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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Earlier today, I was at two events, one of which concerned the global hunger index and the other the girl child. I have these in mind making my contribution. I listened to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, talking about sustainable development. He made a point about the commitment to overseas development aid and millennium development goals and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I would like to make one point arising from our earlier discussion. Our excellent reputation will be severely tarnished if Irish companies get involved in tax evasion and tax avoidance in African countries. On subhead C, I presume the key outputs continue to be the maintenance of peace and stability and support for better mutual understanding. However, we will make a mockery of this...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am totally committed to keeping our aid budget intact. I acknowledge the work of the Minister, Deputy Howlin, in keeping the focus on it in last year's budget, and I wish the Tánaiste well in doing the same this year. Will we reach the target by 2015? What cuts have been made in administration and consultancy expenses, which may have potential for reduction?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Foreign and Security Policy (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the issues surrounding Bosnia in his meeting with Mr. Vimont, Executive Secretary General of the EEAS including the Dayton BiH Peace Accord and the serious repercussions that would result from the dissolution of Bosnia; if he intends to keep Bosnia and the Chapter 7 Mandate on the Foreign Affairs agenda in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the present draft of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012 will prevent competent professionals such as Chartered Architectural Technologists from certifying the construction of buildings and if he will consider including all competent professions in the list of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent deaths in Cork, and the serious illness of others, from high strength heroin, if the remaining high strength heroin has been seized and the individual responsible for making this heroin available arrested. [44252/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the extra 600 vacancies in the Defence Forces; the context under which the agreement was made that the number of serving cadre be 9,500; the cost implications for the recruitment of 600 army personnel; the reason the €85 million from the closure of barracks was ringfenced to be spent on the defence sector meanwhile barracks were being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the wording to ban fur farming was removed from the purpose of the Bill of the Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 during drafting stage; the reason for the removal of the wording and when the wording was removed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44519/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (18 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has had, or intends to have, any engagement with the Insurance Federation or representatives from insurance companies to discuss the difficulties facing certain communities that experienced flooding in accessing house insurance, especially those communities in which extensive flood repair work has been carried out and in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (18 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has had, or intends to have, any engagement with the Insurance Federation or representatives from insurance companies to discuss the difficulties facing certain communities that experienced flooding in accessing house insurance, especially those communities in which extensive flood repair work has been carried out and in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality while the banned Ward Union Stag Hunt are continuing to meet twice weekly for the past two seasons and have been noted to have stags and hounds in very close proximity several times within yards and in the same field, if he will provide the number of statements that have been made to Gardaí regarding this hunt; the number of cases compiled by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on each of the current Certificate Gs, which permit severe and prolonged pain in animal experiments, setting the end of the period in which each Certificate G will be in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46237/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality while the banned Ward Union Stag Hunt are continuing to meet twice weekly for the past two seasons and have been noted to have stags and hounds in very close proximity several times within yards and in the same field, if he will provide the number of statements that have been made to Gardaí regarding this hunt; the number of cases compiled by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on each of the current Certificate Gs, which permit severe and prolonged pain in animal experiments, setting the end of the period in which each Certificate G will be in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46237/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality while the banned Ward Union Stag Hunt are continuing to meet twice weekly for the past two seasons and have been noted to have stags and hounds in very close proximity several times within yards and in the same field, if he will provide the number of statements that have been made to Gardaí regarding this hunt; the number of cases compiled by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on each of the current Certificate Gs, which permit severe and prolonged pain in animal experiments, setting the end of the period in which each Certificate G will be in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46237/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality while the banned Ward Union Stag Hunt are continuing to meet twice weekly for the past two seasons and have been noted to have stags and hounds in very close proximity several times within yards and in the same field, if he will provide the number of statements that have been made to Gardaí regarding this hunt; the number of cases compiled by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on each of the current Certificate Gs, which permit severe and prolonged pain in animal experiments, setting the end of the period in which each Certificate G will be in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46237/12]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I attended the pre-budget briefing given by the community and voluntary sector yesterday in the audio-visual room, at which it was suggested the first question we should ask was where we would like the country to be ten years from now. In conjunction with this, we should consider what are the core values by which we should be guided when we are examining matters relating to the budget. I...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the recent tax figures released regarding a company (details supplied) paying only €35,000 in Irish taxes since 2005 while paying €5.7 million in royalty and licensing fees to its parent company; his response to the fact that companies like these can cut their income tax by paying fees to its parent company making it look like...