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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Horses (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 592 of 18 September 2018, if he is satisfied that local authorities are enforcing the Control of Horses Act 1996 adequately, his views on having multiple horse wardens with a particular focus on problem areas for horse abuse and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41482/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Horses (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is a follow up to a previous parliamentary question. Is the Minister satisfied that local authorities are enforcing the Control of Horses Act 1996 adequately? What are his views on having multiple horse wardens with a particular focus on problem areas for horse abuse?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Horses (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This sounds very good on paper but the reality is different. We have appalling cases of horse abuse. Last Thursday, a number of animal welfare groups came together outside Leinster House under the banner of action for animal welfare. We heard case after case of abuse these groups know about. They are picking up the pieces because the Animal Health and Welfare Act is not being enforced...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Horses (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: First, will the Department have the conversation with local authorities about the need for a local horse warden? That could pre-empt some of the problems that we see. Second, there are hundreds of horses in the Dublin City Council area. Each should have a chip and a passport and those in the controlled area should have a licence. The council only issued 15 licences. It is something that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if exemptions will be removed from blood sports from the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, in view of the suffering and death caused to hares and foxes during coursing and foxhunting activities. [41483/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank our guests for their presentation, which is one of a number of presentations to have shown us the possible damage that Brexit can do. The kinds of issues that have been raised today were certainly not being considered when people were voting on Brexit in 2016. I know that InterTradeIreland's research is informing its work, but I would like to know whether that research has gone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: According to the briefing material we received in advance of this meeting, InterTradeIreland has hosted a number of high-level visitors from EU partners as part of the Government's efforts to increase understanding of the complexities of the Border issue. I would like to know what sort of response it has got from those meetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We were told that the agencies have hosted some high-level visitors from the EU partners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Some of the Senator's colleagues think that nobody is going to Kerry at all, and that they are on their knees-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It was a very impressive report and backed up with lots of statistics. On the issue of VAT and the price of hotels in Dublin, it is quite embarrassing to hear what they charge. I worry about where that increase will be seen. Mr. Gibbons speaks about promoting Ireland, but if we are pricing ourselves out of that, then it could be significant. From friends in the small restaurant business I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I did not say anything about them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Cape Clear is the island I know the best if the Chairman really wants to know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is the Aran Islands. I am referring to all the other islands.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The issue I raise is one that has been awaiting resolution for a very long time. Given the current difficulties with Brexit and the implications for the Good Friday Agreement, there is a real fear that the group Justice for the Forgotten and the survivors and the families of those killed in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings may never see a resolution. I should not have to raise this issue...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The legacy issues have been the Cinderella of Brexit. The victims and survivors in this jurisdiction deserve the same respect and treatment as those who died in another jurisdiction in Northern Ireland. There is no doubt that another motion would be passed unanimously here today. Equally, there is no doubt that the British Government would continue to ignore it, as would the British...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Yes. When the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Simon Coveney, was speaking at the UN General Assembly in September, he made the point that the sustainable development goals presented an opportunity to take common action and address the root causes of poverty, inequality and instability, as well as how all of these issues led to migration. We have heard about how part of the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (16 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is some leeway under the living city initiative for a pre-1915 property just outside the catchment area at the gate of the house whose owners are anxious to refurbish it. [42004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider re-establishing the type of apprenticeship courses previously delivered through the former CERT in view of the serious skills shortages in many areas, particularly the hospitality area. [42063/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (16 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to inaccuracies in certain textbooks being used for the junior certificate history syllabus; and the person or body responsible for same. [42064/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Travel (16 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for an education promotional mission to China. [42065/18]