Results 4,701-4,720 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views as to whether the laws relating to horse-drawn vehicles and-or carriages are in need of review and strengthening. [45523/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question to the Minister relates to horse-drawn carriages and vehicles and whether the laws relating to them are in need of review and strengthening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. I know my question related to reviewing and strengthening the by-laws but I realised when I looked at the matter that there are not many regulations in place in respect of this industry. Like the Minister, I saw the Dublin Carriage Acts 1853 to 1855, inclusive, leading to the Dublin Carriage Bye-Laws 1946 and then a Road Traffic Act in 1961, which states that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I very much welcome that the Minister will have a consultation on this and engage with the relevant stakeholders. I ask that the animal welfare groups, particularly those that are engaged with horse welfare, also be invited to attend and give their views on this. It seems to be one of those areas that fall between a number of groups. The NTA has some responsibility, the local authority has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the work being carried out on the legislation for the regulation of rickshaws. [45524/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which voluntary youth work can be supported in view of the considerable demands on voluntary boards and volunteering. [45787/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which voluntary youth work can be supported in view of the considerable demands on voluntary boards and volunteering.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have asked the question to highlight the tremendous work done over many years by volunteers in the real meaning of the word, for which they are not remunerated. They are, however, finding it very difficult and it could come to the point where we will have no voluntary boards of management, no voluntary directors and no volunteers in the youth service. As there are 600 volunteers in Dublin...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Youth Services (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There are a lot of requirements in the supervision of volunteers in the City of Dublin Youth Service Board, while some volunteers have to complete the Tusla online safeguarding programme. Some older people do not have the IT skills to do this and some of the retraining courses are being offered at times that do not suit volunteers because they work on a full-time basis. Some may feel...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commissions of Investigation (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider the recommendations made in a report (details supplied) for the commission to hold hearings in public and provide a transcript for witnesses who have given oral evidence to it in private; and if she will consider the request for the archive not to be sealed once it finishes its inquiry. [45789/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commissions of Investigation (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Will the Minister consider the recommendations made in the Clann project report for the commission to hold hearings in public and provide a transcript for witnesses who have given oral evidence to it in private? Will she consider the request for the archive not to be sealed when the commission finishes its inquiry?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commissions of Investigation (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: As I could not hear all of what the Minister was saying, I will read the Official Report, but I got some hope from it that the Minister would consider some of the recommendations made in the report of the Clann project. I attended the launch of the report and heard some of the people who made statements. It was harrowing listening to them as they told about the abuse they had suffered. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commissions of Investigation (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge what happened at the two day conference in Boston University. I read what the Minister said at the conference and am aware that members of the Clann project also attended. One of the themes of that conference was transitional justice and how important it will be. In its report, the Clann project provides a comprehensive account of the countries where access to records is...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am also sharing time with Deputy Broughan. I will start by referring to a reply I received in mid-October to a parliamentary question about apprenticeships. My question concerned the hospitality area and the shortages therein. The reply stated that an expert group on future skills set up in 2015 produced a number of findings and recommendations, one of which was the establishment of a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Staff (7 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she will address the need for quality childcare and the low pay levels of staff in view of the fact that additional funding was announced for early years mostly targeted at the affordable childcare scheme. [45786/18]

Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Motion (8 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Cuirim fáilte roimh obair an choiste, roimh an tuarascáil atá á phlé againn agus roimh na rudaí a bhí le rá ag an Aire. I read the report and I was especially interested in the submissions and presentations. I have one question for the committee in that regard. Were there any presentations from teachers and students? We are very conscious of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Resettlement Scheme (8 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the scheme announced in October 2018 to encourage families to return to living in rural town centres will be extended to offshore islands. [45964/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle as an deis seo a thabhairt dom labhairt ar an ábhar seo. Is cinnte go bhfuil díomá orm nach bhfuil an tAire Sláinte i láthair, ach leanfaidh mé ar aghaidh leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Catherine Byrne. We all know the considerable work that goes on in our hospitals, for which the staff must be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I went ahead with this matter today because of its urgency. I see there has been some progress. I had heard that some nurses came into work while unwell rather than let down their patients and fellow staff but that is not good safe practice, especially considering the immune systems of people who have cancer. We know that nurses are a very skilled workforce, they have degrees in...

African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Nov 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am sharing time with Deputy Pringle. It has to be acknowledged that Ireland has a special relationship with Africa and that began with the work of many missionaries in education and health. That work has been enhanced and added to by the various Irish NGOs. Central to that work has been community empowerment in those countries in Africa, so that their citizens are providing the...