Results 2,401-2,420 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if decisions have been made as to the composition of the group, under Judge Yvonne Murphy, who will look into the mother and baby homes; if experts (details supplied) will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38101/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 347. To ask the Minister for Health his policy regarding the issue of pregnant women who opt for home births and the midwives who attend them; the way his policy is communicated to the Health Service Executive and the subsequent HSE policy on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37880/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will address the fact that an increasing number of people are finding that methadone use is becoming a life-long dependency for them in addiction. [38123/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 418. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the Israeli and Palestinian authorities here and at UN level about the land grab taking place in the West Bank in the form of Israeli settlements being continually built in violation of the UN green line of 1948, a land grab which is causing restrictions on travel for Palestinians as well as huge disruption...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 419. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Malawi being one of Irish Aid's key partner countries in receipt of Irish aid, if he will support debt relief for Malawi, use Ireland's experience in Irish revenue, and influence in the OECD and EU to support the designing and strengthening of its domestic tax system; if he will negotiate a tax treaty with Malawi using the UN...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the extent of Irish funding to the Palestinian Authority; the amount of this earmarked for cultural and educational activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37806/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support further second level educate together schools in the greater Dublin area. [37981/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that the transition year in second level schools could include further specific tutorials on managing and starting up small and medium sized businesses as it has been noted in a report that Ireland has a low level of entrepreneurial enterprise in comparison to other OECD countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions for additional water allowances for those with disabilities and for those whose health conditions require additional use of water, that is, skin conditions. [37667/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the process of requesting PPS numbers on water charge registration forms is in place; his views that this is an unusual practice in view of the fact that private information such as PPS numbers is not generally requested when companies are charging for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Websites (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 24 September 2014, if the website indicated in the response is password protected; if information on the electoral divisions covered by each of the 50 local development companies is publicly available in visual form in one location; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Websites (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department's website has ever been independently assessed for accessibility; if so, if he will publish the outcome of that assessment; the degree of his personal confidence in the accessibility of the Department's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38130/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Grants (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for an allocation to be made from the Dormant Accounts Fund to meet the initial cost of Irish membership of the European Southern Observatory, in view of the case made for Irish membership of the ESO by bodies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38131/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry Regulation (7 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to protect the Irish haulage industry in view of the fact that it cannot compete with comparable costs elsewhere; and if restructuring in the tax system is required. [38122/14]

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Táim buíoch go bhfuil seans agam labhairt ar an ábhar seo. Ceapaim go bhfuil sé an-tábhachtach go mbeadh caidreamh san áit oibre go héifeachtach. The test will be whether it is effective and efficient. We all had lives before politics, and no doubt will afterwards, when we were in other workplaces. Given that we all have experience of being an employee...

Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The purpose of the Bill is to make it an offence to smoke a tobacco product in the presence of a child in a mechanically propelled vehicle, and a child is defined as somebody under 18 years of age. I do not disagree with the substance of the Bill because we all know the dangers to health from smoking, and particularly for those who begin smoking at an early age. We also know about the...

Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I note that section 4(5) states that income generated by the payment of amounts pursuant to fixed-charge notices under this Act will be disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer. I suggest, and I hope the Minister would agree, that any income generated would go to more campaigns to raise awareness and educate people on the dangers of smoking and not put into the Exchequer where it could...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (8 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is fully committed to previous guarantees provided on reducing class sizes as a priority in view of the extent of the reports into smaller classes having a positive effect on education, on inclusiveness and maintaining stimulation most notably at a younger age; the work being completed to achieve the goal of class sizes set previously....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (8 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on reform of the junior certificate, teachers correcting the junior certificate work of their own students, schools providing their own individual certification and her views in relation to the subject of history on the junior certificate curriculum. [37876/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Concern (8 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The witnesses tried to describe what is happening but there are times when language can fail to convey the horror and reality of that. This is one example. We do not have any concept of or feeling for what people must be going through in Syria. Only for ISIS, Syria would still be off the main agenda because the conflict has been ongoing there for so long. The ISIS crisis has, in a sense,...