Results 861-880 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (9 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of reports of spalling and falling concrete occurring in schools (details supplied), if he will consider the schools' application for the summer works programme in order that this problem is attended to before it leads to accidents to staff, children, parents and causes the school to close; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (9 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the need for a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Russia in order that the hundreds of families who were deemed eligible to adopt after 1 November 2010 but must now wait until a bilateral agreement is signed can proceed with the adoption process; if a bilateral agreement will be signed with the Russian...

Ireland's Chairmanship-in-Office of the OSCE: Statements (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The OSCE has a laudable mandate that stretches from arms control, promotion of human rights, freedom of the press to conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation. It is interesting that it emerged from the Helsinki talks where the Russian delegation had felt that it would be a way in which they could control the countries of the Eastern Bloc whereas the countries...

Ireland's Chairmanship-in-Office of the OSCE: Statements (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I agree with election monitoring but I cannot understand how election results still stand if election monitors who see wrongdoing, corruption or rigging write a report afterwards. This must be examined. I hope disarmament and non-proliferation will be kept on the agenda.

Animal Welfare (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide an account of the consequence to the complaints made to Horse Racing Ireland and the Turf Club in relation to the treatment and welfare of race horses owned by a person which was brought to his attention previously. [23467/12]

Animal Welfare (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for that answer and for the other answers he gave me about this situation. I know it predates his taking office as the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and his predecessor, the then Minister, Deputy Brendan Smith, would have dealt with it first. I am delighted about what the Minister said about regarding the welfare of horses in the context of the Animal...

Animal Welfare (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: No.

Animal Welfare (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Having read through the massive correspondence I got from the gentleman, it was very frustrating for him, and for me having read it, that when he brought an issue to the Turf Club and to Horse Racing Ireland it was almost like a dead end. I felt for him that he had to take those issues further instead of getting answers at the time when the matter could have been resolved instead of it...

Animal Welfare (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I look forward to the debate.

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving for the public purse in 2013 if the Office of the Paymaster General and every other agency, authority, board, council or institution with a payroll function that draws upon the public purse were to limit the maximum payment to any person in employment in 2013 to €100,000 and to limit the maximum payment to any...

Written Answers — Unfair Dismissals: Unfair Dismissals (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is any type of protection from unfair dismissal for workers who have been employed in a company for a year or less. [23526/12]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that Horse Racing Ireland and The Turf Club are compliant with all aspects of animal welfare in relation to race horses entrusted to them; and if he will outline the way both organisations deal with complaints made against their standards. [23468/12]

Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which he makes the point in a previous reply that killing mink by gas is humane bearing in mind that Compassion in World Farming state carbon dioxide should not be permitted for the killing of farmed mink and scientific opinion indicates that carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide are both inhumane; and if he...

Written Answers — Common Fisheries Policy: Common Fisheries Policy (10 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the benefits to Irish fishermen from the Common Fisheries Policy; the way the 18% quota is organised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23607/12]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (15 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all examination superintendent invigilator work is remunerated at the same rate per hour per day regardless of level of exam or location of venue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23854/12]

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (16 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Everyone agrees growth is the key to recovery; just yesterday the Taoiseach made that point in this House. We are asking what will stimulate growth, and central to that are jobs, not just job creation, but job retention as well. We have not been paying enough attention to job retention and we have seen small businesses going out of business needlessly, when injections of small amounts of...

Written Answers — Scoileanna Gaeltachta: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (16 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 98: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige agus ag a Roinn plean struchtúrach a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le todhchaí scoileanna na Gaeltachta, mar chuid den Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010 - 2030, ag féachaint d'Airteagail 8 agus 42 de Bhunreacht na hÉireann agus d'ailt 6, 9 agus 31 den Acht Oideachais 1998; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas...

Written Answers — Scoileanna Gaeltachta: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (16 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 99: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil sé i gceist aige cinneadh na Roinne Oideachais agus Scileanna deireadh a chur le deontais d'ábhair oidí le freastal ar chúrsaí tumoideachais Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid riachtanach dá gcúrsa a aisghairm, ós rud é go dtagann an cinneadh go hiomlán salach ar na moltaí atá déanta ag an Rialtas féin sa...

Written Answers — Scoileanna Gaeltachta: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (16 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 100: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an aontaíonn sé gur chóir cloí leis na teisteanna a rinne an Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta ag moladh go leanfadh ábhair múinteoirí sainchlár do theagasc teanga sa Ghaeltacht, agus go gcuirfí leis an am teagaisc agus freastail d'ábhair oidí ar chúrsaí tumoideachais Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, mar chuid éigeantach dá gcéim...

Written Answers — Export Controls: Export Controls (16 May 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the situation surrounding two companies based (details supplied) here accused of supplying blocking and filtering technology to Syriatel Mobile Telecom SA in Syria and to MTN Syria; if recent European Union trade restrictions on Syria prohibits the sale of technology that can be used for...