Clare Daly
206. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health in the context of Ireland's endorsement of the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006 - 2015, the progress made and the specific measures being undertaken to secure equality for persons with disabilities, in particular with regard to Action Line 8, 9 and 10. [39447/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Household Charge Collection
Clare Daly
289. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the impact of the letters sent by local authorities to those on the non-principal private residence list in relation to seeking payment of the household tax, broken down by county on the basis of numbers of letters sent out each time, and the rate of compliance which followed each letter. [40392/12]
Tue, 25 Sep 2012
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Adoption Legislation
Clare Daly
383. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to deal with the issue of adopted persons' right to access their own information with regard to their adoptions. [40507/12]
Thu, 20 Sep 2012
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Army Barracks Closures
Clare Daly
15. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if a cost benefit analysis was conducted into the substantial reduction in Defence Forces personnel, with particular reference to the towns in which barracks have been targeted for closure. [39526/12]
Thu, 20 Sep 2012
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Defence Forces Deployment
Clare Daly
18. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which Defence Forces personnel carriers were deployed in relation to civilian peace keeping operations; and the cost of these exercises. [39525/12]
Wed, 19 Sep 2012
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Asylum Seeker Accommodation
Clare Daly
15. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the handling of the attempted move of asylum seekers from Lisburn Houses in Galway; and if he will outline his plans in relation to the residents. [39372/12]
Wed, 19 Sep 2012
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Schools Building Contractors
Clare Daly
75. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to problems with employment procedures in some of the contracts awarded for school building projects, in particular the practice of employing workers below the REA rates and below the minimum wage in a school (details supplied) and the action he will take on same. [39579/12]
Wed, 19 Sep 2012
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Pension Provisions
Clare Daly
140. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will justify the rationale of restructuring contributory state pensions in Budget 2012, which discriminate against women who took time out of the workforce to rear their children and will have the effect of reducing the average annual contributions by €1,000 per year, causing immense hardship. [39580/12]
Wed, 19 Sep 2012
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Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
Clare Daly
157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the steps he will take to deal with the fact that banks have been shown to be refusing mortgages to persons because of pyrite being present in particular estates and not the specific property, and insurance companies who are refusing cover even when remedial works have been carried out. [39617/12]
Wed, 19 Sep 2012
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Departmental Legal Cases
Clare Daly
201. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason proceedings in a case by a person (details supplied) against his Department, the Health Service Executive, the Attorney General and Ireland in the High Court have not yet been heard, despite being initiated in February 2001. [39630/12]
Wed, 19 Sep 2012
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Mental Health Services Provision
Clare Daly
216. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the protocol in relation to a second independent consultant psychiatrists opinion being required when it relates to a tribunal to determine a patient's freedom, with particular reference to the fees charged for such an opinion, in relation to the signing of forms and claims for travel expenses even though the assessment may have occurred while the psychiatrist was on duty in another hospital; and if he can confirm that a fee of more than €1,000 would be normal for such assessments. [39616/12]
Wed, 19 Sep 2012
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Departmental Legal Cases
Clare Daly
217. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was charged for their stay in Shrewsbury House, Clonliffee Road, County Dublin, from 4 September 1992 to 1 May 1995, despite being a medical card holder; and if arrangements will be made to refund the family. [39631/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Environmental Policy
Clare Daly
67. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the purpose of the EPA Code of Practice: Waste Water Treatment and Disposal Systems Serving Single Houses (2009). [38907/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
Clare Daly
77. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contribution private legal firms made in the preparation of the Pyrite Panel report; the names of the firms and if any such firm had a conflict of interest having represented quarry owners, developers or contractors; and the amount they were paid for work on the Pyrite Panel report. [38906/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Consular Services Representations
Clare Daly
169. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made any inquiries in relation to the murder of New Zealand - Irish photojournalist Trent Keegan in Nairobi in 2008; and if his attention has been drawn to the allegations that have been made that the murder was linked to a story that he was investigating at the time. [37692/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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National Parks Opening Hours
Clare Daly
497. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has to reinstate the duck pond and the bridges which have been locked off for more that two years in Pearse Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin. [37162/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Pyrite Remediation Programme
Clare Daly
1107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government following the publication of the Pyrite Panel report, his views on whether a close reading of the report suggests that the purpose of the report is to absolve the Building Regulations Advisory Board and his Department of any responsibility for the systematic failures to ensure adequate testing by quarry owners for the presence of sulphur/sulphide/sulphate in hardcore for use as fill under ground floor slabs in housing units which failures have facilitated pyrite induced heave and serious structural damage to tens of thousands of houses in north Dublin, east Meath, north Kildare and Offaly. [38881/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Local Authority Charges Application
