Results 821-840 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers it acceptable that mortality figures for broilers that is birds that die before reaching the slaughterhouse are not kept by his Department, in view of the fact that high mortality rates would be an indication of poor welfare practices within certain sectors of the industry; if he will consider putting in...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1100: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the measures that are in place to identify fecal contamination in slaughterhouse animals; if he will provide figures for the number of broilers, pigs, cattle, sheep and other animals that were identified by inspection as having fecal contamination in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011. [18399/12]

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details on the number of broilers, pigs, cattle, sheep and other animals that slaughterhouse inspectors routinely examine per hour; the number of inspectors employed throughout the State to inspect slaughterhouse animals during slaughter and during processing. [18400/12]

Written Answers — Animal Breeding Regulations: Animal Breeding Regulations (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information on what happens to unwanted male chicks born in hatcheries in the State; if it is the case that male chicks are routinely killed once their sex has been identified; if he will provide figures on the numbers of male chicks that were killed in 2009, 2010, 2011, and by what method. [18401/12]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1103: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal position with regard to tail docking of young pigs in the pig industry; if figures are available for the number of pigs that had their tails docked in recent years; the current legal position with regard to teeth clipping of young pigs in the pig industry; if figures are available for the number of pigs that...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the practice of hormone injection of sows in order to bring forward the cycle of the sow in order that she will be ready to be artificially inseminated three weeks after weaning is common throughout the pig industry; his view on the ethics of this practice, particularly from an animal welfare point of view. [18403/12]

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1105: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider putting in place a mandatory labelling system for all meat sold at the counter, a labelling system that will clearly and unambiguously inform the consumer the way the food they eat has been produced, specifically the method of production used to raise the animal, part of which they are about to...

Written Answers — Circus Animals: Circus Animals (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of import licences he issued for the import of animals to be used in circuses in Ireland for each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; the species that were imported; the number of each species that were imported; the person who sought the import licence in each case;; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1130: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will halt efforts to fell the woods at Lismullen in the Tara Skryne valley, County Meath until an archaeological survey has been carried out and until bird nesting season has finished; if he will consider an intermittent schedule of felling to allow the area to adjust to gradual change; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1157: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way that she intends to make an organisation (details supplied) be accountable for its finances and its placement of funds received from religious orders and the Health Service Executive since its inception in 1999; if she will address the need for greater accountability of the appropriation of future funding and the...

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1169: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the adoptions that require more than the three year period from declaration to finalisation of the adoption even with the one year extension for renewal of declarations; the purpose of the one year extension of the Pre-Hague declarations for couples who are already deemed suitable for adoption; and the role...

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1282: To ask the Minister for Health if he will cease the fluoridation of drinking water until the Department of Health can provide evidence to demonstrate that the silica fluoride compounds used for water fluoridation have been tested for human safety and environmental toxicity in accordance with international and EU law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18417/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1325: To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the Health Service Executive pays to private service care providers, such as personal assistants for assisted living services, its hourly rate and daily rate; the amount that is paid directly to the employee and the amount used for administrative costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18764/12]

Private Members' Business. Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with several Independent Deputies. I understand the Acting Chairman has the list. It is important that Deputy Clare Daly has introduced this Bill on the issue of abortion or termination of pregnancy and that it is being discussed today in advance of the publication of the report of the expert group set up by the Government. Since we are a signatory to the European...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will go back a number of years to refer to the very first decision to join the EEC. I was against that decision and over the years have been consistently opposed to that membership. Consequently, I have been against both the Nice treaty and the various varieties of the Lisbon treaty. I thought we were giving away too much of our identity and our sovereignty and that we were no longer...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have just come from a meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on the Global Irish Economic Forum. It was addressed by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, who made many points about what he is trying to do in respect of job creation, economic growth and so on. However, I am not convinced that continuing in the present manner will bring about those things,...

Written Answers — Educational Tours: Educational Tours (19 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns regarding the Irish Greyhound Board offering free school tour outings of the greyhound stadia around the country for students and teachers; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this may encourage the culture of gambling and betting to children as well as the culture of blood sports through the...

Burial and Cremation Regulation 2011: Second Stage (20 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Deputy Broughan does a considerable service in bringing forward this Bill. Until I read the Bill and received other information, I was unaware there is no legislation to regulate the establishment and operation of crematoria and some graveyards. It was a particular inappropriate planning application for a private burial ground and crematorium on the grounds of a nursing home in his own...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach if he will publish a schedule of payments made from public funds to a multinational bracket investment banking and securities firm (details supplied) in the period from 1 September 2008 to date in 2012, with notes confirming the basis of each individual payment made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17595/12]

Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (24 Apr 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 613: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fate of the carcasses and manure of the five mink farms at which mink are killed; if his attention has been drawn to the environmental and health risks from disposing of carcasses of mink in landfills when mink are killed using barbiturates and that mink can be carriers of the transmissible encephalopathy; and if he...