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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am pressing it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Where are greyhound welfare groups represented on the board? I do not see that in the Bill. Perhaps I have missed that in some of the sections.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 25, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Export of Greyhounds 26. (1) It shall be an offence for a person to— (a) export, (b) attempt to export, or (c) assist another person in the export or attempted export, of a greyhound to a non-EU country which is not included in the white list which has been prescribed by the Minister....

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 25, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “List of countries to which export is permissible 26. (1) On 1 January 2020 and annually thereafter, the Minister shall prescribe by regulation a list of non-EU countries which meet minimum standards with regard to the welfare of greyhounds, and to which the licensed export of greyhounds from the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 29, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: "Reporting on export of greyhounds 30. The Minister, in consultation with the Board, shall produce and lay before the appropriate Joint Oireachtas Committee an annual report following the end of each calendar year, which shall include the following: (a) the number of greyhounds exported from the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 30, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(2)(a) The Minister may, at his/her discretion, grant or refuse to grant a licence for the purpose of the export of a greyhound to a country which is included on the current version of the white list on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the licence. (b) The Minister may make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding an organisation (details supplied) receives from Tusla; the basis on which the organisation receives funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14342/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question concerns a particular organisation. Is it receiving funding from Tusla and, if so, on what basis?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for her clear response. However, concerns were raised regarding the group to which I refer. A magazine article raised certain issues and there were concerns that it was receiving funding. There was also reference to a particular individual involved in the organisation being a Tusla staff officer. If all of that information is incorrect, the person who wrote the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is good to raise this issue. It is important that the Minister clarified it and that there is a commitment to inclusiveness when it comes to childcare facilities. We recently celebrated the Chinese new year with a fabulous festival held just off Hill Street in the north inner city. The Hill Street family resource centre does amazing work, at the core of which is inclusiveness. I was...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to tackle unregistered childcare facilities advertising as fully registered facilities; and the protocols in place to sanction premises that operate under false advertisement to ensure that parents have full confidence when seeking a childcare facility for their children. [14341/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress she has made in addressing the concerns articulated by early years professionals regarding low wages and staffing issues; her plans to introduce a sectoral employment order to alleviate these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14343/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria for allocating the €1.2 million from December 2017 for a new intervention programme to help young persons escape the influence of criminal networks; and when the funding will be allocated. [11722/19]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The witnesses are welcome. Based on the size of the delegation I am not too sure what kind of criticism or questions they are expecting.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I want to acknowledge A Better World and the extent of the work that went into producing it. The very positive response it received from everybody who attended the launch in UCD, including NGOs, civil society and so on was obvious. That was a positive start. All increases are welcome. I notice that in almost every category administration pay and non-pay are the allocations that have...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is okay. The figure gives a different impression. On requests for embassy admissions and the way in which the Tánaiste has decided on the particular number, I am aware there are some who are disappointed by that. Will he consider more as time goes on? On the reconciliation work that is still to be done and the work that may take generations, the Government is putting money...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have one comment. I attended two of the Common Foreign and Security Policy meetings, including the most recent one in Bucharest. I have real concerns over the increasing talk about European armies, etc. There are few voices at that level talking about other ways of dealing with issues besides a European army.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The business and human rights policy was a long time coming. We finally have a chair of the committee but we need to put the policy into action as regards Irish business and not let the policy sit on the shelf. We are told this is being done in the context of trade but we do not want to hear of Irish companies that are involved in dubious practices relating to workers' rights and decent pay.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The group is coming before us.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I apologise but I must leave by 4.15 p.m. for an appointment. I agree with the Minister of State's conclusion that we have a well-earned reputation. It comes from the fact that our aid is untied and poverty focused and from the way in which it is delivered. We know this through our contact with our ambassadors, embassies and NGOs and missionaries. It is important that we hold on to that...