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Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Whenever I speak about drugs and addiction in this House I am reminded of my predecessor, the late former Deputy Tony Gregory who, from the time he came into the Dáil in 1982, was a lone voice for many years on drugs and addiction. At that time, officialdom was unaware, ignorant and indifferent to what was happening in our constituency. He used every opportunity to try to ensure these...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (9 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider examining the way to co-ordinate the roles of various Departments (details supplied) in relation to animal welfare issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12195/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (9 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the loans, funding and-or payments paid out by Bord na gCon to the Irish Coursing Club or any of its affiliated coursing clubs; and the numbers employed in Bord na gCon and their roles. [12194/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Irish Exports: Irish Exporters Association (9 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The solutions cannot be left up to the Government alone. It behoves many other organisations, institutions and companies to be involved in providing solutions. My questions are very simple. Ms Byrne referred to opening up new routes to avoid the UK. Can she elaborate on that? What are the key factors for Ireland to gain more competitiveness as we go forward? Next week, our Ministers are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implications of Brexit for Irish Exports: Irish Exporters Association (9 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Maybe they should also be thinking of France.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We would also like to acknowledge the sadness that has been felt by many families and communities in recent days. I want to return to Thursday, 16 February, when the Taoiseach and a number of Ministers, officials and the media came to a hall in the north inner city to launch the report compiled by Mr. Kieran Mulvey. The immediate impetus for the report was a number of murders, some of...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am disappointed in that answer because I believe the meeting with the conveners has to take place first. Otherwise, it will be the statutory players who will be giving their decisions about an area, when it is the community voice that knows exactly what needs to happen there. This is not just about the north inner city, it can be a template and a framework for other areas, in Dublin and...

Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a chur in iúl do bhean chéile Martin McGuinness, dá chlann, dá chairde, do phobal chathair Doire agus do lucht Shinn Féin. Tá sé an-bhrónach dóibh go léir faoi láthair. Our country had a turbulent and violent 800 years under the British empire before the Twenty-six Counties gained independence, but that...

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to raise a couple of points, the first of which follows on from our pre-European Council statements and my reference to the increasing use of the securitisation narrative instead of a humanitarian one. The risk was that the EU would renege on, or not fully respect, our legal obligations under international laws like the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Facilities (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to close or move the training unit in operation in Mountjoy Prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13001/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 645. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase the number of national parks here (details supplied); her views on whether more national parks would have a positive effect on the environment, wildlife and tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14182/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on current plans to progress a low carbon economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: EU Directives (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Environmental Protection Agency has plans to act upon calls from interested stakeholders regarding reducing supermarket packaging; and his views on whether this is an area in which Ireland could be a leader, similar to the plastic bag levy. [14179/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Water Pollution (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the health risks of spreading dog faeces on fields (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14181/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has proposed amending legislation to allow electric cars utilise preferential public parking and pay reduced parking fees on public metering in towns and cities, for example, in order to promote environmentally friendly modes of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14178/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if possible restrictions to diesel fuel motor vehicles could come into effect here, as seen in continental Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14180/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (21 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of delays to commuter and DART services in Dublin between 2014 to 2017 to date due to signal faults or failures; and the initiatives under way to ensure that public transport runs as efficiently as possible to encourage it as a transport means. [14263/17]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Eacnamaíochta, Sóisialacha agus Cultúir), 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Thanks to Deputy Thomas Pringle, we are discussing an amendment to our Constitution. The first question is what a constitution is about. When I looked it up to be totally sure, I saw that it is a body of fundamental principles or system of beliefs according to which a state or another body is acknowledged to be governed. In effect, it controls the exercise of power. When I look at that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (22 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to alleviate congestion by examining possible solutions such as an outer ring-road motorway to stop reliance on the M50 and examining current public transport costs, in view of the increasing traffic congestion in Dublin and the fact that major public transport projects, such as metro north, are not due for commencement or...

Other Questions: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (23 Mar 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the lack of a democratic process surrounding the pending EU ratification on the CETA trade deal; the implications of the investor-state dispute mechanism for Ireland; her further views on the need to wait for the EU Court of Justice on the legality of the investment court system, ICS, before ratification by the Houses of...