Parliamentary questions

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

111. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding discussions she has had with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in relation to required changes to give pensioners a voice in discussions involving changes to their pension scheme, which they currently do not have as former employees and are excluded from the State's industrial relations machinery. [39810/14]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

342. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extra costs incurred by the Garda at Shannon airport on 12 October 2014 for the one-hour peaceful peace vigil at Shannon, including the provision of the Garda air support unit helicopter which had to be deployed from Casement Aerodrome, County Dublin; and the reason this use of the Garda helicopter was considered necessary, in view of the fact that these monthly peace vigils have been taking place for over six years without any security related incidents, while virtually no extra security is provided at Shannon airport for the other 461 hours in each month, in spite of the increasing possibility of a retaliatory extremist attack on Shannon airport due to US military use of Shannon airport while the US is carrying out air attacks against Islamist forces in Iraq and Syria. [40300/14]

Legal Costs

Clare Daly

345. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money that has been awarded against the State to members of the public and-or other institutions as a result of wrong doings by members of the gardaí during the period 1995 to 2010; and the amount of money actually paid out to these persons in this period by the State. [40405/14]

Medicinal Products Licensing

Clare Daly

367. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will legislate to allow the Health Products Regulatory Authority to fully control the use sale and promotion of MMS and CD. [39772/14]

Hepatitis C Compensation Payments

Clare Daly

370. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will review the opinions expressed in replies to matters raised by way of parliamentary question on the hepatitis C compensation tribunal; his views on the financial and administrative matters disclosed or if he will prefer order an independent value for money audit of the tribunal's conduct during the period in question 2007-2010 [39855/14]

Health Services Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

407. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health his views on concerns about organisations being funded by the Health Service Executive where the indications are that employees are on the top end of the incremental scale even though that is not the case in reality; and the reason for the discrepancy regarding same. [39975/14]

Services for People with Disabilities

Clare Daly

432. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health regarding funding for a service (details supplied) if he is satisfied that the wages calculated for staff are at their correct point on the incremental scale or whether staff are claimed as if they had been at the maximum end of the scale; his views on the way wages are assessed for funding purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40126/14]

Military Aircraft Landings

Clare Daly

484. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 7 October 2014, the position regarding Hercules C130 registration number 16/8073 which landed at Shannon Airport on 30 September 2014, but was at Shannon on 1 October 2014, in relation to his view that it was not involved in any military operations or exercise, in view of the fact that it was operated by a reserve marine corps squadron called the rangers which has been involved in many operation in Libya and Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40309/14]

Planning Issues

Clare Daly

566. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the granting of planning permission to a company (details supplied) to build at a location in County Wicklow despite an outstanding planning enforcement notice against it by Kilkenny County Council. [40034/14]

Irish Water Remit

Clare Daly

574. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if personal public service numbers form part of the asset base of Irish Water. [40189/14]

Road Tolls

Clare Daly

606. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that installation of cables by the National Roads Authority for the multi-tolling of the M50 has been continuing for more than a year under the auspices of maintenance of the M50; the costs of this exercise; and if this expenditure was authorised by his Department. [40227/14]

Shannon Airport Facilities

Clare Daly

608. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 14 October 2014, the nature of the munitions on board each aircraft, and the safety and security measures in place to safeguard at Shannon against accident or attack in view of the US use of Shannon and its present campaign of bombings in Iraq and Syria. [40308/14]

National Minimum Wage

Clare Daly

10. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding multinational companies paying persons less than €3 per hour to do work equivalent to a full-time employee, for months at a time, and attempting to justify this as work experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39075/14]

Industrial Relations

Clare Daly

27. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views regarding the measures he is putting in place to enable former employees gain access to the State's industrial relations machinery, for example in circumstances where issues arise in relation to a pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39074/14]

Garda Operations

Clare Daly

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason three uniformed gardaí were present at Glin hare coursing meeting on 3 and 4 October 2014; their purpose at the event; and if the coursing club will be covering the costs of the Garda presence. [39513/14]

Children in Care

Clare Daly

139. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 103 and 104 of 9 October 2014, the reason the number of children taken into care in counties Wexford and Waterford is significantly higher than the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39559/14]

Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

199. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants do not qualify for flat rate expenses, which apply to all other grades in education. [39633/14]

Respite Care Grant Eligibility

Clare Daly

34. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will revise the criteria of the respite care grant in order to enable those who work more that 15 hours a week to be able to avail of the payment, as in many instances these persons do provide full-time care. [39214/14]

Property Taxation Deferrals

Clare Daly

63. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 7 October 2014, the reason persons (details supplied) in County Leitrim whose sole income is disability allowance and whose sole property is vacant, with no rental income and in negative equity, were not granted a deferral of the property tax. [39235/14]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration

Clare Daly

163. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to deal with the massive waiting lists for approval under the fair deal scheme and his views regarding the reversal of cuts in this area.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38940/14]