Results 961-980 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — International Finance Corporation: International Finance Corporation (26 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding given to I.F.C. in 2012; if he envisages a change of policy in the allocation of funding to this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/12]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Mr Paterson's view that an independent investigation into the eleven Ballymurphy killings in August 1971 is not in the public's interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30849/12]

Written Answers — Drug Treatment Programmes: Drug Treatment Programmes (26 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 537: To ask the Minister for Health the number of detox beds for those in addiction under 18 years of age; if he will outline the extent of Exchequer funding in respect of residential addiction services; the numbers availing of those services in 2011 and to date in 2012; and the numbers currently on waiting lists [30383/12]

National Cultural Institutions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We continue the debate we started on priority questions and I thank the Chair for the meeting I had with him. Any organisation or institution worthy of its name will regularly examine and analyse what is going well and the areas in need of reform. Our cultural and artistic institutions do this regularly. Their point is that they do not want change just for the sake of it. In general, the...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason banking transaction contracts in Health Service Executive payments are awarded to the subsidiary of a foreign bank than an Irish controlled bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31397/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason banking transaction contracts in her Department's payments are awarded to the subsidiary of a foreign bank than an Irish controlled bank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31397/12]

Written Answers — National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions taken by the National Parks and Wildlife Services over the past 10 years; the nature of these prosecutions and the number that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31383/12]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if the Climate Change Bill 2012 is not drafted in the immediate future it will not be ready for publication by the fourth quarter 2012; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this will not present an image of Ireland taking the matter of climate...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health if he will assure that in the event of an ambulance being called in an emergency situation for a long term ill patient the ambulance can be directed to bring the patient to the hospital they have been attending and where their files are held, instead of being brought to a hospital which does not have that information [31382/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the justification for the National Assets Management Agency stating that businesses which possess other viable businesses in a group are considered eligible to pay requested increases in rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32008/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a business with a licence that may stipulate that the proprietors can be asked to leave within one month's notice will find itself in financial difficulty in view of the fact that it must pay up front three months rent to the National Assets Management Agency in advance even though they do not have...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his position on the proposed increase in bin charges by a waste collection company (details supplied) in the Dublin City area; his views on whether his Department's increase in the landfill levy from €50 to €65 per tonne is passing on the burden of price increases to the customers; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health in accordance with maintaining impartiality in the advice provided by members of the Expert Body on Fluoride and Health, the reason the largest representation on the body is from the dental profession with five representatives as members of the Dental Health Foundation Ireland; the reason the body includes only one environmental health officer,...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Health Service Executive cut backs in 2012 amounting to 5.5% and the withdrawal of demographic funding for school leavers and emergency cases for those with intellectual disabilities, when the commitment made (details supplied) that appropriate services provisions will be provided for school-leavers from existing capacity will be...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish all of the Irish Medical Boards advice to him regarding the replacement non-animal cell-based test for botulinum neurotoxins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31895/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health if and when Allergan's authorities will carry out animal-based LD50 assays for testing botulinum neurotoxins were amended and withdrawn following confirmation that this represented an alternative to the LD50 assays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31896/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of animal-based LD50 assays for testing of botulinum neurotoxin in Ireland that have ceased as a result of Allergan's switch to a non-animal replacement; and if there were any withdrawal of authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31897/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health if he has explored the possibility of Allergan making their non-animal botulinum neurotoxin test available to companies who continue to perform the animal-based test in Ireland, through licensing of the technology, for example; and the response he has received from other companies still carrying out animal botulinum neurotoxin LD50 tests to his...

Mental Health Services (4 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Reading the programme for Government, I was struck by the following commitment: "We will ring fence €35m annually from within the health budget to develop community mental health teams and services as outlined in A Vision for Change to ensure early access to more appropriate services for adults and children and improved integration with primary care services." Speaking during an excellent...

Mental Health Services (4 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is absolutely no doubting the Minister of State's long-standing commitment to and support for mental health, but it is time we stopped using the future tense on what we will do and use the past tense on what we have done. Would it not make more sense to appoint the director to manage all of these new initiatives? I would also like to call for the nursing course on intellectual...