Results 3,061-3,080 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Services (29 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considers that the implementation by restructured credit unions, in particular of section 44 of the Credit Union Act 1997, together with the inclusion of the credit unions in the dormant accounts regime would enhance the capacity of credit unions to contribute much more socially and economically to communities; whether, in the absence of its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza: Discussion (30 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is very important that Trócaire is before the committee today to remind us of the situation facing Palestinian people because it is an issue that gets pushed further down the list of priorities, in particular given what is happening in Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iraq and so on. I have been to the West Bank twice in the past three years and have certain memories that will always stay with...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (1 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the provision of funding to the natural environment, specifically from the National Lottery, as set out in 2013; when he expects the first disbursement will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33308/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Misuse of Drugs (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: While I appreciate that this topic has been chosen, I would have liked one of the Ministers or Ministers of State directly involved in this matter to be here to provide answers. I do not mean any disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy English, when I say that. It was rather difficult to find a relevant Minister this week. Given that next week is budget week, I did not want to take the...

Topical Issue Debate: Misuse of Drugs (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I know that the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, is aware of this because he has attended meetings of quite a number of community projects in the north inner city, as well as meetings of the North Inner City Drugs Task Force. Last September I put a question to the Minister for Justice and Equality on this matter. At that time I was told that this is acknowledged as a...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes: — the growing international consensus that aggressive tax avoidance and evasion by multinational corporations is now a major contributory factor in the staggering increase in global economic inequality and a spectacular growth in the gap between rich and poor which, according to Oxfam, with current trends, the combined wealth of the richest 1%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Standards (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that in the preparation of meat, including in the preparation of halal and kosher meats, all standards are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 409. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Army, Naval Service and Air Corps uniforms that have gone missing, or are unaccounted for, in the past five years. [34741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 710. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to institute a scheme, along the lines of the scheme instituted by the State for small trade unions in Trade Union Act 1975, to encourage and facilitate small approved housing bodies to amalgamate, merge and restructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Properties (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 761. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will institute a framework scheme facility and encourage the rehabilitation of disused railway, canal, and similar buildings, in the ownership of agencies under the aegis of his Department, for housing, cultural, heritage, community or similar uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34166/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 787. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will exclude a coursing club (details supplied) from the 2015 to 2016 hare coursing licence, given that members of the club were caught poaching hares at the State-owed Boora Bog Nature Reserve, and pleaded guilty to this serious breach of the Wildlife Act at a court hearing in Tullamore in County Offaly on 28 September...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: As I listened yesterday evening to the speech given by the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, I was struck by some of the points he made. He suggested that since the inception in 1997 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, DDDA, "what was once a derelict part of the city has been transformed into a vibrant neighbourhood and progressive economic area, housing some of the most...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Gabhaim m'aitheantas agus mo bhuíochas leis na Teachtaí Dála a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht. Agus an buiséad ag teacht agus leis an tuarascáil a fhoilsíodh ar an Luan, is rud dearfach é go raibh an díospóireacht seo againn anocht agus aréir. I acknowledge the work of NGOs like Christian Aid, Trócaire, Oxfam, the Debt...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current regulations for dog shelters, boarding kennels, dog breeders; and behaviourists and trainers working with dogs; if he considers there are gaps in the regulations which are causing poor standards in the treatment of dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Funding (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there is a €28 million surplus in her Department's community employment training fund; her plans to restore the training grants to community employment projects to the pre-cut rate; and, if not, her plans to spend this money on participant training. [34817/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 September 2015, if he will confirm that the non-implementation of section 44, the local investment provision, of the 1997 Credit Union Act is not primarily due to any reluctance or unwillingness on the part of the boards of credit unions to establish special funds for social, cultural or charitable...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 September 2015, if he has been apprised of the disposition of the Central Bank of Ireland, in its role as Credit Union Regulator, on the desirability of including credit unions in the dormant accounts regime, something that was seen as desirable by the Minister of Finance who introduced the dormant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the report he received entitled, Report to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive on Difficulties Accessing Child Protective Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of non-Irish persons in 2013 and 2014 who accessed homeless accommodation in the greater Dublin area, as recorded by the Pass system. [34772/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan: International Committee of Red Cross (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the witness for the presentation. I understand that it was pressure from the US and the UN Security Council threatening sanctions that encouraged the president to sign the peace agreement a week after he said he would not sign it. It will be very fragile. It sounds like a temporary peace and, again, it comes down to the monitoring of the agreement within that peace. Who is playing...