Results 3,101-3,120 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 28. To ask the Minister for Health the reason parents are not provided with a copy of the patient information leaflet prior to signing the consent form for the human papilloma virus vaccine, given the serious side effects outlined in the leaflet; if he agrees that not all parents have Internet access to investigate possible side effects; given that it is medically accepted that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (22 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 78. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on addressing the legislation deficits to deal with the massive quantities of Z-drugs sold freely, particularly in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36263/15]

Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Good Friday Agreement has been perceived worldwide as an example of how to achieve peace and how to get conflicting sides around the table to engage in dialogue that leads to agreement and gives communities an opportunity to live their lives in peace. I acknowledge the work done by both the political figures and by those whose names are not in the public domain, including members of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I and others attended a meeting with parents of girls who received the HPV Gardasil vaccine and whose lives have been dramatically altered as a result. These parents brought a number of concerns to our attention, such as breathing difficulties, hives, joint and muscle pain, muscle weakness, swollen glands, chronic fatigue, headaches, neural damage, noise sensitivity, chills, sleep...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What has happened in Ireland has happened in Spain, the UK, France, Denmark, Sweden and Italy. There is now a Europe-wide group for those affected. I think it is significant that the Danish Government is spending €940,000 for an independent investigation into the vaccine and the side effects. The experts involved have no ties to the pharmaceutical industry. I must admit to being...

Travellers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It was the death of Jonathan Corrie that brought the issue of housing and homelessness onto the Dáil agenda in a stark way. It is alarming and disturbing that it took another terrible tragedy at Carrickmines, for the Lynch, Gilbert and Connors families and for the wider Traveller community, to bring about a debate on Traveller issues in the Dáil. We are aware of the statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Resolutions (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Cuban people by calling for an end to the blockade by the United States of America which has been estimated to cost the Cuban people $834 billion over the past five decades. [37696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Sustainable Development Goals (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the work on the implementation of the sustainable development goals; and if Ireland will support the disability caucus call for segregation by functional ability. [37695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views, that it is problematic for recipients of social welfare payments to provide proof to her Department of their actively seeking employment, when the vast majority of companies do not send acknowledgments of employment applications; that there should be a statutory requirement on companies to at least send an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 868. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale behind increasing the Irish contribution to the European Union development co-operation budget by €18 million; and the way this budget is operated. [37337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: ERASMUS Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 869. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the students at Bethlehem University by strongly condemning their exclusion from the European Union Student Mobility Programme, ERASMUS, while Israeli students are permitted full membership but Palestinian institutions such as the University of Bethlehem are not; his views that this is unfair; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 870. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on where the progress of his request to seek answers through the release of British Government files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 871. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the interdepartmental committee on development has not met since the publication of One World, One Future: Ireland's Policy for International Development; and when it is expected to meet. [37340/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 872. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the treatment of 43 students participating in a demonstration in Mexico, who were rounded up by police and handed over to Guerros Unidos, a criminal gang, and not seen again; if he will offer his support to the Justice for the 43 Campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which there was a request for an extension to a planned school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she is aware of the existing primary schools in the area; their numbers; and the impact this, if granted, could have on these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37483/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1077. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the disposal of tyres, particularity in the Dublin area; that the abundance of tyres available for use in bonfires at Halloween is having a negative impact on the environment; if he will ensure that companies, such as mechanic garages dispose of tyres in a responsible way; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1092. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will centralising checktheregister.ie, and having it run by his Department in place of local authorities, in light of concerns raised regarding inefficiencies in the voter registration process. [38192/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with the Irish Environment Network on the progress made on the provision of funding to the natural environment, specifically from the national lottery; if he will support this network to be included in funding as it is entitled to be, as set out in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I was horrified to hear a Minister deny in a budget speech that inequality had risen and equally, to hear Government speeches stating it had protected young people, old people and the vulnerable because the statistics from the Central Statistics Office tell a different story. Moreover, all the non-governmental organisations working with those in vulnerable situations have acknowledged that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the short-term strategy that his Department and the local authorities have to deal with the 1,500 plus children that will be sleeping in emergency accommodation tonight, in conjunction with the 2020 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/15]