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Environmental Impact of Quarries and Incinerators: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This motion relates to two particular issues, namely, Irish Cement being allowed to burn tyres by both An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and unauthorised quarries, 150 of which were discovered by a recent programme. However it reflects wider concerns. These concerns involve two questions. Firstly, do we value the environment? Secondly, if we do, how do we...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (4 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the ten-week processing time for standard applications regarding employment permits; and if she expects this time to be cut when the independent business process review being carried out within her Department is concluded. [50649/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Women's Health Task Force (4 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the absence of a person (details supplied) who is an expert on endometriosis on the women’s health task force; and if there is another expert on the illness on the task force. [50492/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (5 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the healthcare entitlements for thalidomide survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50813/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 60. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has raised or plans to raise the issue of insurance for childcare facilities with an organisation (details supplied); her views on whether increased costs of insurance for registered facilities are having a detrimental impact on the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51334/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to insurance issues for childcare facilities. It concerned a particular organisation but it is a general question relating to the increased cost of insurance for registered facilities and how this is having a detrimental effect on the industry.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for the reply and it is good to know her Department is working on this. It is a reality that there is a higher cost of insurance, unless all of these issues just happen to be in the constituency I represent. This was raised on Leaders' Questions today. We know it concerns childcare, preschool, adventure centres and many other places that involve children and that have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Costs (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The reply from the Minister for Finance to the parliamentary question outlined how there are constitutional issues and then commercial issues. The cost of insurance working group and the Judicial Council Bill may have some effect, but in the meantime there are increasing costs for childcare facilities, particularly community facilities. The private ones have other resources they can use...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she will address the lack of childcare facilities for parents in the Dublin 7 area, which has worsened due to the closure of facilities run by a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51331/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education and Training Boards Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost and envisaged costs of the mid-level governance arrangements with education and training boards, ETBs, put in place by her Department (details supplied); the percentage of the costs as a percentage of the overall allocation for targeted funded youth schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51332/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 80. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of 22 October 2019 and her acknowledgement to correspondence of 5 November 2019, the progress made regarding the points raised about the difficulties encountered by a voluntary service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51335/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the commitments made at the recent Nairobi summit marking 25 years of the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo; the way in which they will be monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51209/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the level of university funding coming from the military-industrial complex has been investigated; his views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51291/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for installation and the process to follow for community groups that are anxious regarding anti-social behaviour black spots in their locality to apply for community safety CCTV cameras in a certain area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51739/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Pharmacy Services (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for replacing phased dispensing fees and replacing them with a capitation fee; if his attention has been drawn to the effects on pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51366/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Pharmacy Services (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 382. To ask the Minister for Health when FEMPI cuts to pharmacies will be reversed; if the HSE will enter into meaningful talks with a union (details supplied) regarding new contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51368/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report (details supplied) on the greyhound industry will be available; and the reason for the delay in its publication. [51673/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the €22,000 withheld from a preschool (details supplied) in respect of a November 2018 compliance audit has not issued in spite of the paperwork having been submitted; the position regarding its application for €20,000 from the sustainability programme; and if other preschools can avail of the school meals...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has visited the North Lotts strategic development zone, SDZ, area to observe the impact that major large-scale developments are having on long-established residential properties in the area; the way in which he can address the lack of affordability of new builds in the SDZ, which is effectively pricing long-established...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (10 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regulated coursing matches approved by the fixtures committee at a club (details supplied) for the 2019-2020 season; and the basis on which other coursing matches can take place. [51721/19]