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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have raised the matter with the Minister for Finance but lack of progress with him made me raise it here today. With regard to cohabiting, one could have two sisters or brothers who never marry and share a home. There will be a tax burden for the surviving sister or brother unless he or she can prove dependency, which is unfair. Someone who does not marry or have children and works for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (6 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of progressing the recommendations of the Moore Street report, Securing History 2, of 31 July 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Offshore Islands (6 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the interdepartmental committee on offshore island development; and if she has reconsidered that island communities should be directly represented. [43819/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (6 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the definition of regulated coursing matches requires clubs to comply with rules 11 and 13 of a club (details supplied) regarding the open seasons order for which she has sole responsibility. [45631/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (6 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the definition of regulated coursing matches requires clubs to comply with directive 11 of a club (details supplied) regarding the open seasons order for which she has sole responsibility. [45632/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (6 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the definition of regulated coursing matches requires greyhounds to be wearing the proper collars in line with rule 109 of a club (details supplied) regarding the open seasons order for which she has sole responsibility. [45633/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (6 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason 19 affiliated clubs of a club (details supplied) referred to in a recent meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine were not listed in the licence schedule for the 2018-19 season in relation to conditions of the hare netting licence; and the measures in place to monitor their...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (6 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the interpretation and extent of the open seasons order set out in paragraphs 6.0 to 6.3 of a submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of the open seasons order for which she has sole responsibility; and if this was the case prior to the date of the submission....

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is very positive that we are having another discussion in Private Members' time on drugs. This debate follows on from a motion tabled by Deputy Joan Collins previously and one I tabled prior to that. I wish to acknowledge the work of Deputy Curran on this motion and his work on a strategy for drugs in a previous Government. This debate is opportune because of the CityWide event that...

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is an interesting Bill. I note that if it is enacted, it will allow the application of the principle of mutual recognition concerning decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention. It will allow those accused of an offence in Ireland and released on bail to be monitored in their country of ordinary residence. The whole procedure is set out for this to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by tenants granted HAP in securing properties that accept the payment; if he will report on efforts to ensure HAP is a realistic option for tenants currently on local authority waiting lists in view of the difficulty in securing tenancies; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the powers invested in local authorities to sanction developers in respect of violations of hours of work, noise and other related matters; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by residents, particularly in areas such as North Lotts in which there are multiple large-scale developments taking place...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of the Uighur population in the north-western provinces of China by the Chinese Government (details supplied); his plans to raise this at European level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44896/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which crime statistics and figures are published; if he will consider a more localised system of statistics based on postcode areas within the Dublin Metropolitan Region for crime statistics and reports in view of the number of community and residential organisations that are organised in small local communities in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 645. To ask the Minister for Health the meaning of the phrase "minded to approve" in terms of the drug osimertinib, or Tagrisso; and the way in which he can address the funding issues for the drug for 2020. [45093/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for lifting the total ban on hare net licences in view of her previous statements regarding the damage the RHD2 disease could potentially inflict on the hare population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45087/19]

Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The committee met this morning at 9 a.m. to consider the report, but by 10.02 a.m. the report was on Twitter and we had responses and tweets from journalists. It was 11.35 a.m., however, before Members of the Dáil received a hard copy of that report. There is an issue regarding the order in which people receive reports we are going to debate. We have all seen Deputies engaged in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Dr. Kelleher made the point that during the 1970s to the 1990s, there were really progressive civil servants who understood what community development was about. Dr. Pauline Conroy gave a critique of the five year strategy. She noted that there were 47 mentions of the word inclusion in the 52 page report. Her main point was that there has been an erosion of trust between the local...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which he plans to progress the report, Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities, to ensure real community development. [43818/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: How does the Minister intend to progress the report, Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities, to ensure there will be real community development?