Clare Daly
1128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of Cavan County Council writing off substantial amounts of planning contributions or development levies in return for applicants paying the amount up-front or in cash; his views in relation to such practices and the way he proposes to deal with same. [39173/12]
Tue, 18 Sep 2012
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Child Abuse Issues
Clare Daly
1441. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will carry out an investigation into the failure by the Midland Health Board to take any action on the substantial records that they had regarding the vicious and systematic abuse of (details supplied). [37693/12]
Thu, 19 Jul 2012
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Postal Services
Clare Daly
18 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether rural Ireland is being affected by the withdrawal of services in rural villages in particular by the closing of rural post offices; his plans to prevent the further decline of services for which he is responsible in rural Ireland.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Northern Ireland Issues
Clare Daly
72 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any sensitive and embargoed papers or materials relating to the peace process held in Boston College or other American universities that should be returned to Irish jurisdiction to protect the terms of their confidentiality.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Northern Ireland Issues
Clare Daly
507 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the decommissioning papers held in the Burns library at Boston College will be returned to Irish jurisdiction where they will be kept confidential as mandated by their 30 year embargo.
[35150/12]
Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Treatment Abroad Scheme
Clare Daly
757 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing the E112 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will expedite the matter as the person conforms with all of the terms and conditions of the Health Service Executive treatment abroad scheme and needs the necessary guarantee of funding to enable the operation to proceed.
[34584/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Departmental Staff
Clare Daly
95 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the salary package of the head of Science Foundation Ireland.
[34133/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Work Permits
Clare Daly
98 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the suggestion of introducing a special technology visa to allow those with specialist skills and experience to take up employment here.
[34130/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Homeless Persons
Clare Daly
136 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will award adult rates of social welfare payments to young persons trying to get out of homeless accommodation.
[34125/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Mortgage Interest Supplement
Clare Daly
135 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the instructions that have been issued to community welfare officers in relation to requesting documentary evidence from financial institutions regarding mortgage distress when processing mortgage interest supplement.
[34124/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Advertising Standards
Clare Daly
164 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will deal with advertising standards and protocol in relation to the highly offensive and inaccurate youth defence advertisements.
[34134/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Departmental Reports
Clare Daly
174 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make public the report of the pyrite panel, which has been in his possession for a number of weeks and which is long overdue
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Health Services
Clare Daly
235 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will address the registration of creative arts therapists to ensure that creative arts therapies are included in the list of professions covered by the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Pilot Training Courses
Clare Daly
262 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with Enterprise Ireland to ensure a satisfactory outcome for students left abandoned by PTC Ireland, whose contract has been terminated by the Florida Institute of Technology, to enable them to complete their studies.
[34132/12]
Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Pilot Training Courses
Clare Daly
268 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assist students caught up in the PTC crisis in Florida, in view of the fact that the Irish Aviation Authority licensed this course, and that the State failed to ensure appropriate regulation.
[34131/12]
Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme
Clare Daly
489 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied), in order to progress the issue of seeking a mechanism to compensate women who were excluded on age grounds from the Lourdes Hospital redress scheme, as is stated in the programme for Government; when it will be possible to arrange a meeting with this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33249/12]
Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Public Sector Pay
Clare Daly
19 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will guarantee that increments and allowances which are enshrined in the contracts of low and middle income public servants will continue be paid.
[32440/12]
Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Sale of State Assets
Clare Daly
134 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Ryanair’s attempt to take a majority stake in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Clare Daly
471 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the proposed sewage treatment plant in north County Dublin, the distance from the three potential sites to the load centre or centres; the cost per kilometre of the pipes; the size of the pipes; the level of treatment the sewage will be given; if a tidal flow study has been done on the area of sea in which the pipes will be; the distance out to sea that the outflow pipes will go; if his attention has been drawn to an incident (details supplied) in view of the distance of the outflow pipes and the possibility of waste being carried a significant distance along the coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32302/12]
Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Freedom of Information
Clare Daly
539 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 (details supplied) if he will reconsider his reply.
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