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Other Questions: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There has been a real change in thinking. I started teaching in the 1970s when the idea was to give young people all the facts and that will turn them off everything. The school I worked in was one of the pilot schools for the "On my own two feet" scheme. It then moved away from the facts and went into self-esteem and assertiveness, but we need both and to have a much more holistic...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the information note on the restorative justice scheme for survivors of the Magdalen laundries, circulated in October 2014 to local Irish communities by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through its embassies, did not find its way to the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers in the United States (details supplied). [35391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has issued any further alerts to Irish embassies abroad since October 2014; and if not, the reason. [35393/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Magdalen restorative justice scheme has now been advertised in a publication (details supplied), as promised by her and as reiterated in her response of 4 February 2016; and if not, the reason. [35392/16]

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputies Joan Collins and Thomas Pringle.

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Ceapaim go bhfuil sé in am dúinn stad a chur leis an gcaint agus leis an díospóireacht toisc go bhfuil a fhios againn cad ba cheart dúinn a dhéanamh. We know what we should be doing because it is all in A Vision for Change. There is general agreement that this document is very important. It was published in 2006 with a ten-year framework, which is now up. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Compensation Schemes (15 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of outstanding issues regarding the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; if it is sitting; the number of appeals waiting to be heard; and if vacancies have been filled. [34822/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the request for An Grianán to be included in the redress board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34901/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 235. To ask the Minister for Health when proton beam therapy will be available in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34199/16]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Finance Bill, the Social Welfare Bill and the budgets should be part of a bigger philosophical debate around what kind of a society we want to live in, now and in the future and about the values and the principles that we need. I believe the principles and values are dignity, equality, inclusiveness and a sufficient income so that everybody can live in dignity. If that is the vision...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This Bill is about a single aspect of a much wider debate. It is important we keep separate the single issue of the ownership of water from the wider water charges debate. There are concerns about the ownership of water. The 1916 Proclamation declared "the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Equipment (9 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to enhance the Air Corps capability by upgrading or replacing the current fleet of PC9s with jet aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33799/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Functions (8 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the involvement of her Department in the area of prevention and education relating to addiction. [33521/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (8 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if, in view of the unfortunate record of treatment of some unaccompanied minors and young asylum seekers, she has satisfied herself that the care system for these most vulnerable young persons is appropriate and up to international best practice. [33522/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (8 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the overall tax burden after budget 2017 and the expected overall tax burden for each year to 2021; the way in which this compares with the out-turn levels reported by his Department during the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33397/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (8 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 492. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the reports to the Human Rights Council and General Assembly by a UN independent expert warning that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is incompatible with the rule of law, democracy and human rights and gives undue power to corporations at the expense of national governments and human rights; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (8 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of the provision of legal services and so on to children and families to Tusla annually; and the way and by whom these services are monitored and evaluated with regard to value for money and effectiveness. [33575/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (8 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures which have been taken to provide services to needy children and families, especially those who, due to their undocumented status, are not eligible for a range of other State supports (details supplied); and the level of intercultural training which has been provided for all Tusla staff. [33576/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Maghaberry Prison: Discussion (3 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for making the journey here today. I also thank the Chairman for facilitating this hearing because I had suggested that we needed to discuss this topic. Those of us from the Oireachtas who have made regular visits to Maghaberry Prison and met the various authorities - from one very brief meeting with the previous Secretary of State to meetings with the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Maghaberry Prison: Discussion (3 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I suggest the transcript of this meeting goes to the members who are not here because we have had a smaller attendance than at other recent meetings. They will then be aware of the extent of what we have discussed today and we can get their input. We can then hear at our next meeting, after they have a chance to read it, suggestions for progressing.