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

Maureen O'Sullivan: A friend of mine has returned from South Sudan after working there with a small NGO, particularly with children who have been lost. There are great stories about children being reconciled with their families. However, a major concern is the vulnerability of girls and women to rape and sexual assault when these raids or conflicts take place. Again, that programme is important. With...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit legislatively to making Irish sign language available to all deaf children, a service that is currently unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35802/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order (details supplied) will be suspended while a criminal investigation is ongoing. [35372/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to call for an independent investigation into the death of a person (details supplied), in order to resolve serious questions regarding the circumstances and lack of investigation following the death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35373/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to cease dispensing of the human papilloma virus vaccine until after the review, given the growing international uncertainty over the safety of this vaccine, that some countries have suspended its us, and others currently have criminal investigations taking place [35805/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 336. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the issues of persons living with disability; his views on the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's estimates that living with a disability here can have extra costs ranging from €207 to €276 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35801/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 337. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address waiting times for hip and knee replacements for public patients; and if he will confirm that it can take nine to 12 months to receive an appointment to see a specialist. [35803/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 338. To ask the Minister for Health his views that early supported discharge is regarded as an integral part of high quality stroke services; his views that pilot programmes operating in the Mater, Tallaght and Galway University Hospitals have been successful; if he will ensure that these programmes will be expanded by the Health Service Executive in 2016 so that more stroke survivors may...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the response from the Health Service Executive following letters from a solicitor dated 2 July 2013, 27 February 2014 and 28 March 2014 raising very serious concerns regarding a deceased person (details supplied) and how this person was at risk of dying; the direct action taken to address the most extreme concerns raised by the letters, which were forwarded...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Smoking Ban (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the approach he will take on the roll-out of the blanket smoking ban in all Health Service Executive facilities, including facility grounds; if he will not introduce this blanket ban on certain facilities such as mental health facilities, as advised by many mental health workers; his views that many patients with mental health difficulties will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 342. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the €2.50 surcharge for medication for persons with medical cards is fair, given that some medical card clients are on extremely low incomes and are taking a large amount of medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35808/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (13 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the calls on the British Government to release the files on the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. [35371/15]

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá rudaí dearfacha ann sa bhuiséad seo agus tá daoine áirithe níos sásta leis an mbuiséad seo ná mar a bhí siad leis na buiséid a bhí againn le déanaí ach bhí sé dochreidte a bheith ag éisteacht leis an Aire agus é ag rá gur thug an Rialtas cosaint do dhaoine óga, do sheandaoine agus do dhaoine...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Misuse of Drugs (20 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the need for emergency legislation and measures in relation to the proliferation of tablets in Dublin, where An Garda Síochána cannot act due to various legal loopholes and where these tablets are causing major and significant difficulties in communities [35258/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees (20 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that appointees and re-appointees to prison visiting committees have the ability and interest to do the work; the number of visits by prison visiting committees in 2015 to date; and if there are vacancies. [35257/15]

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will engage with the Department of Education and Skills regarding moving the school completion programme back to that Department; and his views that the programme is much better suited to the education portfolio rather than to that of his own Department. [35517/15]

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This question is on the school completion programme, which is now under the remit of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, whereas it had always been under the remit of the Minister for Education and Skills. Has there been any discussion between the Ministers on moving it back to the Department of Education and Skills?

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply but the teachers involved with the school completion programme would not agree with his view. Early school leaving and underachievement, particularly in disadvantaged areas, are key. Everything being done to address those issues has to be supported. The school completion programme is doing that. Its success in that regard was acknowledged in the ESRI...

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is teachers who are responsible for rolling out the school completion programme. Teachers are under the remit of the Minister for Education and Skills. It is the view of teachers that it would be better for the programme to be back with the Department of Education and Skills where it was when it was set up in 2002 until 2014. Teachers are in a great position to refer those children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on negotiations with Russian officials regarding a bilateral agreement which could allow Irish couples to adopt Russian children; if he will provide resources to conclude these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/15]