Archive for 2015 | Yearly archive page
Clare submitted a question for Oral Answer to the Minister for Health around the need for hospitals and the HSE to disclose information about tragic and adverse incidents in maternity services, along with a question around serious concerns with the administration of the Symphysiotomy Redress Scheme. Unfortunately, neither question was selected from the lottery, so Clare was unable to challenge him on these subjects in the Dáil. His written responses to the questions are below.
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Premature Elegy for Hilary Benn
A chandelier accent
comes galloping to the aid
of things as they must remain.
A perfect bag of air, with a mouth
that can sound out the word
fascism.
He heroically picks up the test-tube
to pour out the blood of others.
He believes, passionately, in allies
the Prime Minister invented
while smoking a large herbal cigarette
Boris gave him the other morning;
perseveres, stoically, when those
who, in traditional times,
didn’t have telephones
call his office to tell his staff
what he is, or say the truth
about him on Twitbook.
Eventually, he’ll go upstairs
to not sit at the right hand
of his father, who’ll be too busy
trying to light his pipe,
or having a difference of emphasis
with the late Vladimir Lenin
over a ginormous mug of tea,
to be bothered with Junior’s excuses
for having spent
his final years on Earth
in a vast red robe
banging on the door
of the House of Lords,
shouting for someone to, please,
let him in.
KEVIN HIGGINS
Minister Reilly tackles the outstanding issues in relation to the new Adoption Information and Tracing Bill, in terms of concerns over the one year lead in time and pledges to actively consider how best this could be shortened… Meanwhile the importance of the Childcare Reporting Project has been revealed this week with the publication of its last report revealing important trends in Family Court hearings. This is a vital service which should be extended…
To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the publication of the Child Care Law Reporting Project his views on the need to extend this worthwhile project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Clare Daly T.D.
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Clare Daly speaking on the Equality Bill raises the issue of religious discrimination in school admissions policy. See Video below: