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Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. More clarification on the figure of €5 million and how the restoration of Nos. 14 to 17 will be funded is required. The 10,000 plus signatures that I mentioned were more concerned with saving Moore Street than just Nos. 14 to 17. The street has been described as a battlefield site. I mentioned other stories. The Taoiseach described the...

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What of the battlefield site, which was not covered in the Minister of State's answer?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tax Yield (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 14. To ask the Minister for Health of the €2.2 billion raised in tax revenue, both product tax and value added tax, through the sale of alcohol; and his views that a percentage of this revenue should be directed towards treatment, prevention and education. [27696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Seizures (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 43. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of recent seizures of illegal drugs; and if he will ensure that the Irish Medicines Board acts urgently to address this matter. [27695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 46. To ask the Minister for Health how he will respond to the health needs of those Magdalen laundry survivors living outside Ireland; if he will prioritise those of advanced years with serious health issues; and if there will be a comprehensive accessible guide on health entitlements for all the survivors. [27697/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the principle of legal injecting rooms, as presented in papers by the Ana Liffey drug project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27693/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 63. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the human papilloma virus Gardasil vaccine is totally safe; and his views that in light of concerns raised by parents and concerned parties over the possible health effects of the vaccine that there should be an information guide and consent form sent to parents so they can make an informed decision if they wish their children to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals and Ireland's 60th Year of UN Membership: Discussion (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the ambassador for his presentation. I shall speak as a member of this committee. I shall also speak as the person who chairs the Irish section of AWEPA and, therefore, I have had a lot of engagement with African parliamentarians. The ambassador has said that the millennium development goals have enjoyed some success but I think they have not been a glaring success and there have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (9 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is the second time today and the third time this week that I have discussed this particular issue with the Minister of State. I thank the Chairman for facilitating me, as a non-member, to participate in the meeting. I wish the Minister of State well with the conference to which he referred. It is important to hear the voices of those affected by this issue. However, his predecessors,...

Rural Coastal Communities Report: Motion (10 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Although I am a Dubliner representing Dublin Central, tá áthas orm go bhfuil seans agam labhairt ar an ábhar seo, go háirithe ábhar ag baint leis na hoileáin, mar i rith na blianta, bhí seans agam turas a thabhairt chuig cuid mhór de na hoileáin thar timpeall an chósta. Ach tá caidreamh speisialta agam le oileán amháin,...

Social Services and Support: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We are all making our way through the seven ages of man as described by Shakespeare. It is fair to say that each age from childhood on brings its own joys but also frustrations and challenges so that by the time we reach that older age we have experienced a great deal. The majority of older people have worked all through their lives. They have paid their taxes and reared their children and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the use of barrel bombs by the Assad regime in Syria, which is causing death and destruction to more and more civilians; and if he will support calls for a no-fly zone in Syria, as highlighted by many non-governmental organisations as being of utmost importance for reducing the death toll in the ongoing conflict. [28343/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Strategy (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the priorities for Ireland as it attends the Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia; and if Ireland will support the call for international tax matters to be under a United Nations intergovernmental body. [28342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Remit (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that local enterprise offices offer a wide range of services and expertise to persons setting up online businesses; and his views that possible modernisation of the type of advice offered in these Offices is needed, especially in the area of online businesses and start-ups. [28649/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Protection Products (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Coillte has only conducted one water test on the impacts of Cypermethrin; and if he will initiate independent testing on random sites to ascertain the impacts of this poison on flora, fauna, water, soil and human health, given that it is an endocrine, immune system disrupter in mammals. [29208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Protection Products (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 419. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Forest Service, as the regulator of the Irish forest sector, has not conducted any testing or monitoring of the impacts of Cypermethrin on soil, water, flora, and fauna in Irish public forests, as 100,000 litres of this toxic chemical have been used by Coillte over a ten year period. [29209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Protection Products (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 420. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent of the use of Cypermethrin in Irish agriculture, horticulture, and aquaculture; the number of litres that have been used and the number of years involved [29210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Numbers (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in response to the criticism from the United Nations Special Representative on Migration that Ireland is not accepting enough resettlement refugees fleeing the crisis in Syria, her plans to increase the numbers being accepted. [28426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake independent health screening of communities living adjacent to Coillte public forests to ascertain the impacts of Cypermethrin as the regulatory bodies do not appear to have been monitoring or testing for impacts, while 100,000 litres have been used in public forests over ten years. [29213/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 704. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has statistics concerning the detection of immune system illnesses over the past ten years, and if there has been any rise in such illnesses, particularly in areas which have the most concentrated amounts of public forestry, such as in Counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare, Galway, and Cork. [29214/15]