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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland: Discussion (25 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I was part of a group of five Members of the Dáil who visited Maghaberry Prison last Monday. I would say the common feeling among us as we came out of the prison was one of depression. The visit was one of quite a number we have made. While I understand the frustration of ex-prisoners, which has been mentioned, the group in question is looking at the difficulties and injustices for...

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There are parts of Dublin Central which have higher numbers of lone parents than anywhere else in the country. I know many of them and they are real people with real stories and they have very real fears about what is being proposed for them and their children. The majority are female but there is a significant and growing number of one-parent families where it is the male we are talking...

White Paper on Defence: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: As a member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and chair of the Irish section of AWEPA, I have come in contact with parliamentarians and human rights groups from Latin America, Africa and Asia who hold Ireland in high regard due in no small part to the fact that we are not an imperial power or an aggressor. We are a neutral State, and we must do all we can to ensure our...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the engagement she has had with Middletown Centre for Autism and services offered to school children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25794/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns of many teachers regarding the impact the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will have on the education system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25795/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all dogs are scanned for microchips in pounds at present; if this is a legal requirement; if not, his plans to make it compulsory under the new microchipping legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine notwithstanding the lack of scientific evidence linking badgers to the spread of tuberculosis to cattle, if he will initiate a programme of vaccinating badgers, carried out by his Department's staff and-or volunteers, to replace the cruel badger cull which is destroying badger populations, in view of a recent analysis (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expert group on fixed-term and part-time employment in lecturing, as per the terms of the Haddington Road agreement, will be appointed and allocated its terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25834/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if pounds are allowed refuse to re-home dogs by virtue of their breed; if pounds are permitted to hide dogs and not advertise their existence in the pound, for whatever reason; and the reason dogs surrendered by owners are not included in the pound register and are treated differently from stray dogs. [25744/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (1 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used to allocate animal welfare grants; if the process is transparent to all groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25948/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (1 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the management of dog pounds going out to tender for the first time, if his Department will conduct inspections to be certain the highest standards are maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25949/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy. (1 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I also extend my sympathies to the families of the Irish people who died and all of the other tourists. I acknowledge the solidarity shown by so many Tunisian people at the atrocity and massacre. It struck me that so many of the people who were murdered were of a certain age. They were older people who probably had reared their families and were enjoying a holiday. It really brings home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Amnesty International Annual Report 2014 (1 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What a depressing report. If 2014 was a year of international failures, we are only halfway through 2015 and it is looking as if this will surpass it. Mr. O'Gorman mentioned the UN Convention against Torture. Torture continues. The international arms trade treaty is constantly being broken. International humanitarian law, which talks about distinguishing between civilians and combatants,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (2 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the difficulties facing rent allowance tenants in obtaining housing, her views on the need for measures to allow tenants to have their rent allowance pre-approved prior to contacting a landlord, in order to simplify the process of obtaining housing on rent allowance and to incentivise landlords to accept tenants on rent allowance; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (2 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current crisis facing students in obtaining accommodation in Dublin city, and the need for a long-term solution to be created to mitigate this crisis and ensure access to education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26686/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (2 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set up a housing standards test, similar to the national car test model for cars, to combat the extremely high level of sub-standard housing being rented on the private market in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26688/15]

Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We are coming towards the summer recess next week and when we come back in September it will be into budget time. Already, the pre-budget submissions are coming in and no doubt the Government will want to show the growth, improvement and recovery, as it did with the spring economic statement. Just looking at two statistics from the spring economic statement, the general Government debt is...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: A drop in unemployment figures is always welcome but some of those who are now employed are working on wages that do not allow them to live in dignity; it is not a living wage. Returning to the measure, within the EU, poverty is measured by using relative income poverty lines which involves working out an average or median household income. However, there is a limitation in that regard....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (7 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 28 April 2015, if he will confirm the names of the two former fur farm operators who have ceased to hold licences within the past three years. [27042/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (7 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 299. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that all has been done to address the medical needs of those survivors of the Magdalen laundries living abroad, in view of a recent response to a Topical Issue debate on this matter on 25 June 2015. [27173/15]