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Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am disappointed on the big issues of blood sports, in particular hare coursing, the cruel practice of digging out foxes, the use of traps in badger culling and fur farms. However, I acknowledge the Minister's patience and the way in which he has co-operated and, with his staff, been available to discuss the issues with Deputy Clare Daly and I. It was a very good exercise and was conducted...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alternative Energy Projects (28 Mar 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the European Commission's proposal to limit the use of crop based biofuels in transport by 2020 to 5%; if he will include this issue on the agenda of the upcoming Hunger Summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15510/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alternative Energy Projects (28 Mar 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is rather ironic that the renewable energy directive, which has the grand ideal of working to combat climate change, should have such a negative effect. There is no doubt that the bio-fuel industry is driving land-grabbing in Africa. Some of the scientific data and reports we have received bear this out. Recently an NGO from Kenya told us about the circumstances in that country. It is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alternative Energy Projects (28 Mar 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Let me refer to two excellent reports on bio-fuels. The first, Fuel for thought: Addressing the social impacts of EU bio-fuels policies, was produced by ActionAid, and the second, The Race for Land, was produced by the Swedish Cooperative Centre. They really provide great insight. The last thing we want is for Ireland to be giving aid to alleviate hunger while it is taken back owing to the...

Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (28 Mar 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have one question relating to our ambassadors in African countries. The statistics relating to rape are frightening and appalling. According to statistics, a rape occurs every 48 seconds in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Can our ambassadors to certain African countries make representations to the governments concerned about the behaviour of their armies? While certain militias are...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá sé tábhachtach aitheantas a thabhairt don Teachta Ó Caoláin de réir an obair a dhein sé chun tacú leis na mná agus chun an ábhar seo a chur chun cinn. Lean sé ar aghaidh nuair a bhuail sé le fadhbanna agus le deacrachtaí. Tá sé uafásach scéalta na mban seo agus sonraí an ghnáthaimh seo a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance further to a Parliamentary response in relation to the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in which he states the following (details supplied), his views on the concerns regarding several law firms and IT suppliers that were paid apparently because they had threatened they would withdraw their services; if this is the case, the way in which it...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that he will soon be given details on the National Assets Management Agency accounts, if he will check if there is a record or reference in them of NAMA funding of the proposed development of the Carlton site by Chartered Land, Dublin 1 or a reference to their application for Ministerial consent for work to the 1916 National Monument at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the financial discrepancies noted in the Irish Medical Organisation, if he has examined the practice of presidents, honorary non-pay positions, of unions that were in receipt of stipends not declaring this in their accounts and therefore not paying tax to the Revenue Commissioners; his plans to uncover tax and accounting discrepancies in these...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Strategic Development Zones (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following his press release of 19 December 2012 on the designation of Dublin Docklands areas as Strategic Development Zones, if he intends to realise the need for fostering of community interaction and local initiatives to ensure that the area continues to grow in a sustainable and inclusive manner; the role he envisages for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his reasons for, as per Building Control Regulations 2013, preventing chartered members of CIAT from designing and to certifying their projects where they are fully competent and qualified to carry out these tasks; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the regulations will oblige these professionals to close their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is examining ways to make landlords more accountable for the dumping of rubbish from their premises; the legal barriers to making private landlords accountable for household waste; the way in which he intends to promote tenant responsibility in terms of dumping now that domestic waste collection has been tendered to a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Legal Cases (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 12 March 2013 and Supreme Court Justice Hardiman's statement in a case (details supplied), if he sees that State litigation conducted in this way is at the public's expense; the cost benefit analysis procedures in place to determine the efficacy of his Department's litigation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken in relation to the complaints made to him regarding conditions at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if there are unannounced inspections at centres of Direct Provision; the extent of individual audits at each centre on income and expenditure to ensure the Exchequer funding is being spent as it should; his views on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in the five years since the murder of a person (details supplied) the reason there has been no contact with the family by the Gardaí or Spanish police to discuss with them the way the investigation is progressing; the way in which an Irish newspaper had access to the police files for an article they published recently; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to ensure the Magdalen Fund/Commission is a transparent process; if it will have an appeals process with independent monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16631/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Justice Quirke will be commissioned to implement the process that he recommends after the three month review work of the Magdalen Fund/Commission. [16632/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure, during the Irish Presidency of the EU that there will be no fishing agreement signed between Morocco and the EU in view of the situation in Western Sahara and the issue of territorial sovereignty. [17231/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a report on the last consignment of the shipping of cattle from Ireland to Libya detailing the condition of the cattle when they landed, injuries, deaths and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17221/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the reported growth of terriermen traffic between the UK and Ireland as stated in correspondence (details supplied); the actions that he intends taking in response to this letter; if he will cease the exchange of terriorwork between the two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter....