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Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the reason a badger cull is being pursued and why the Department has tendered for 25,000 units of biological material, essentially body bags for badgers, when it has given a commitment to roll out a vaccination programme to control bovine TB.

Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is a most unfortunate answer because in the context of a badger cull we are talking about a most inhumane, cruel and barbaric way of dealing with bovine TB, when first, it has not been fully proven that the badger is totally responsible for the disease, and there are doubts over some of the experiments that initially proved that was the case. Second, a reduction in TB in cattle can also...

Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Recent reports have shown that injecting badgers significantly reduces the progress and severity of TB. Unlike culling, vaccination does not disrupt the badger's social group and it provides immunity indirectly to unvaccinated badger cubs. An experiment was conducted where one third of the badger population was injected and immunity immediately spread to the rest of the badger population....

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá sé tábhachtach go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo á phlé againn anocht mar tá sé uafásach in 2014 go bhfuil daoine sa tír seo gan teach. Mr. Y is in position No. 68 on the housing list. Mr. and Mrs. X are in position No. 123. Ms Y, who is need of two-bedroom accommodation, is in position No. 288 and Mr. Z is in position No. 760, on band three of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way she will address the issues and problems which have arisen relating to determining the length of stay for the individuals in the Magdalen laundries. [35439/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the Magdalen laundries and the issue of determining the length of stay and the difficulties arising with that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the progress that has been made since the exchange the Minister and I had in July. At that stage, 357 claimants had received compensation and the figure is now 442. There are outstanding issues and one of them is the need for reputable independent advocates for women who are in nursing homes or other institutions. There is also the issue of the end date. Mr. Justice Quirke...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I stress the urgency of this because many of the ladies are of advancing years and some of them are in extreme ill health. This week, I had the privilege of meeting one of the ladies who lives outside the State. It was most disturbing to listen to her story of being in one of the laundries. I have no doubt that it contributed to the ill health she suffers now. As she said, she was...

Other Questions: Prison Discipline (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of violence in Mountjoy Prison; the manner in which the violence is addressed by the prison authorities; and if there is adequate levels of staff to deal with said incidents of violence. [35381/14]

Other Questions: Prison Discipline (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This question concerns the number of incidents of violence in Mountjoy Prison, how these are dealt with by prison authorities and whether there are adequate levels of staff to deal with these incidents.

Other Questions: Prison Discipline (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I visited Mountjoy Prison when under the management of the previous governor. The number of incidents of violence is alarming, particularly recent assaults of prison staff, including a prison nurse. The number of prisoner assaults on other prisoners is particularly alarming and we are aware of a significant number of deaths of prisoners in custody. I ask the Minister to look at the...

Other Questions: Prison Discipline (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is a bigger picture concerning prisons. I attended the launch of a book containing a series of essays produced in conjunction with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. It raised some interesting and burning issues in regard to prisons generally and the use of prison sentences. My constituency provides so many of the inmates in Mountjoy Prison. It seems 60% of sentences are for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the increase in gun crime, gun injuries and death here over the past decade if she will concede that there is a serious problem in this country with availability of lethal firearms; her views on combating this, such as a gun amnesty which has been used in many other countries whereby any person can hand in weapons to gardaí to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions and input her Department has had with the Department of Health regarding the health care and community benefits as recommended for the Magdalen laundries' survivors by Mr. Justice Quirke in his report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35378/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Dealing (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional enforcement measures she will introduce to reduce the centralised open street selling of prescription tablets in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35382/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the position regarding the drug squad and the numbers and resources for the drug squad in Dublin Central; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35379/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: With regard to one item of correspondence, No. 1583-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I apologise. It was in the minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will be brief. The are two words which come to mind, namely "harrowing" and "humbling," when one listens to what people such as Dr. Fitzpatrick have been doing in countries such as Sierra Leone as we sit in the comforts of the developed western world. I visited Sierra Leone to examine it as a post-conflict country. It faces a range of issues, difficulties and problems in terms of health...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (25 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the number of voluntary and private residential child care centres in the Dublin North East; the number of young persons in each of these centres and the budget allocation for each centre. [35436/14]