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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (25 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Minister might need to come back to me on some of them. That is fine.

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I hope I am not tempting fate by saying that I have never been burgled but friends, members of my family and constituents of mine have been burgled and the common denominator is the sense of invasion. One normally thinks of one's home as one's sanctuary or refuge or a place of safety and comfort. When I listen to these people's stories I am constantly struck by how difficult it can be to...

Economic Partnership Agreement: Motion (26 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Taoiseach agreed to hold a full debate on this matter, as did the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Sean Sherlock, when they appeared before the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. Despite this, Deputies have been given only 20 minutes to discuss economic partnership agreements which will affect millions of lives...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I listened to the speeches from Paris yesterday. They were passionate and inspiring, and were saying all the right things. However, saying is one thing and doing is something else. We know that climate change is happening, we know that it is extremely dangerous and we know the negotiations have been going on for over 20 years. As there has been mainly talk the reality is very grim. The...

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am not sure NGOs such as Trócaire, Oxfam and Friends of the Earth will take much heart from what the Taoiseach has just said. On Leaders' Questions some months ago, the Taoiseach said to me: "[W]e must challenge ourselves in measuring up and being recognised as a country that really is fulfilling obligations in respect of climate change". The one positive thing that came from what...

Topical Issue Debate: Drug Treatment Programmes (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle go bhfuil seans againn an t-ábhar seo a phlé. We know that people get caught up in abusing and misusing drugs and alcohol and many will be come addicted. While there is a wide range of reasons this happens, we can all agree that no one sets out to become an addict or an alcoholic. I would like to see everyone in recovery and very...

Topical Issue Debate: Drug Treatment Programmes (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Minister of State's answer is very welcome. I still believe recovery is the ultimate goal, but, in the meantime, we need innovative strategies to deal with the people concerned, the kernel of which are compassion and dignity. I refer to the issue of detox beds and draw the Minister of State's attention to a winter strategy used in London in the 1990s. Unused office space was taken over...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: How many times will we discuss housing and homelessness without seeing measures that will make a difference? I know from my office and those involved directly in homelessness and housing that things are getting worse. There have been a number of strategies to prevent homelessness over the years, all of which have been unsuccessful. A preventative strategy is needed, a system whereby the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Standards (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the practice of doubling and trebling the number of prisoners in prison cells is draconian; if there should be one prison bed per prison cell, given that many prisoners in custody have mental health issues and problems with anger management and given that cell sharing is proving very problematic for prison staff and prisoners. [42289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Properties (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on lease private security, pest control and other services relating to the maintenance of Carrisbrook House at 122 Northumberland Road in Dublin D04 A295, a development which originally obtained planning permission around the time of the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising to replace a Victorian house and adjoining...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 329. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current allocation of gardaí for the area covered by Cabra Garda Síochána station; if she will address the need for additional resources for this area as this station supplies gardaí for Áras an Uachtaráin, the American ambassador's residence and Farmleigh House, and for events taking place in the Phoenix Park...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 373. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will commit to re-establishing child contact centres to facilitate safe and supervised accessed visits between children and perpetrators of domestic violence in line with court orders, as advocated by Women's Aid; if the existing system can lead to ongoing abuse for parents who are victims of domestic violence during home access...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 374. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the school completion programme; if he will implement the changes recommended by the Economic and Social Research Institute report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42753/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 467. To ask the Minister for Health given the report published by Action Ireland sampling 700 schoolchildren from Dublin, Galway and Cork, and the findings that girls are now more likely to consume alcohol than boys, if he will commit to a multi-pronged approach, along with the Department of Education and Skills, to tackle the problem of under-age drinking; if he will follow the example of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 468. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to meeting the group Regret to address its members' concerns about their daughters' health in relation to the human papilloma virus vaccine; given that he has previously expressed his confidence in the vaccine, if he will address the parents' concerns that the one common denominator in the emergence of some very serious health issues is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the BreastCheck cut-off age from 65 to 70 years of age and increase health advertising on its importance, given the ageing population and the reduction in the number of women taking the check during the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42954/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 470. To ask the Minister for Health the short-term plans in place to relieve the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments; if he will reform the nature of these departments, for instance, by allocating intellectual disability nurses for patients presenting with mental health problems, with a separate triage for those presenting with alcohol and addiction issues; if staff are under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons diagnosed with long-term degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's who do not qualify for a medical card; if there are significant financial demands on persons who are often on very modest incomes but are just above the threshold for a medical card; if State assistance is required for persons in this predicament. [42956/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (1 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if a waiting time, in many cases in excess of 14 months, is too long for public patients waiting to see a gynaecologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42957/15]

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Services (2 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports Tusla has in place for children and parents living in emergency accommodation; if specific supports are needed given the extraordinarily difficult circumstances children in emergency accommodation face in trying to attend school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42687/15]