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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (8 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of the provision of legal services and so on to children and families to Tusla annually; and the way and by whom these services are monitored and evaluated with regard to value for money and effectiveness. [33575/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (8 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures which have been taken to provide services to needy children and families, especially those who, due to their undocumented status, are not eligible for a range of other State supports (details supplied); and the level of intercultural training which has been provided for all Tusla staff. [33576/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This Bill is about a single aspect of a much wider debate. It is important we keep separate the single issue of the ownership of water from the wider water charges debate. There are concerns about the ownership of water. The 1916 Proclamation declared "the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Finance Bill, the Social Welfare Bill and the budgets should be part of a bigger philosophical debate around what kind of a society we want to live in, now and in the future and about the values and the principles that we need. I believe the principles and values are dignity, equality, inclusiveness and a sufficient income so that everybody can live in dignity. If that is the vision...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Equipment (9 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to enhance the Air Corps capability by upgrading or replacing the current fleet of PC9s with jet aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33799/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 235. To ask the Minister for Health when proton beam therapy will be available in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34199/16]

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputies Joan Collins and Thomas Pringle.

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Ceapaim go bhfuil sé in am dúinn stad a chur leis an gcaint agus leis an díospóireacht toisc go bhfuil a fhios againn cad ba cheart dúinn a dhéanamh. We know what we should be doing because it is all in A Vision for Change. There is general agreement that this document is very important. It was published in 2006 with a ten-year framework, which is now up. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Compensation Schemes (15 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of outstanding issues regarding the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; if it is sitting; the number of appeals waiting to be heard; and if vacancies have been filled. [34822/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the request for An Grianán to be included in the redress board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34901/16]

Other Questions: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether subjects such as social, personal and health education, SPHE, have a role to play, with particular reference to mindfulness in view of recent reports of an increase in substance abuse among students; and the current programmes in schools to deal specifically with substance abuse....

Other Questions: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to programmes such as SPHE, mindfulness and well-being and their role in considering substance misuse and abuse in second level schools.

Other Questions: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Minister has given me the theory of what is supposed to be going on but the recent official report has shown the massive increase in substance misuse and abuse among teenagers, especially boys. So much is landed on schools, whatever the social issue, the idea seems to be that the schools will deal with it. The SPHE does depend on the will of the school no matter what the theory is....

Other Questions: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There has been a real change in thinking. I started teaching in the 1970s when the idea was to give young people all the facts and that will turn them off everything. The school I worked in was one of the pilot schools for the "On my own two feet" scheme. It then moved away from the facts and went into self-esteem and assertiveness, but we need both and to have a much more holistic...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the passion of the Deputies in the Independent Rural Group in respect of this particular issue. Gabhaim comhghairdeas leo toisc go bhfuil an díospóireacht againn anocht. I totally accept the value of post offices for rural Ireland and the value of one aspect in particular. I think of elderly people in rural Ireland, who are not IT-savvy and who are not doing...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the information note on the restorative justice scheme for survivors of the Magdalen laundries, circulated in October 2014 to local Irish communities by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade through its embassies, did not find its way to the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers in the United States (details supplied). [35391/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has issued any further alerts to Irish embassies abroad since October 2014; and if not, the reason. [35393/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Magdalen restorative justice scheme has now been advertised in a publication (details supplied), as promised by her and as reiterated in her response of 4 February 2016; and if not, the reason. [35392/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (17 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his response to damning national and international reports on puppy breeding farms here; his plans to cease this barbaric treatment of animals and ensure enforcement of the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (17 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation amending the Official Secrets Act 1963 in view of recently passed related legislation dealing with protected disclosures in the public interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35554/16]