Results 2,481-2,500 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will acknowledge the worries of farmers here with regard to the recent Translantic Trade and Investment Partnership outcome, and most worryingly the power of the US agri-business lobby in introducing genetically modified foods to an open EU market, thus undercutting the high quality trademark that this country's beef producers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers and work of the Garda Reserve; her views on their work and dedication; if she will consider supporting those reserves and their wish to enter full-time training and employment in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43864/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probation officers working in Dublin Central; and the number of cases handled by each probation officer. [43865/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 11 July 2012, if he will provide an update on the ongoing negotiations taking place with Russian officials on reaching a bilateral agreement in order that families here may proceed with adoptions of Russian children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44293/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind doctor-only referrals to child and mental health services; and if he will give consideration to schools being able to refer directly. [43920/14]

Other Questions: Children in Care (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the numbers and the cost to the State due to children being put in foster care because of their mothers being homeless; whether his attention has been drawn to the number of women in crisis pregnancies facing homelessness who will have to put their babies in foster care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43931/14]

Other Questions: Children in Care (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the numbers of children in foster care because their mothers are homeless. It also relates to those women in crisis pregnancies who are facing homelessness and the fact that they may have to put their babies into foster care.

Other Questions: Children in Care (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Minister has given me the theory but the reality is different. Part of the reality is that there is a serious housing crisis, particularly in Dublin, and that the local authorities do not have the housing that is needed. My question came from the fact that I am involved with a counselling organisation that counsels women in crisis pregnancies. Some of the women whom we are counselling...

Other Questions: Children in Care (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply. I will certainly forward the information to him. We have talked about other programmes which were very much in favour of early childhood care and school completion, but even before that we must provide these women and their babies with a good start. I will send on the information, because that is the reality.

Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the value for money and policy review of youth schemes, including the young people's facilities and services fund, will be published; if this will be followed by consultations with stakeholders; and if he will provide a date for a meeting of the national assessment committee. [43932/14]

Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: A value for money and policy review was carried out on the young people's facilities and services fund. Those involved with young people are wondering when it will be published and if there will be consultation with stakeholders. Allied with that is the national assessment committee, which has not met in quite some time. Again, those involved with young people are anxious to have that...

Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have a particular interest in the young people's facilities and services fund. When it was originally established in the late 1990s, I chaired the development group for the north inner city, and I was very aware of the extent of the consultation that went on at that stage. The fund has done great work and targets areas in which young people are most at risk from drugs. While every...

Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I hope the key word is "promptly". I asked a question of the Deputy's predecessor about when the national assessment committee would be meeting. It was almost as if it was not considered necessary because the funding had been set up. However, the committee keeps an eye on what the report is doing, which is ensuring that the funding, services and facilities go to those who are most at risk....

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Last January when I wrote in a newspaper on the water issue, I made the point that access to water was a fundamental right. Water was being treated as a commodity from which profits could be made. There is no doubt that the manner in which Irish Water was set up was a debacle similar to the debacles that ensued following the setting up of the DART, the Luas, the national children's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Syria and Middle East: Dr. Nader Hashemi (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is a pity that we are having this discussion because of what is going on. There is so much I would have liked to have been able to tease out. When Dr. Hashemi was talking about the Kobani model, he meant the military aspect of it. I have a question about the Kurdish people because they have lost out in so many other conflicts. They have been to the fore in contributing and when the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (20 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 98. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be heeding recommendations from experienced doctors in the field regarding the setting up of a national review process for the provision of wheelchair and assistive technologies in view of the fact that the current system of allocating said equipment for persons diagnosed with debilitating conditions is often not fit for purpose due to a lack of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (20 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 99. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the University of Limerick research calling for a Government mandate to set up a national body with a specific remit for the provision, maintenance and registration of assistive technologies; his further views on establishing such a register in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44612/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Health the care plan in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who is currently receiving care abroad which is coming to an end, taking into account the urgency of the matter as this person will be returning here later in the month. [44643/14]

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have an opportunity now to put the question I was about to put last Thursday week when circumstances overtook us.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Last October, Pobal published on its website details of the funding that was available in different lots under the social inclusion and community activation programmes. It seemed that the level of cuts being proposed was 10% in rural areas, 20% in urban areas and 38% in areas of inner-city Dublin. This 38% cut will affect communities of extreme deprivation, which have rates of unemployment...