Results 4,281-4,300 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (25 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel; if the continuing building of settlements was discussed; and if he engaged with those working on reconciliation. [3668/18]

Other Questions: Tax Agreements (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland will not support an international tax body under the auspices of the United Nations which has been identified as the better procedure in the interests of tax justice. [4140/18]

Other Questions: Tax Agreements (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the reason the Government will not support an international tax body under the auspices of the United Nations which has been identified as the better procedure in the interests of tax justice.

Other Questions: Tax Agreements (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. This question follows on from my contribution during Leaders' Questions last week which the Minister attended on the issue of tax justice. I asked about the way in which tax injustice was contributing to inequality in our society and other countries. The Minister was at Davos at the summit which was about the fractured world in which we were living. Central to the...

Other Questions: Tax Agreements (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is very good to be open to discussion with organisations. I imagine they will want to continue on the work from the spillover analysis because, as I said last week, there is evidence that international tax advisers are advising their clients on opportunities to use Ireland as a conduit in precisely the ways in which the spillover analysis of two years ago stated could not possibly be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 12 December 2017, his views on the recent cases of persons openly and publicly utilising marriage equality legislation for the expressed purpose of benefitting from the same threshold as enjoyed by those in group A and B before paying capital acquisitions tax; his further views on whether a wider review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the growing frustration of motorists who, despite the working group on motor insurance, have seen premiums continue to rise, particularly for older persons. [4149/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions recently with a group (details supplied) regarding continued difficulties faced by persons in Dublin 3 obtaining home insurance due to the fact they live in areas of flooding but parts of which were never flooded; and the locations in which extensive flood prevention works have been carried out. [4150/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on Ireland spending considerably less per capita on infrastructure than other European countries; his plans to place more emphasis on productive spending on services and infrastructure rather than tax cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4151/18]

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I note the core purpose of the Bill is about consolidating and reforming the criminal law concerning harmful communications. One of the difficulties with legislation is to trying keep up with the continual developments in technology. I acknowledge the work that went into the Bill, including the definitions relating to communication, stalking, harassment, intimate images and prohibited...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (31 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that under the Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2016 SENOs will be allowed to exercise their new authority immediately, specifically before the end of the 2017/2018 academic year to ensure students have an appropriate place for September 2018. [4943/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (31 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (detailed supplied) and the enrolment limitations for students in the 2018/2019 academic year due to the lack of learning support rooms; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties this is causing parents who wish their children to be educated under the educate together ethos with little alternative in the area;...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of a school (details supplied); when he expects works will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4885/18]

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is a follow-up question to a question I put down in October on plans for a new school building and a realistic timeframe for the completion of that building.

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I attended with others a public AGM of the parents in October which led to my first question to the Minister at that time. The Minister set out those details then. I acknowledge the work the school and the Department have done. The patron, trustees, board of management, parents' council and teachers have done a great deal of extra work to progress the project since the decision was taken...

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I cannot but be struck in the constituency I represent, by the speed and urgency with which third-level student accommodation is going up while here we have a school which has been in temporary accommodation for 14 years. The Department provides a grant towards that temporary accommodation for the school every year and one must think about what that money could be used to achieve if the...

Other Questions: Teacher Career Breaks (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the aims of his directive to curtail career breaks due to a shortage of teachers; his views on whether this is an appropriate step to tackle the shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4884/18]

Other Questions: Teacher Career Breaks (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the need for a directive to schools regarding career breaks due to the shortage of substitute teachers to fill in for those who are on career break.

Other Questions: Teacher Career Breaks (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for that very clear statement. I have spoken to him about this on foot of my experience as chair of a board of management and it is a situation which other schools are also facing. Boards are in a difficult position. They want to be flexible with teachers who come to the board seeking a career break but it has been extremely difficult. Today is the deadline for...

Other Questions: Teacher Career Breaks (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The difficulty in schools, particularly primary schools, has been driven by pay inequality, which the Minister says he is addressing, as well as the cost of housing and accommodation, especially in Dublin. That has also been driving the request for career breaks. On the Teaching Council and registration, I know of teachers who retired under the age of 60 years whose registration with the...