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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is hard to understand why, after 41 years, the British actually fear he truth. We know how important the truth is for the relatives and victims. In 1993 there was a Yorkshire Television documentary, "Hidden Hand: The Forgotten Massacre". I think that sums it up particularly well. It is a forgotten massacre and if it were not for the relatives, I am sure this would have been swept under...

Establishment of Commission of Investigation into the Stardust Tragedy: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The motion put forward by Deputy Broughan is very simple in nature. I want to acknowledge his work and that of the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, because they have been steady and persistent voices in respect of this matter. The fact is that, 35 years on, those bereaved by what happened in the Stardust still have questions but they do not have answers. It is ironic the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Prisoner Releases (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances surrounding the revocation of a licence (details supplied) due to allegations that have not been substantiated by any witnesses or other corroborative evidence. [3034/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had any dialogue at EU level regarding addressing the urgent situation whereby members of civil society are at extreme risk in view of the increase in attacks and murders of human rights defenders in Colombia, since the cease fire in August 2016. [3031/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is supporting efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in north east Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3035/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he will progress the UN resolution 2334 (2016) (details supplied); if he will support the persons of occupied Palestine; and his views on the effect on the viability of the two state solution. [3032/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department has taken in advising Irish companies of the consequences of their activities in Western Sahara while under Moroccan occupation, in view of his commitment to the self determination of the Sahrawi people in Western Sahara. [3033/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Freedom of Information (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he can facilitate requests for information under freedom of information to county councils to make all inspection records and applications, in relation to dog breeding establishments, available in unredacted form, apart from mobile phone numbers being redacted, in order that persons and animal welfare groups can...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: UN Sustainable Development Goals (25 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has engaged with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding Ireland's development aid budget plan of reaching 0.7% GNI; and the timeframe for doing so. [1730/17]

Symphysiotomy: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Symphysiotomy was a most inhumane, degrading and brutal procedure carried out on women without their full knowledge of what was involved, without their permission, and, in some cases, they did not even know what was going on. It led to horrific health problems for these women with intense suffering and discomfort that affected their lives and their relationships. In the previous Dáil,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Syrian Conflict: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (26 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I apologise for having missed the beginning of the presentation. I will not go back over questions that have already been asked. We know the political situation and the political answer in regard to Syria from what Ms O'Hara has said. My question is on where that will lead into rebuilding and people going home. What is her sense of how near or how far away that is? With the fall of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Killing of Mr. Michael Dwyer in Bolivia: Discussion (26 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I apologise that I missed the presentation but we did meet the previous time the witnesses were here. I read the transcript of Ms Dwyer's presentation as I received it last night. I admire and acknowledge her persistence. She has never given up on getting justice for her son over all these years. She and her family have been doing incredible work. It must have been most frustrating to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Killing of Mr. Michael Dwyer in Bolivia: Discussion (26 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Can I ask if there has been any engagement with the group he was working for in Bolivia? Is it of any support to the family in trying to get to the truth? If, as Deputy Kelly was saying, there appears to be no hope of justice in Bolivia, where does one turn to for justice?

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (31 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 598. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the completed national drugs strategy in view of the fact that the previous one ceased in 2016; and if prevention and recovery will have meaningful roles in the forthcoming strategy with matching resources allocated to them [4527/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (31 Jan 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 606. To ask the Minister for Health the funding which is available for a service (details supplied) especially in view of the increasing demands for its services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4613/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 55. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding those issues that are delaying the commencement date of tablet legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4526/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (1 Feb 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 98. To ask the Minister for Health the revised date for full commissioning of all health services in a primary care centre in Summerhill, Dublin 1 that is currently under construction. [4525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Funding (1 Feb 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding his Department gave to Bord na gCon in each year from 2005 to 2016, in tabular form. [4804/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Greyhound Industry (2 Feb 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Question No. 563 of 13 December 2016 and in view of the huge drop in public interest and race meetings, his views on whether it is acceptable to support the greyhound industry with Government funding; and his views on whether funding should be cut in line with the drop in figures attending this sport. [4876/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Greyhound Industry (2 Feb 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question follows up on a question from December. It considers the extent of Government funding for the greyhound industry, particularly in light of falling attendance rates at greyhound race meetings.