Results 5,121-5,140 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (22 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his officials have met with Dublin City Council and An Garda Síochána to address the issue of licensing horse-drawn carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22034/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Homeless World Cup (22 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the bid by an organisation (details supplied) will be supported to host the Homeless World Cup 2021 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22035/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (28 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the City of Dublin Youth Service Board organisational chart 2019. [22242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Expenditure (28 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 563 of 9 April 2019, her plans to increase the scheme by €1 per hour for the under 3 age group in view of the costs of childcare on a comparable EU basis; and if her attention has been drawn to the overall benefits of such an increase for parents. [22244/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reinstate funding to youth projects which were hard hit during the recession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22245/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (28 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22243/19]

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What is positive about the Bill is that it is trying to keep people in their own homes and out of nursing homes and hospitals. We know the social and psychological benefits of this as well as the economic benefits. The difficulties I have encountered include that the level of documentation required is often very problematic for the applicant. While we know people of various ages apply for...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I represent Dublin Central but I want to make a contribution on rural Ireland and the islands in particular. I am fortunate to have visited and stayed on almost all of the islands, from Rathlin Island off the coast of Antrim to the islands off Donegal and along the coast of counties Mayo and Galway down to Cork. I will base my contribution on Oileán Chléire in County Cork which is...

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Global Assessment Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wonder if it is a sign of positive things to come that the Dáil is having two debates on biodiversity in one week, one on the extinction of species and the other on the related topic of ecosystems. We have to take climate change seriously as otherwise the consequences will be dire. While reflecting on what I would say today, I was reminded of a conference I attended in April 2013,...

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for facilitating the meeting earlier on in the audiovisual room which I attended. It was an opportunity to hear the issues. At times it was a difficult meeting, and at times it was acrimonious, because allegations were made by individuals against others. The point was made that it is not our role to act as adjudicators on such issues when there are resolution...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reintroduction of the household benefits package for carers who do not live with the person they care for which ceased in 2012 will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23075/19]

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Deputy Brendan Smith sends his apologies for not being here. The first issue which arises is that our committee had a number of meetings recently to discuss defence and the Defence Forces. It replicates issues raised with the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions recently. He knows the issues in question, namely, pay, retention and the lack of morale. He has acknowledged them and mentioned...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is a need for a defined and definite framework for the monitoring of the implementation of A Better World. It would be interesting to obtain information on that issue from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and see what role is envisaged for the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence. Policy coherence has to be central to it. We have played a major role in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (11 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 788. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the licensing and regulation of horse-drawn carriages can be managed while the Dublin Carriage Acts are still in force; and his views on whether the system should temporarily revert to An Garda Síochána as was the case prior to 2011 when the Garda carriage office issued licences. [23183/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 987. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to enhance the criteria for persons qualifying for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to make the option more attainable for a greater number of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24009/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (11 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 994. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he can address the concerns of residents living in SDZs that the new guidelines on height will have a negative impact on them and compromise the rules of the agreed SDZ. [23990/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Performing Arts (12 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the increased pressure placed on persons in the performing arts and screen industry in relation to pay, conditions and general employment rights; her further views on the cultural value of the industries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24080/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Performing Arts (12 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to ask the Minister her views on the increased pressure that is placed on persons in the performing arts and screen industry regarding pay and conditions and general employment rights, and her further views on the cultural value of those industries.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Performing Arts (12 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We all acknowledge the importance of arts and culture. My question is how we show that in reality. I am not just talking about increased funding to the Arts Council; I am talking about the precarious nature of the work, the lack of stability, the short-term contracts and how very difficult it is for the majority working in the arts area to make a living. I wish to stray into the area of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Performing Arts (12 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What I have heard from the actors whom I have met is that when they have to engage with the social protection system for a particular payment, the questions they are asked bear no reality to the facts of the kind of work they do and the precarious nature of the work. Going back to the other aspect of this question, the debate we had before the recess followed a briefing in the audiovisual...