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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Let us finish the questions as there is only myself and Deputy Moran.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is unfair. Deputy Durkan came in and we did not get a chance and Deputy Wallace has had to go.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I feel like walking out as well because-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Chairman. I am trying to get a sense of how quickly, between everybody, we can see a major difference when it comes to housing and to making a dent in the list. Earlier, the Minister told the committee that 4,400 housing units are under construction in Dublin, that there is planning permission for another 27,000 and that another 80,000 could be built on zoned land for which...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Export of Greyhounds (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to intervene in the crisis surrounding Irish greyhounds being transported to China; and if he accepts that he has a specific role to play in prohibiting Irish greyhounds from being transported to countries where they face cruelty and abuse, given his funding of Bord na gCon. [14518/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to intervene in the crisis surrounding Irish greyhounds being transported to China; if he accepts that he has a specific role to play in prohibiting Irish greyhounds from travelling to countries where they face cruelty and abuse, given his funding of Bord na gCon. [14518/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 22 March 2016, his views on seized horses and that one horse died while in his custody while legal proceedings continued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14519/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any contact from persons both here and internationally surrounding the exporting of greyhounds to China; and his position on the matter. [14698/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to investigate a report sent to him by a person (details supplied) regarding a very serious allegation of wrongdoing; and his views on the matter with particular relevance to section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act. [14699/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 592. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount Inland Fisheries Ireland spent on the pike culling and removal of pike in Loughs Corrib, Mask, Conn, Cullin, Sheelin, Arror and Carra since 1996; his views on if this has been a worthy process with particular emphasis on the loss of revenue to hoteliers and accommodation along said waterways; and if he will...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: For me, the central issue in this matter is that employees were paying into a pension plan for many years. Initially the cost was 5% of their salary and since 2011 it has been 10% of their salary. That was paid in good faith with the belief they would have a pension when they retired. They have now been told that they will not have a pension and we can all imagine how they must be feeling....

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Were the employer's contributions paid through HSE funding? If so, that is public funding and there is an accountability issue to address. The CRC has shown its disdain for its employees as well as for the relevant Departments and the HSE. The employees feel very much abandoned and crushed in respect of this mess which is not of their making. They are the workers who had to face the...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Such is the extent of the housing crisis, it is almost as if we are back in the days when the Land League was campaigning for the three Fs. I think a similar campaign is needed today. We have done a great deal of talking in the previous Dáil and in this one. I am a member of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness, which has heard a wide variety of presentations on many aspects of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (14 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of taking over the patronage of the primary school system, based on the cost per pupil of running the model schools. [15383/16]

Death of Jo Cox, MP: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The murder of Jo Cox, MP, was completely and utterly senseless. A person going about her work was attacked and executed in a brutal and horrific way - her killing was an execution. It goes against everything we believe in in a democracy, namely, the right to free speech, protest, different opinions and respect for difference. It is very hard to believe that there could be somebody with...

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am sharing time with Deputy Clare Daly. I will take four minutes and she will have six minutes.

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Yesterday was World Refugee Day and we know from the UNHCR that some 60 million people have been displaced, with thousands of people fleeing their homes every day. I was struck by a quote from it yesterday which said, “The world commemorates the strength, courage and resilience of millions of refugees”. They are very fine words but the reality is suffering, hardship and...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The root of the current problem goes back to the decisions made to hand the industry over to the private sector, where the driver is profit and increased profit. Businesses are entitled to make profits but we have questions over the extent of the profit, especially when it is coming from exploitation. We know that some of these companies have their accounts in other jurisdictions, so I...

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I love the line that Captain Boyle comes out with in "Juno and the Paycock" when he asks, "what is the moon?" and "what is the stars?". I think we could ask the question as well today: what are the arts? We know the traditional answer and we know that it encompasses everything from painting to sculpture, architecture, music, poetry, literature, the performing arts, dance, film, photography...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (22 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to the mini-cabs concept; the number of Garda Síochana divisional asset profilers in situ currently and how many successful convictions have been concluded as a direct result of the asset profilers; the number pending before the Courts as a result of the asset profilers; and her plans for additional resources to...