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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (2 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, notwithstanding the work of the Property Registration Authority of Ireland, of the Valuation Office and of the local authorities which must determine whether real property is residential or commercial; and if it is non-residential, whether it is rateable or exempt by virtue of the tax exempt status of the occupant, is it nevertheless possible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (2 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent upsurge in the prevalence of noxious weeds, including Ragwort and Japanese Knotweed inside the Royal Canal proposed Natural Heritage Area, especially along the recently re-lined sixth level; if he has had any contact with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the report from the Ranger on the coursing meeting at Kilflynn, County Kerry, during last season stating that the very wet weather made it difficult for the hares to run and resulted in twelve hares being caught, he will make it a condition of the licence that no coursing should take place in wet weather when ground...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is something positive in the Minister's reply. He promises to consider my proposal. To leave the matter to a coursing club to decide whether a meeting should go ahead is like asking a turkey to vote for Christmas. The Minister has told me that he once proposed the muzzling of greyhounds. I know he has some concern for animal welfare. I want to see, at the least, a level playing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The best thing for the hare's welfare is that it is not subjected to the barbaric practice of coursing. While 95% of them escape, they escape in order to be brought back the next day for the next coursing event, whenever that occurs. There are issues in that regard but we will take them up with the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the context of the Animal Health and Welfare Bill.

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The legal drugs alcohol and tobacco are undoubtedly causing people significant damage. Equally, illegal drugs such as heroin, cocaine, skunk, crystal meth and so on are causing damage. We have not spent much time discussing other addictions, for example, gambling, food, sex and the Internet, that are harmful to those affected by them. I will cite three of today's newspaper stories - a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Discussion with European External Action Service (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I am examining the role of the organisation in respect of human rights. The ambassador referred to working on reform in terms of crisis response and crisis management structures. Will it apply where there are significant abuses of human rights? As the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, we have presentations, meetings and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Export Controls (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises that a company (details supplied) operates in illegal Israeli settlements and sells their products here. [42801/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he withdrew a protection order for the area around the prehistoric site at Bremore, Gormanstown, County Meath in relation to the area of SPA No. 4158; if this was done in response to an appeal; and if so, who were the unidentified individuals and or groups that requested such a withdrawal; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason only ten Magdalene Laundries will be included in the final report of inter-departmental committee and will not include the Magdalene Laundry (details supplied); the reasons for some Magdalene Laundries and or religious institutions designed for the same purposes as those listed will not be investigated; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the Children's Referendum and the fact that there are 50,000 adopted persons here who do not have an automatic right to their birth certificate, their medical information or history, or the right to trace information about their identity, if she will consider introducing legislation to provide for the basic legal rights of adopted...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if an in-depth study has been carried out on the effects of fluoride in water on children and vulnerable persons; if not, the international study that is used in determining if it is safe for children and young persons to drink fluoridated water here; if his attention has been drawn to the European Commission, SCHER, report concluded last year that there was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the implementation of A Vision for Change since 2011; if his Department's spending ratio between residential care and community care changed since he came into office in order to favour community care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43344/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Statistics (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistics on the frequency of the prescription of the psychotropic drugs Ritalin and Prozac to persons under the age of 18 years; the criteria used to determine and prescribe these drugs to children and teenagers; the extent of the prescribing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43346/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Places (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the topic of the knock-on effects cuts in social welfare are having on participation in the community employment scheme. Without meaning any disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, I am disappointed that the Minister for Social Protection is not present to address the issue. I thought the idea behind the Topical Issue matters...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Places (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Those in question - one-parent families, deserted wives, widows, widowers and those with an illness benefit, disability allowance, invalidity or blind pension - are extremely vulnerable and marginalised. Surely, the idea is to encourage them into community employment schemes with added incentives. People will not join a CE scheme for the exact...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the increasingly uneven nature of fighting between the Assad regime and opposition forces, the alternative methods of intervention he will consider in order to help defend those oppressed by the Assad regime which is becoming increasingly more militarily sophisticated; the way he intends to address this imbalance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if either he or the Minister for State have met representatives from the fur farming industry; if so, the date on which the meeting took place; and the outcome of that meeting. [43795/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the Health Service Executive progressing the situation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [43796/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Discussion with Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I bid the ambassador a good afternoon. We are continuing the conversations we have had on previous occasions. I acknowledge that Iran, or Persia, as it was formerly known, is a very old civilisation, much older than ours. It is also a very cultured civilisation, with a wealth of poetry and literature. It is difficult to reconcile this with the various human rights issues we hear about in...