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Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (13 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, further to a Parliamentary Question (details supplied) regarding the Dormant Accounts Fund, he will seek to find a way whereby the Central Bank can be facilitated in publishing some results, anonymised as may be, from the only two inspection reports particular to transfer from participating institutions...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (13 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to a Parliamentary Question (details supplied) regarding the Dormant Accounts Fund, his views on whether it is reasonable that the Central Bank puts readily, and as a matter of course, into the public domain, information from certain of its completed inspection reports and withholds information from...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I would like to share time with Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I would like to acknowledge Deputy Neville's moving speech. He showed great understanding of and compassion for people who have been abused. I am familiar with his work in the area of suicide prevention. I am glad to have been present to listen to his contribution to this debate. Following the publication of the Ryan report in May 2009, the congregations that managed the residential...

Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Caithfidh mé a admháil go bhfuil saghas díomá orm nach bhfuil níos mó san mBille. Ní fheictear ann ach ar dhá rud. I am slightly disappointed. I would have preferred to look at the bigger picture of political reform rather than at the two areas the Bill encompasses. I know certain things move slowly and I accept the need for due process, consultation and ensuring all angles are...

Written Answers — Scoileanna Gaeltachta: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (19 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 239: 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 agus aird á tabhairt ar Airteagail 8 agus 42 de Bhunreacht na hÉireann, mar aon le hailt 6, 9 agus 31 den Acht Oideachais, 1998; agus an ndéanfaidh...

Written Answers — Oiliúint Múinteoirí: Oiliúint Múinteoirí (19 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 240: 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 chun freastal ar chúrsaí tumoideachais Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid riachtanach dá gcúrsa, a aisghairm, ó thagann an cinneadh salach go hiomlán ar na moltaí atá déanta ag an Rialtas féin sa Straitéis 20...

Written Answers — Oiliúint Múinteoirí: Oiliúint Múinteoirí (19 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 241: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna Oideachais agus Scileanna an aontaíonn sé gur chóir cloí leis na teisteanna a rinne an Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta, ina moltar go leanfadh ábhair mhúinteoirí clár sainithe do theagasc teanga sa Ghaeltacht, agus go gcuirfí leis an am teagaisc agus freastail d'ábhair oidí ar chúrsaí tumoideachais Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, mar...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (19 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to publish the heads of a Climate Bill in the near future; if this will include a roadmap for climate policy to be adopted by all sectors here; if it will address the need for all sectors to contribute and mandatory comply with counteractive measures to climate change; the way the legislation will...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (19 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the recommendations made to him by the Dormant Accounts Board in respect of possible amendments to the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill and the future management of the Dormant Accounts Fund after the Board's abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29217/12]

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (19 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a recommendation made by the Dormant Accounts Board to the Commission on Credit Unions, recommending that Credit Unions be brought under the Dormant Accounts regime; the extent to which this recommendation was discussed between his Department and the Commission on Credit...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (19 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the briefing he received on the recommendation made by the Dormant Accounts Board to the Commission on Credit Unions, recommending that Credit Unions be brought under the Dormant Accounts regime; his views on such a policy in view of opinion (details supplied) [29219/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (20 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he can explain in relation to a business (details supplied|) the reason the National Asset Management Agency has requested a 100% increase in rent on top of the already €18,000 per annum rent of an external terrace only used 60 days maximum a year; the reason NAMA is requesting such an expense to be paid when Ireland is in a recession and...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (20 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Central Bank of Ireland came into possession of the two inspection reports carried out by PriceWaterHouseCoopers in relation to the Dormant Accounts Fund and the chronology of events in respect of those reports; when were the institutions to be inspected identified, and by whom; the person who made the judgement that the...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (20 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm, if the veil, or rather the stone wall of secrecy that pertains to Central Bank of Ireland Dormant Accounts Inspection Reports, in contrast, say, to the regime that obtains in relation to Central Bank of Ireland themed reviews and inspections, remains equally impermeable whether the...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (20 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to evidence of practices such as bed and breakfasting account balances being employed within any financial institutions subject to the Dormant Accounts Acts as a means of avoiding making transfers to the Dormant Accounts Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues: Statements (21 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: In February I chaired a meeting when Ms Maria Gomez, a human rights activist from Bolivia, was in the country. She campaigns with the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament which has a membership of more than 800 parliamentarians from 80 countries. This is an important movement for parliamentarians that provides information on nuclear disarmament issues and...

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (21 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the practices and policies of other EU jurisdictions in counteracting bullying in schools; if he will outline the outcomes of the recent forum on bullying in schools here and his future proposals in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30173/12]

Written Answers — Crime Statistics: Crime Statistics (21 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been charged under the Prohibition to the Incitement to Hatred Act 1989; the number of convictions that have been in relation to the Prohibition to the Incitement to Hatred Act 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30171/12]

Written Answers — Expert Body on Fluoridation: Expert Body on Fluoridation (21 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health the way he has prevented the possibility of bias towards fluoridation issues within the members of the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health; the way he intends to maintain fairness, transparency, and impartiality in the group's advice to his Department; the way he justifies that current members engage in granting independent advice to his...