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Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (19 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to make to make two further points. While the Minister mentioned Jerusalem, the other area that needs to be mentioned is the Jordan Valley and what is happening there with particular ethnic groups and the way in which they are being physically removed from their land. When one is there and sees the particular areas, it is clear that Palestinian people are trying to hold on to a tiny...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the Syrian Government recording the names of persons being evacuated from Homs under the UN-brokered evacuation of civilians from Homs and fears from the international community that evacuees are being arrested and used as leverage against rebels and civilians who remain in the city; the protection being...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (19 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations at EU level to oblige the EU to exert more vigorous pressure on Bosnia's politicians to ensure the sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina is respected and insisting that politicians work together to overcome current obstacles to EU integration and obliging them to protect all citizens and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will commit to including human rights issues in his discussions when visiting foreign countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8050/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (19 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way we can maintain our commitment to neutrality when so many reports indicate that Shannon Airport is being used as an advance virtual battle airfield for US military operations and rendition. [5752/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Housing in Developing Countries: Habitat for Humanity (19 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I welcome the deputation. It was interesting to hear about the work they do. Like other people, my original perception was that Habitat for Humanity was involved with housing in the developing world, as opposed to our world, until I learned some years ago of its work here. One thing for the committee to examine is how shelter should be included in housing policy after the period of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (20 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when the results from several badger vaccination trials will be released; if he will cease badger culling in the meantime in view of the fact that €3.4 million was spent on culling 6,939 badgers in 2012 and only 55 less cattle were diagnosed with Bovine TB in comparison to 2011, and in view of the fact...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceapacháin Bhreithiúnacha) 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Judicial Appointments) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We all accept that transparency and accountability are very fine principles but we hear the words so much - there is possibly over-use – that there is a danger of them becoming clichés and therefore meaningless. We cannot allow that to happen because transparency and accountability are very much part of democracy and the democratic process. The Bill also contributes to...

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the national audit of guidance and counselling practice in second level schools in Ireland 2011-2013; the implications of the national audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8918/14]

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the national audit on guidance counselling which was carried out by the National Centre for Guidance in Education. While the question refers to the years 2011 to 2013, the centre has updated its review to 2014.

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The finding of the audit undertaken by the guidance counsellors was supported by the review of the National Centre for Guidance Excellence which recommended the restoration of the ex-quota allocations for guidance. I accept that guidance is a whole-school activity, as the Minister said, but there is a need within schools for somebody to drive that. As a result of cutbacks, the middle...

Other Questions: Schools Guidance Counsellors (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: One thing I acknowledge in the report is the statistic that 96% of guidance counsellors are released from their schools for supervision, and that is good. Another statistic indicates that fee-paying schools have lost less as a result of the impact of what has been happening with guidance counsellors. I acknowledge that for any ill that comes up in society the answer is that the schools will...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We seem to have a tendency of failing to leave alone those organisations which work well. That goes to the heart of the matter under discussion. Our post offices work very well and the staff who work in them provide a range of services in a very friendly, helpful and courteous way. There is potential for even further services to be provided at our post offices but we are now finding they...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether S.I. 9 regulations would have prevented the problems associated with the development at Priory Hall; the way he envisages the regulations will prevent and-or resolve pyrite issues in other residential properties; his view on the effectiveness of the mandatory latent defects insurance to secure the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 12 February 2014, the way in which a self-builder who is not a principal or director of a company may sign the section concerned as it clearly states it must be signed by a principal or director of a building company; and if he will consider removing or amending this section...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing local community development companies in drafting their next four year plans due to programmes mainly running during the school calendar year between September and May; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that they will anticipate negative fall-out for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 561. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons evidence caught on CCTV cameras is not allowed to be used in court; the purpose of having CCTV in public places if evidence cannot then be used in criminal cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Registration of Title (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 592. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the land held by a sporting body (details supplied) in Dublin 7 were originally provided by the Land Commission, upon the distribution of the old Monck Estate with a trust set up to oversee the management of the lands and the trustees originally appointed by him and registered as legal owners of the lands; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Registration of Title (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is responsible for overseeing the administration of a sporting body (details supplied) and similar trusts, that is, for replacing trustees, arbitrating in disputes and so forth; in the event that this is such a trust, if he will provide a copy of the trust deed which may be dated from the period 1934–1936; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (25 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 640. To ask the Minister for Health given that many smokers have found e-cigarettes a good substitute for smoking, and that there has been a huge increase in people giving up smoking by using e-cigarettes, if it is legal for any public, private or semi-State company to ban e-cigarettes or any other electronic mechanism that administers nicotine from an office setting; and if he will make a...