Results 2,021-2,040 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (5 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 90. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the composition of the stakeholders forum; the frequency of its meetings; the issues discussed and her assessment of its work; the number of times and for whom the workshops have been held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10609/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the possibility of the Phoenix Park tunnel line opening to provide rail services between Heuston and Connolly Stations; the number of stops he envisages will be included in the plan for the north inner city area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11188/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (6 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 23. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the consent application is for a restoration of the National Monument per se and is independent of the Chartered Land planning application that seeks the demolition of other buildings occupied by the 1916 Provisional Government; if his decision will ensure the creation of a commemorative centre on the site involving the full...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way his Department will approach the increasingly worrying situation facing the Rohingya community in Burma as Doctors Without Borders has been excluded from accessing Rakhine and therefore is unable to assist the Rohingya community and others suffering from the current humanitarian crisis experienced in the region;...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (11 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 284. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the NPWS stated uncertainty about the reproductive viability of hares post-coursing and the impact on local population demographics of hare removal and return (details supplied), if he will acknowledge and take on board ICABS's statement that coursing poses a serious risk not only to individual hares but...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Student Travel Card (11 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority, which comes under his remit, will include participants who are on specific education-based community employment schemes on the list of those eligible for student travel passes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12220/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the ambassador for coming. It is positive that he has come to meet the joint committee, as it is very important that we hear the views of all sides. We can all agree that there are too many conflicts and far too much loss of life. We have also seen the way conflicts are hijacked by ultra fundamentalist groups to further their own ends. This has absolutely nothing to do with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will return to Russian support and respect for the national sovereignty of Syria and non-interference by outside powers. Why does that not apply to the Russian view of Ukraine? Sending in troops is an act of aggression. I again ask the ambassador to answer my question on how Russia could use its influence in Syria to bring an end to that humanitarian crisis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: A major humanitarian crisis is facing those Syrians living under President Assad's regime, where Russia does have influence. I said the other powers could do so equally, but I hope the ambassador can take that message back. I believe Russia can do an awful lot more on those-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Russians can have respect for the physical and medical needs of the civilians who are suffering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Ukraine: Russian Federation Ambassador (12 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We are looking at pictures of people who are starving and they are living in areas controlled by President Assad.

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (13 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Caithfidh mé a admháil - is dócha go mbeidh sé soiléir i gceann tamaill - nach bhfuil mo chuid Gaeilge chomh líofa agus chomh flúirseach leis an nGaeilge atá ag na Teachtaí eile a labhair go dtí seo. Tá grá agam don teanga. Déanaim agus déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall an Ghaeilge a labhairt. Tá sé...

Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Technical Group sends its condolences and sympathy to Nicky McFadden's loved ones, family, friends and colleagues in Fine Gael and those with whom she worked as a Senator. I came into the House following a by-election in June 2009 after the death of Tony Gregory. I inherited his office on the sixth floor in LH2000. The corridor is a mixed bag, with representatives of Sinn Féin,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if on the 5 and 6 of September 2013, an AC-130W Hercules turbo-prop aircraft, attached to the United States Air Force 73rd Special Operations Squadron landed at Shannon on the 5 September 2013 and departed the following day; if the aircraft was searched and carrying a 30mm modified MK-44 cannon located low on the front...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the school building or refurbishment works primary and post-primary that are to be initiated or progressed in Dublin 1, Dublin 3 and Dublin 7 in 2014; and in each case, if he will indicate the stage or phase to which the works in question are intended to have arrived at by year end; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Administration (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 4 February 2014, if he will clarify his statement, officials at my Department have been in correspondence with the directors of the facility referred to in this question, due to the fact that the Irish Centre of Behavioural Support and Research stated that the only contact made by his Department was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 4 February 2014, he stated that my Department's inspectorate previously reviewed the education being provided by one of the private pre-school providers in question which involved engagement with the primary teachers they employed; if he will specify the engagement, if any, that occurred with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 466. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons with zero-hour contracts, that is, contracts without specific working hours here in comparison to the number of persons with zero-hour contracts in 2010; his proposals to curb the practice of zero-hour contracts which can be exploited by employers; his plans to increase workers' rights in zero-hour contracts;...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 577. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will set a date for his meeting with the concerned relatives of the signatories to the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic as agreed at the 1916 Rising Commemoration 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13247/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (25 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 588. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the fact that information in the chartered land consent application on the status of 18 Moore Street is incorrect and cannot be relied upon by him; if he will sanction a full independent survey of No. 18 and all structures within the boundary of the national monument and carry out his obligations...