Results 2,781-2,800 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 655. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council, FAC, to raise the deplorable situation in Gaza and the way six months on from the ceasefire, rebuilding in the latter has not begun; if he will oblige the European Union to put pressure on Israel to completely lift the blockade of Gaza; if he will request the European Union to put...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Voting (15 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 783. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the growing interconnected world in terms of employment and travel, his views that the postal vote system is not adequate and that Irish persons working abroad, for example for non-government organisations, should be provided with the opportunity to exercise their right to vote on major social issues, such as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 788. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the technical guidance document to Part L, 2011 of the Irish Building Regulations requires designers of buildings to achieve a surface temperature factor (fRsi) of 0.75 or better, and in the case of a ground floor junction a relaxation of 0.70 is allowable, if he will confirm the surface...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 789. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to building regulations, the amount of mould that is acceptable under Irish building regulations; the precise date of the fRsi regulations; and when a compliant set of approved construction details will be issued. [14325/15]

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Some weeks ago during Leaders' Questions I raised very serious concerns about the low-paid. I pointed out that 25% of employees, or 345,000 people in the labour force, were earning an hourly rate less than the living wage threshold of €11.45. A very significant number of these low-paid workers - 60% - are women. While the cut in the minimum wage has been reversed, the point I made...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (16 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 41. To ask the Minister for Health his views on harm reduction measures in relation to addiction; his views that recovery must remain the ultimate objective for those in addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14634/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will, at the next periodic review at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Iran, follow through on the recommendations of the previous Council in relation to the situation of the Baha'i in Iran. [15183/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (21 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that Ireland is represented at the highest level at the financing for development conference in July 2015; and his views that there is a role for parliamentarians at that conference and further upcoming conferences on post-2015 sustainable development goals and climate change. [15184/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (21 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 536. To ask the Minister for Health the total capital expenditure on the mental health service infrastructure since the publication of A Vision for Change in 2006; the total value of the sale of mental health lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15803/15]

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am moving on to a serious and urgent issue that dominates the work of many of us in the House, especially in the Dublin and greater Dublin areas. I am talking about the issue of housing. We see individuals, couples and families facing rent increases of anything from €100 to €400 per month from landlords. It is not because major renovations or adjustments have been made to...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: If the strategy were working, we would not see increasing numbers of people ending up homeless. That is the reality. Rent supplement should not be used as a mechanism for market manipulation. The current arrangements are not keeping rents down. If rent supplement is not being re-examined, one must consider intervention at the other end, namely, some kind of rent management or rent...

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: First, I wish to repeat a point I made on another occasion. During St. Patrick's week there is much emphasis on foreign direct investment and Ministers and Ministers of State going abroad. We need something similar for small and medium enterprises in this country. As foreign direct investment is facilitated and encouraged, we need the same for indigenous industries. So much mitigates...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is committed to continuing tax expenditures, that is Government taxpayer support in the form of the deliberate transfer of public resources, achieved by reducing tax obligations with respect to a benchmark tax or reducing or postponing revenue, in support of the credit union movement; if credit unions will continue to be tax exempt in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 80. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a list of the inventory of both weapons and equipment in use by the Defence Forces, currently produced by Israel and purchased from Israeli industrial bodies, which have been purchased and are in use by the Irish Defence Forces in line with European Union procurement rules which abide by international embargoes and treaties; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 15 April 2015, if his reference to BR 443 (2006) Conventions for U-value Calculations supersedes the requirement to apply IS hEN ISO 13788 (2012) when calculating surface temperature factors for opaque elements; and if this now constitutes a countermanding national standard...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 15 April 2015, if he will confirm the date on which the requirements of IS hEN ISO 13788 (2012) to use a surface resistance of 0.25 m2W/K was revised to a surface resistance of 0.10 or 0.13 or 0.17 m2W/K as listed on page seven of BR 443 (2006 Edition) Conventions for U-value...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 15 April 2015, wherein he advised designers of buildings to set aside the requirement to use a surface resistance of 0.25 m2W/K in accordance with IS hEN ISO 13788 (2012) and apply instead the surface resistances of 0.10 or 0.13 or 0.17 m2W/K in accordance with BR 443 (2006...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Security Situation in Kenya: Ambassador of Federal Republic of Kenya (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I extend my sympathy to the families of the university students who died. Following the tragic death of a young Irish woman recently, who was at university abroad, we know the effects of her death on her family and on our population. Were the 147 all Kenyan or did they come from other countries also? I chair the Irish section of AWEPA, so we have had a lot of engagement with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts: Motion (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I believe it is a positive motion. I do not know what other word we could use for the murder and slaughter of 1.5 million people except "genocide". It is known in the history books and in political discussion as the Armenian genocide. Ireland has had to face up to the wrongs done in this country in the past. It is part of that process. The word used in the reply - adjudication - was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (23 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the Water Procurement Act 1977, to allow for a range of application fees, to reflect the wide range of licence applications received from different sectors, discharging trade effluent to sewer, as the current system is very unfair to small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement...