Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Central Bank of Ireland

Clare Daly

178. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance with regard to the Central Bank of Ireland, the persons who owns and are shareholders in same; if it is State owned, privately owned or a combination of both; the names and details of directors and principal shareholders of the Central Bank, whether private individuals, corporations or otherwise; the persons who appoint the shareholders and directors; if owned and operated on behalf of the State, the persons who carry out this remit; the way such directors and shareholders appointed and to whom and in what manner are they accountable. [46255/12]

Banking Sector Regulation

Clare Daly

179. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance in relation to default insurance on banking loans, if this is normal practise; if there is a legal regulation or any rule of enforcement stating that a bank must insure its loans against default; with whom is this insurance policy in place; if there is any legal regulation for financial institutions and banks to retain a provision fund or deposit account to clear defaulted loans; if yes, what is the regulation, if no, is it common practice to set up such accounts regardless and time limit within which a bank must clear defaulted loans. [46256/12]

Banking Sector Regulation

Clare Daly

180. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance with regard to general issues around bank license necessary for operation here, where copies of the licenses, and licence conditions under which banks function, are available; if licence conditions for non-Irish banks operating here are different than domestic banks; if it is possible to trade as a bank without a licence; the person responsible for monitoring compliance with licence conditions; the legal consequences for banks and their customers of a breach of license conditions; if agreements entered into while a bank is operating in breach of one or more conditions of its licence are legally binding; if a bank selling loans and mortgages while insolvent is in breach of the conditions of its licence; the date on which the review of licence conditions took place; where copies of the banking licences of those banks now technically in public ownership are available to members of the Oireachtas for examination. [46257/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

253. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the abandonment of a project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny by a builder if he will immediately organise for the recommencement of the project under a direct labour and materials contract. [46224/12]

Birth Certificates Administration

Clare Daly

357. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that relevant legislation is amended to ensure that the death of an Irish person which does not take place in Ireland may be registered here. [46250/12]

Emergency Services Personnel

Clare Daly

509. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend Section 19 of the Public Order Act 1994 to include Airport Police and Fire Service in the definition of emergency personnel in the Act. [46251/12]

Medical Research Regulation

Clare Daly

660. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will consult with experts and stakeholders prior to tabling new regulations in relation to animal testing in view of the fact that the directive gives considerable discretion to national Governments in some key areas such as the way in which animal pain, suffering and distress will be measured. [46252/12]

Organ Removal

Clare Daly

676. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to allegations of organs being removed from dead patients without permission [46344/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

123. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the continued high demand for school places at second level in north County Dublin, and in particular in the Balbriggan, Donabate and Swords area, if there has been any change in the capacity in the relevant post primary schools (details supplied), from the previous school year 2011-2012 to the current 2012-2013 academic year, and in particular to their first year intake, to accommodate the current demand. [45497/12]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Clare Daly

197. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is examining issues surrounding the operation of the Bethany Homes and the way in which justice can be secured for former residents. [45496/12]

Northern Ireland Issues

Clare Daly

3. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give an update on the circumstances of Marian Price's imprisonment in particular on her isolation and medical condition. [44989/12]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

25. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether US threats of military action against Iran are breaches of the UN Charter and international law. [44834/12]

Child Care Services Provision

Clare Daly

171. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will update Dáil Éireann regarding consultation between lone parent groups and various Government Departments regarding the working childcare model based on Scandinavian countries and other proposals for consideration as stated earlier this year. [45215/12]

Departmental Reports

Clare Daly

273. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made regarding the review into the statute of limitations for the survivors of symphysiotomy. [45370/12]

National Drugs Strategy Publication

Clare Daly

292. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there are no cuts to the Coolmine Therapeutic Community. [45216/12]

Defined Pension Benefit Schemes Issues

Clare Daly

86. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will overhaul the minimum funding standard for defined benefit pension schemes which is unfair and inequitable in its present form and operates as a deterrent to the well being of these schemes and their members. [42248/12]

Redundancy Payments

Clare Daly

95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will include a stamped addressed postcard with all redundancy applications which will be sent back to the applicant confirming receipt of the file. [44090/12]

Mortgage Interest Relief Extension

Clare Daly

159. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the mortgage interest relief scheme to home owners who have to rent out their own only property. [44227/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

231. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his plans for the delivery of a new primary school in Balrothery, County Dublin. [44178/12]

Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Payments

Clare Daly

574. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason 35 victims of Dr. Michael Neary have not received redress as promised [44179/12]

Home Care Packages

Clare Daly

646. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the parents of an 18 week old baby (details supplied) in County Dublin were refused a home care package [44388/12]

Energy Resources

Clare Daly

3. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to enable the State sector including the ESB to develop the offshore wind industry using European Investment Bank funding or otherwise in view of (details supplied); his views on whether the basis for the development of our renewable energy resource has been funded by the State through Sustainable Energy Ireland, the Department of the Marine, the Marine Institute, the HMRC in UCC and the ESB; his further views on whether his plans for the development of the resources will enable multinational energy corporations, including those based here, to extract profits from the development of this resource with no payback to the Irish taxpayer for their investment in this resource over decades. [43958/12]

Broadcasting Service Provision

Clare Daly

35. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the date on which the RTÉ Network Limited will begin transmission of UK public service broadcasts on the Saorview system to complete the reciprocation as envisaged in the MoU (details supplied). [43721/12]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Clare Daly

94. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the extent of discussions she has had with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the introduction of new community employment type schemes to undertake work currently being carried out by council workers. [43963/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure

Clare Daly

95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse her current policy of cuts to rent allowance which has had a devastating effect on families; and if she will confirm that rent allowance will not be further cut in Budget 2013. [43964/12]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Clare Daly

151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the remuneration of the chairman and board members of the Property Services Regulatory Authority; the annual running costs of the authority; and if he will provide a list of their achievements to date. [43938/12]

Property Services Regulation

Clare Daly

152. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the steps available to a person who is dissatisfied with the response they receive from the Property Service Regulatory Authority upon making a complaint. [43939/12]

Pilot Training Colleges

Clare Daly

220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the Irish Aviation Authority do not grant approval to a college (details supplied) until there is a full investigation to enure there is no connection between them and the liquidated Pilot Training College Ltd. [43965/12]

Departmental Staff Career Breaks

Clare Daly

18. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the incentivised career break for civil servants in 2009 which finished in June 2012 in view of the fact that many of the staff have now been told that they will not be re-employed within their Departments for a period of up to twelve months but because of the PRSI contributions paid while they were out, they will not receive any social welfare either. [43238/12]

Legislative Programme

Clare Daly

26. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he intends to take to review the valuation process in relation to business rates, with particular reference to enhancing the appeals process which prevents a business which has been assessed in error from being reviewed, if the original applicant did not appeal it in the first instance. [41289/12]

School Staffing

Clare Daly

70. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he can justify the cutback in guidance and counselling services to students in a college (details supplied) in County Dublin in the context of the economic downturn and the severe pressures that are on young people to-day. [43614/12]

Information and Communications Technology Issues

Clare Daly

71. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of recent trial schemes at second level schools involving replacing traditional school books with portable devices such as ipads and ebooks, if there is a timescale for the widespread introduction of this technology in the State's second level schools. [43041/12]

School Accommodation

Clare Daly

83. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the continued high demand for second level places in schools across north County Dublin, if there have been any changes in capacity to facilitate current demand. [43040/12]

FÁS Training Programmes Provision

Clare Daly

190. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that all FÁS course places are allocated in a timely manner to enable parents to have adequate time to organise appropriate child care. [43036/12]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Clare Daly

202. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will to take to deal with the claims for redress made by victims of the Bethany Homes, who have produced evidence to show that the meet the terms of redress schemes. [42768/12]

Free Travel Scheme Administration

Clare Daly

312. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider implementing a scheme whereby immediate family members of patients who are in long term hospital care due to the seriousness or terminal nature of their illness, in specialist hospitals or facilities, far from the family home, will be furnished with a travel pass to enable them to visit [42702/12]

Social Welfare Code

Clare Daly

318. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection her views regarding that fact that social welfare payments are not being made to civil servants who ended a career break in June 2012 as a result of inadequate PRSI contributions being paid on their behalf; and if she will consider a back dated payment of these contributions as being acceptable to rectify the situation. [42610/12]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues

Clare Daly

431. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has had contact with the Housing Finance Agency with regard to whether, as suggested by the pyrite panel, they will be considering providing money or resources for testing homes for heave inducing pyrite, when such homes have been provided through funding by the agency under council affordable housing schemes. [43189/12]

Nursing Home Repayment Scheme

Clare Daly

558. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps he proposes to take to assist those incorrectly charged for nursing home care while in receipt of a medical card as allowed under the 1970 Health Act; if he will recover this money as previously specified in a Supreme Court ruling. [42614/12]

Bank Branch Closures

Clare Daly

36. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene with AIB in relation to the proposed closure of the branch in Rush, County Dublin, which affects more than 10% of the total numbers affected by the 67 closures, concentrated in one community. [42247/12]

Postal Services

Clare Daly

73. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance the reason parcel companies (details supplied) have no revenue customs on their premises and An Post is the only parcel depot that has customs personnel present. [42507/12]

Tax Avoidance Issues

Clare Daly

62. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that Section 77 Finance Act (2011) (No 6 of 2011) relating to taxpayer confidentiality, was included following lobbying from the International Financial Services Centre; his views on whether this privacy provision will obstruct necessary oversight of multinational company tax evasion strategies; if he will confirm that this clause does not prevent a case specific application for access to data held by the Revenue Commissioners by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement or Criminal Assets Bureau. [42333/12]

Youth Unemployment Data

Clare Daly

58. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his proposals for dealing with youth unemployment; and if he will explain the rate of progress that has been made to date. [41290/12]

Foreign Conflicts

Clare Daly

106. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade noting the continuing threats by the US President to support an Israeli pre-emptive military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, if he will acknowledge that these threats are breaches of the UN Charter and International Law. [41836/12]

Harbours and Piers Funding

Clare Daly

329. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing refusal by Waterways Ireland to engage in with the barge dwellers at the Marina in Lowtown, Naas, County Kildare, with regards to the future development of the area where they currently reside. [41713/12]

Inland Waterways Maintenance

Clare Daly

330. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the nature of changes proposed by Waterways Ireland to the Canals Act, 1986 (Bye-Laws), 1988. [41714/12]

Departmental Bodies

Clare Daly

408. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the person to whom the Property Services Regulatory Authority are responsible; and to whom a citizen who has a complaint with the functioning of this organisation may make that complaint known. [41234/12]

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]

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]

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]