Results 2,881-2,900 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide figures on resources available to the Criminal Assets Bureau in terms of manpower and budget; and her views that organising the bureau on a regional and local level could further enhance its capability to seize the proceeds of crime from known middle and lower ranking criminals, who are causing devastation to communities....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Courts (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she supports calls for the establishment of community courts as recommended in the 2007 Crime Council report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19533/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 308. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected savings in 2016 from the reduction of the higher rate of tax relief for private occupational pensions to 20%. [20735/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 309. To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual saving to the Exchequer of reducing tax relief on pension contributions, including the public service pension-related deduction, from the marginal rate to the standard rate of income tax; of a reduction in the standard fund threshold from €2.3 million to €622,500; of a reduction in the annual earnings limit for determining...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 310. To ask the Minister for Finance the savings to the Exchequer of standard rating all discretionary non-pension related tax reliefs above an annual cost of €10 million. [20737/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 311. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated return to the Exchequer from introducing a tax on online gambling of 5%, in view of the changes brought into force by the Betting (Amendment) Act 2015. [20738/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated return to the Exchequer from introducing a tax on online gambling of 15% in view of the changes from the Betting (Amendment) Act 2015. [20739/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Statistics (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide figures for the expenditure carry-over from budget 2015. [20550/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (26 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 669. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the fact that there are not sufficient general practitioners outside the Dublin area who have Level 1/2 training to dispense methadone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20224/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he is taking to address the welfare of children living in homeless emergency accommodation for long periods of time; his views on their welfare, especially in relation to nourishment, social interaction and isolation from friends and extended families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19799/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (27 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he had any engagement with the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; if he will ensure that any issues related to those of mixed race will be adequately addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19800/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade between Ireland and ASEAN Countries (Resumed): Enterprise Ireland (27 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have to leave in about 20 minutes but hopefully I will be able to hear the answers before then. I noted that Mr. Sherry mentioned that Enterprise Ireland clients support around 16% of the total workforce here in Ireland. Although we know employment is increasing, there are concerns that this increase is not happening at the sort of wages or salaries that allow people to live with dignity....

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will speak quickly. We could apply one of our proverbs to this - "Marry in haste and repent at leisure" - because that is what we are doing here. We came in on Tuesday believing we would be talking about the postal services legislation, the Constitutional Convention and criminal justice but the media informed us very early that morning that the whole programme had been changed. My...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (28 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 23. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the growing addiction to tablets, prescription and other; if he will consider adding the drugs known as Z drugs to the list of controlled drugs; if he will address the need for clinical guidelines in relation to recovery from benzodiazepines and the short detox time required before accessing treatment. [20536/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (28 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 37. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the national drug rehabilitation implementation committee in the drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20537/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Opportunities to Enhance Health Service Provision through North-South Co-operation: Minister for Health (28 May 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The presentations on Tuesday were very interesting and we certainly got from them good examples of best practice in seeking co-operation between the North and the South. However, the point made about the need for strategic direction and strong leadership was made forcefully. The impression I got from the Minister was that he was discussing the practicalities of that co-operation and saying...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom aitheantas a thabhairt don Teachta Catherine Murphy as ucht an obair a dhein sí maidir leis an gceist atá á phlé againn inniu agus amárach. It is Deputy Murphy's tenacity, perseverance and never-give-up attitude that have brought us to where we are today. Why, when Deputy Murphy first submitted her questions, were the Minister and his...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (9 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 133. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 22 April 2015, if he is aware of the moral conflict facing Defence Forces personnel who do not wish to handle or work with Israeli-made equipment and weaponry; if he will have dialogue with these Defence Forces members; if he will address these serious issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21297/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (9 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 138. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will acknowledge the concerns raised by members of the Defence Forces that Irish military hardware and equipment being purchased from Israel and from the Israeli industrial sector is causing a moral dilemma for soldiers, as they do not want to handle said equipment due to the suffering of the Palestinian people; and his views on whether quoting...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Agreements (9 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 153. To ask the Taoiseach if he will list, in tabular form, meetings on the proposed European Union-United States of America transatlantic trade and investment partnership, or any of the other names by which these negotiations have been known, by his departmental officials with interested parties; with whom they were held and the date on which they took place; and if he will make a statement...