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Wed, 15 Feb 2017
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Military Aircraft Landings
Clare Daly
268. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 8 February 2017, the details of the standard consultation procedure carried out regarding the applications in question. [7513/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Child and Family Agency Services
Clare Daly
54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that can be taken to increase resources to the Tusla specialist team for separated children. [7020/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Clare Daly
55. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional matters that are delaying the publication of the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [7021/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Data Protection
Clare Daly
86. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make concerns regarding the potential effect of President Trump's executive order (details supplied) on the privacy of Irish and EU citizens' data known to the US Administration; the steps she will take to ensure that the data privacy of Irish persons is protected notwithstanding the order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6720/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Garda Reports
Clare Daly
88. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 24 January 2017, if, as part of the report she has requested from the Garda Commissioner, she has a review of whether any person was convicted of any crime here on the basis of evidence provided by a member of the UK's special demonstrations squad. [6687/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Garda Reports
Clare Daly
89. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 24 January 2017, if, as part of the report she has requested from the Garda Commissioner, she has ordered a review of all operations of members of the UK's special demonstrations squad here since the squad was formed in 1968. [6688/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Prison Drug Treatment Services
Clare Daly
95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for immediate treatment for prisoners who have drug or alcohol problems as a key means of reducing recidivism in view of the fact that two thirds of prisoners have such problems. [6772/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Periodic Payment Orders
Clare Daly
97. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the decision was taken to index link periodic payments in catastrophic injury cases to the consumer price index, CPI, in the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017, in view of the fact that the report of the working group on medical negligence in 2010 recommended the use of a specialised index, linked to care costs, which are inadequately captured by the CPI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6842/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Student Visas Administration
Clare Daly
98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the third level graduate scheme has been extended to 24 months as stated on the Education Ireland website; if so, the date that this will come into effect; if it applies to persons currently or previously granted 12 months permission under the scheme; and when the details of the scheme will be made available on the INIS website. [6845/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Clare Daly
110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 107 and 108 of 7 February 2017, if the refugees currently in Mosney as part of the relocation strand of the IRPP have been informed that they will be moving to Ballaghaderreen within the coming weeks. [7178/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Clare Daly
111. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 107 and 108 of 7 February 2017, her views on the fact that some relocated refugees in Mosney have been there since June 2016, which is a long time to acclimatise in view of the fact that these refugees are not provided with the 20 hours a week of English lessons or the orientation training available to resettled refugees in Monasterevin and Clonea Strand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7179/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Control of Dogs
Clare Daly
244. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 2 February 2017, the details of the appropriate body to deal with complaints that a local authority has not complied with EU rules and legislation regarding tendering. [6986/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Poverty Data
Clare Daly
270. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the recently published survey on income and living conditions by the Central Statistics Office, which showed a consistent poverty rate of above 26.2% for lone parents; and the steps his Department will take to tackle child poverty in lone-parent families. [6780/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Middle East Issues
Clare Daly
302. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions, above and beyond the public statement issued by his Department on 25 January 2017, he will take in response to Israel's approval of the construction of 566 new illegal settlement units in occupied east Jerusalem and its plan to build another 5,500 units throughout the occupied West Bank. [6895/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Health Services Provision
Clare Daly
380. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the three year pilot project for a day care centre to address the complete lack of adequate ongoing therapy and social integration of the severe acquired brain injury, SABI, survivors and their families (details supplied). [6770/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Home Help Service Provision
Clare Daly
381. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the options open to families for whom the HSE pays substantial amounts of money to a third party to assist in providing care for a person in their home but the organisation will not provide the cover at the times needed by the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6771/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Maternity Services Provision
Clare Daly
400. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his plans to make non-invasive prenatal testing available through the public health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6843/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Clare Daly
443. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been left for four years without clinical supports, which is holding back their educational development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7001/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Departmental Agencies Data
Clare Daly
454. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the membership of four committees (details supplied) and the community representative members on each. [7073/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Aviation Industry Regulations
Clare Daly
623. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn by the Irish Aviation Authority to an airline's application (details supplied) for an Irish air operator certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6794/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Clare Daly
666. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on proposals from survivor groups to provide for memorials for those that were incarcerated at mother and baby homes, as promised to them by the previous Minister. [6781/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Family Support Services
Clare Daly
672. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has undertaken any study or research in association with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the damage to children affected by parental imprisonment; the way in which this could be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7067/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Clare Daly
711. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 17 November 2016, if he will provide the information promised which has been outstanding for over two months and only involves information in 14 files. [6769/17]
Tue, 14 Feb 2017
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Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Clare Daly
712. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason primaquine was prescribed to soldiers by the Defence Forces, despite it being unlicensed and unregulated by the Health Products Regulatory Authority. [6867/17]
Thu, 9 Feb 2017
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Military Exports
Clare Daly
18. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has or will consider instituting a presumption of denial policy in regard to weapon and dual use exports to Saudi Arabia in view of that country's bombardment of Yemen. [6178/17]
Thu, 9 Feb 2017
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Employment Rights
Clare Daly
28. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on reports of rampant non-compliance with employment legislation within the horse racing industry, particularly among stable staff, including non-compliance with the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 and below minimum wage rates of pay; the number of cases of non-compliance with employment legislation in this industry investigated by her Department in the past five years; and the steps she will take to have the issues arising addressed. [6177/17]
Thu, 9 Feb 2017
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Clare Daly
58. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all resettled refugees who have arrived here as part of the Irish refugee protection programme receive an orientation and language training programme as provided for on the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration website (details supplied). [6562/17]
Thu, 9 Feb 2017
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School Accommodation Provision
Clare Daly
85. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase capacity at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6441/17]
Thu, 9 Feb 2017
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Defence Forces Training
Clare Daly
277. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if persons under 25 years of age on social protection payments are being sent invitations by the Defence Forces to engage in courses at counties Cork and Limerick barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6516/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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Military Aircraft Landings
Clare Daly
60. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an aircraft (details supplied) that passed through Shannon Airport on 17 January 2017 and again on 18 January 2017 changed its call sign from civilian to military; if it was contracted to the US military; if there were troops on board on either occasion; the reason the plane switched call sign on the next leg of its journey after Shannon, from Athens to Qatar; his views on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6031/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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Airport Development Projects
Clare Daly
61. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to representatives of an organisation (details supplied) being included in the collaborative group that will be developing the noise management regime for Dublin Airport in accordance with EU Directive 598/2014 and the requirement for consultation with local residents. [6030/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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Bus Éireann
Clare Daly
71. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to protect and safeguard the jobs, wages and conditions of Bus Éireann workers who are being targeted to bear the brunt of the problems at the company which are not of their creation. [6032/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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Immigration Controls
Clare Daly
78. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had in relation to the review of US preclearance at Dublin and Shannon airports announced on 30 January 2017 in response to President Trump's Muslim travel ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6033/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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Military Aircraft Landings
Clare Daly
96. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 1 February 2017, if An Garda Síochána has no role in relation to the inspection of civilian aircraft transiting through Shannon Airport that are chartered to or on contract to the US military or to aircraft that have been known to have been associated with the US intelligence agency, the CIA; and if any such aircraft have been searched or investigated by An Garda Síochána at any time since September 2001. [6300/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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Policing Co-operation
Clare Daly
105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 25 January 2017, the reason the question of her seeking to have the Pitchford inquiry's terms of reference extended such that Ireland is included in that inquiry does not arise (details supplied). [6397/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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State Bodies
Clare Daly
120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the review into the operations of Caranua. [6169/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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State Bodies
Clare Daly
121. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department plays in monitoring the operations of Caranua; and if he satisfied himself that the organisation is meeting its objective. [6170/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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State Claims Agency
Clare Daly
207. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 1 February 2017, if he will provide the actuarial predictions made regarding maternity damages cases by the State Claims Agency, including the yearly number of damages cases predicted and-or the year on year increases predicted. [6205/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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Psychological Services
Clare Daly
213. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 44 of 19 January 2017, 98 of 24 January 2017, 110 of 25 January 2017 and 115 of 31 January 2017, if he will initiate discussions with the Minister for Justice and Equality in regard to the possibility of her making orders on non-statutory accrediting bodies for psychologists or psychotherapists under sections 40(6)(b) and 40(7)(b) of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004, such that those accrediting bodies for psychologists and psychotherapists may be empowered under those sections to investigate complaints regarding the conduct of the professionals under their aegis in compiling section 47 reports, at least until such time as these two professions are regulated by CORU. [6233/17]
Wed, 8 Feb 2017
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Aquaculture Licences
Clare Daly
235. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 14 April 2016, when An Bord Iascaigh Mhara and the Marine Institute will issue a response. [6138/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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RTÉ Staff
Clare Daly
60. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the potential conflict of interest whereby members of the board of the national broadcaster are also major beneficiaries of RTE commissions. [5550/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Hydraulic Fracturing
Clare Daly
71. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the findings of the EPA-led joint research programme on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on the environment and human health; and the implications these findings will have on the Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 proceeding to the next legislative Stage. [5549/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Clare Daly
107. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time spent in direct provision centres by refugees relocated from Greece as part of the refugee relocation programme since that programme was launched in September 2015. [5971/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Clare Daly
108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any refugee arriving here as part of the refugee resettlement programme is accommodated in emergency reception and orientation centres other than the ones in Monasterevin and Clonea Strand; and if any refugee that has arrived here as part of this programme is currently being accommodated in Mosney. [5972/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Legislative Measures
Clare Daly
113. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the public awareness work regarding the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5433/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
Clare Daly
114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the outcome of the GSOC inquiry will be signed off and responded to by the Garda Commissioner with regard to a case that was before the independent review mechanism (details supplied). [5438/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Garda Investigations
Clare Daly
126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recourse or complaints mechanism available to a person in circumstances where a foreign undercover police operative engaged that person in intimate relations while working undercover here but did not reveal their true identity or the fact that they were working undercover. [5719/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Garda Investigations
Clare Daly
127. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal basis upon which foreign undercover police operatives may engage in covert recording or surveillance of persons here as part of an official police investigation under the aegis of a foreign police force. [5720/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Garda Investigations
Clare Daly
128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 23 to 29, 63, 81 to 83 and 112 of 16 September 2016, the standard operating procedure to be followed by gardaí in a circumstance in which allegations are made and evidence is presented to them that a foreign undercover police operative has engaged in agent provocateur activities here. [5721/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Courts Service
Clare Daly
130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 25 January 2017, if her attention or that of her officials was drawn to reliability issues with digital audio recording, DAR, evidence by court users which might clarify if that system was updated in July 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5780/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Third Level Staff
Clare Daly
254. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the diminishing of terms and conditions of employment of both academic and administrative staff in Trinity College (details supplied); and if so, his plans regarding same. [6004/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Public Sector Pensions
Clare Daly
358. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 31 January 2017, if he will clarify the statement (details supplied) regarding the way in which a pension scheme can exit the public sector transfer network; and if a statutory instrument is not required. [5996/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Mental Health Policy
Clare Daly
372. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of the director of the decision support service under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5433/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
Clare Daly
378. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to have nicotine replacement therapy available on the drugs payment scheme (details supplied). [5434/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Clare Daly
396. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the free cervical smear testing programme to include persons under 25 years of age or to extending the scheme such that a person under 25 years of age who requires a smear test, based on family history, can receive one through the scheme. [5570/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Departmental Funding
Clare Daly
458. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will consider increasing the funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5936/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Imports Data
Clare Daly
481. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of ware potatoes imported here which, by country of origin, were the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories, in each of the years 2014 to 2016. [5362/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Imports Data
Clare Daly
482. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated financial value of ware potatoes imported here which, by country of origin, were the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories, in each of the years 2014 to 2016. [5363/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Imports Data
Clare Daly
483. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location, by district council area, of those companies based here that required importation permissions or phytosanitary certificates authorising them to import ware potatoes which, by country of origin, were the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories, in each of the years 2014 to 2016. [5364/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Imports Data
Clare Daly
484. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of companies based here with importation permissions or phytosanitary certificates or which have indicated to his Department or any of its agencies that they will be applying for same authorising them to import ware potatoes in 2017 which, by country of origin, are the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories. [5365/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Imports Data
Clare Daly
485. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location, by district council area, of those companies based here with importation permissions or phytosanitary certificates or which have indicated to his Department or any of its agencies that they will be applying for same authorising them to import ware potatoes in 2017 which, by country of origin, are the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories. [5366/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Felling Licences
Clare Daly
509. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a practice has been adopted whereby felling licences issued by the Forest Service have been written, as was the case at a location (details supplied) with the conditions recommended by prescribed consultative bodies; and the measures he is taking to address this maladministration. [5469/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Export Controls
Clare Daly
695. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 11 and 13 of 8 December 2016 (details supplied), the reason for the continued delay in the publication of this report. [6019/17]
Tue, 7 Feb 2017
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Clare Daly
697. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the operation of the ECCE scheme is being kept under review; if she will take steps to address issues arising, specifically the administrative complexity faced by smaller providers in availing of the grant which places a heavy administrative burden on smaller providers, in particular, the level of the capitation grant and if it is sufficient for all self-employed child care providers to be paid above minimum wage for all of the hours that they work; and her views on the fact that in the past five years, nine small child care providers have closed down in one area (details supplied) due to these issues, leaving parents without the child care services that they require. [5367/17]
Thu, 2 Feb 2017
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Magdalen Laundries Report
Clare Daly
44. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has ordered an investigation into the serious issue of gaps in the affidavits provided by her Department to the courts regarding the Magdalen redress scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4964/17]
Thu, 2 Feb 2017
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Prison Staff
Clare Daly
81. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the position of Inspector of Prisons will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5293/17]
Thu, 2 Feb 2017
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Prison Deaths
Clare Daly
82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fact that five inmates died in custody in 2016; when the inquests are likely to be held; when the numbers who died while on temporary release will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5294/17]
Thu, 2 Feb 2017
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Prisoner Gratuity Payments
Clare Daly
83. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the payment of allowances to prisoners who are not in prison but are still in custody, for example, in long-term hospital care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5295/17]
Thu, 2 Feb 2017
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Control of Dogs
Clare Daly
147. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 511 and 513 of 17 January 2017, if he will clarify that if a conflict exists between Irish law and EU law, then EU rules on procurement prevail. [5041/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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State Claims Agency
Clare Daly
45. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the number of claims for which damages were paid in maternity services cases jumped from 15 in 2007 to 101 in 2015, an almost seven-fold increase in eight years; if this increase is linked to staff and resource cutbacks over that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4262/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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Autism Support Services
Clare Daly
114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his Department will review and upgrade the current model of service delivery for children with autism, in view of the fact that numbers of children are currently being blocked from receiving vital developmental services such as speech therapy. [4261/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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Military Aircraft Landings
Clare Daly
161. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of formal requests for the search of military planes by An Garda Síochána at Shannon Airport which have been acceded to in the each of the years 2014 to 2016. [4886/17]
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
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National Maternity Hospital
Clare Daly
262. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the provision that has been made to ensure that a Catholic ethos will not impinge on clinical care or decisions at the new national maternity hospital on the St Vincent's University Hospital campus; and the steps the Government has taken to ensure that the ethos of the hospital will be independent of religious influence. [4761/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Hare Coursing
Clare Daly
59. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when her Department will make available the conservation rangers reports, veterinary reports and hare capture reports pertaining to the current hare coursing season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3785/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Hare Coursing
Clare Daly
82. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her Department has completed the report into the killing of hares at Rathdowney in November 2016; when the report will be made available; if she will confirm that no licence has been given for a rescheduled event or for the capture of more hares (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3786/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Airport Security
Clare Daly
93. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the statement made by a PSNI detective chief superintendent at a meeting of the Northern Irish Assembly justice committee on 19 January 2017 that Border Force is based in Dublin Airport already is in reference to Border Force officials being physically stationed in Dublin Airport or in reference to information sharing between the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, and Border Force on persons passing through passport control upon arrival at or departure from Dublin Airport, or both; if, in regard to information sharing, she will detail the extent of this information sharing; if information is shared in both directions, that is, from Ireland to the UK and from the UK to Ireland; the grounds, legislative or otherwise, upon which it is shared; and the data privacy protections that must be observed by the British authorities if and when passenger information is passed to them by the Irish authorities. [3831/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Social Enterprise Sector
Clare Daly
98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to the development of social enterprises across the criminal justice system in view of the established success of such enterprises throughout Europe in securing employment for ex-prisoners and reducing recidivism. [3871/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Courts Service
Clare Daly
102. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to abolish champerty, which appears to continue in the Irish legal system, although it has been outlawed in most other jurisdictions. [3969/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Asylum Support Services
Clare Daly
105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that made their application for protection three, four and more than five years ago and are currently in the protection process, at the leave to remain stage, or at the deportation stage in view of the commencement of the International Protection Act 2015. [4033/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Garda Vetting Legislation
Clare Daly
114. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons that occasionally visit nursing homes for the purposes of performing music for the entertainment of residents of such homes are required, under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016, or any associated regulations, to undergo Garda vetting before each performance. [4435/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Psychological Services
Clare Daly
115. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 24 January 2017, if she will clarify, by way of regulation, that accrediting bodies for psychologists and psychotherapists are empowered under section 40(7) of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 to investigate complaints regarding the conduct of those professionals under their aegis, at least until such time as these two professions are regulated by CORU. [4456/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Education and Training Provision
Clare Daly
214. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions allocated to the Dublin Fingal constituency in 2015 and 2016. [4302/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Education and Training Provision
Clare Daly
215. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to the Dublin Fingal constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016. [4304/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Education and Training Provision
Clare Daly
216. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [4306/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Animal Breeding Regulations
Clare Daly
293. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to ensure the effective participation of the general public in relation to the amendment of guidelines to the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010. [3265/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Military Aircraft Landings
Clare Daly
360. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 24 January 2017 by specifying precisely the concerns to which he refers that were outlined to the US Embassy; and if he has received a reply. [4528/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Pension Provisions
Clare Daly
363. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a statutory instrument must be signed in order for a pension scheme to both enter and exit the public service transfer network. [3808/17]
Tue, 31 Jan 2017
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Hospital Admissions
Clare Daly
465. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric social admissions being admitted to hospital for non-medical reasons, for example, while awaiting a place at a unit appropriate to the child's needs, to each of the Dublin hospitals in each of the years from 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the total cost per annum of social admissions to each of the Dublin hospitals in this date range; the length of time each child was admitted as a social admission; the average cost per day of a paediatric social admission in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3822/17]
Thu, 26 Jan 2017
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Public Procurement Contracts
Clare Daly
27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the decision of the Education Procurement Service to issue a tender (details supplied) for the national supply of library books and audio visual material, which includes a requirement to use software currently not available here and thereby discriminated against Irish companies in the tender requirements. [3264/17]
Thu, 26 Jan 2017
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Garda Complaints Procedures
Clare Daly
41. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the O'Neill report without further delay; the reason she has not done so before now; the course of action that will be taken to deal with the very serious allegations against the Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3664/17]
Thu, 26 Jan 2017
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House Prices
Clare Daly
62. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if his plans for the housing sector are to increase demand in order to increase prices; and if so, the level of house prices he envisages for the Dublin area. [3682/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Military Aircraft Landings
Clare Daly
80. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 17 January 2017, his views on the fact that there was a sharp increase in the number of requests for landings of military aircraft at Shannon Airport in June 2016, the same month in which NATO ran a military exercise in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3058/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Policing Co-operation
Clare Daly
102. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 17 January 2017 and in view of the fact that both the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Scottish Government have made formal requests of the British Government to extend the Pitchford inquiry to their respective jurisdictions (details supplied), the reason she is choosing not to make the same request on behalf of the Irish public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3389/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Courts Service Administration
Clare Daly
105. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she can confirm the operation of a digital audio recording system in the justice system; when it commenced; when any refinements occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3432/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Family Law Cases
Clare Daly
110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 19 January 2017, if she will clarify that when she states that the experts appointed under section 47 are required to act in accordance with the standards and codes of conduct of their professional bodies, there may be cases whereby a non-accredited psychotherapist compiling a section 47 report is not required to abide by any standards or code of conduct in compiling that report, thus creating a major accountability gap in a very sensitive area of family law. [3507/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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JobPath Implementation
Clare Daly
155. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions within the JobPath rules for persons to be precluded from selection for JobPath again if they have already completed a full 52-week course of the scheme. [3508/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Military Aircraft Landings
Clare Daly
157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an aircraft (details supplied), that passed through Shannon Airport on 17 January 2017 and again on 18 January 2017, was contracted to the US military; if there were troops on board on either occasion; the reason the plane switched call sign on the next leg of its journey after Shannon, from Athens to Qatar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3359/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Departmental Investigations
Clare Daly
240. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has concluded his investigation into the matter of the felling of approximately 30 specimen oaks between 60 and 80 years old, with some older, in a heritage woodland (details supplied) in County Longford without a licence, which was indicated on 24 November 2016 was being undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3454/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Departmental Investigations
Clare Daly
241. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that in a heritage woodland in which specimen oaks were felled (details supplied) the licensee was instructed, when issued with the licence on the basis of the National Parks and Wildlife Service conditions, to replant the field not with the Sitka spruce as planned but with broadleaves, in view of the fact the area was capable of carrying broadleaves but that the licensee did not do so, replanting again with Sitka spruce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3455/17]
Wed, 25 Jan 2017
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Adoption Services Provision
Clare Daly
284. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the facilities which will be provided to help adopted persons to trace their relatives under new legislation. [3286/17]