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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alcohol Sales Legislation (14 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 78. To ask the Minister for Health in response to the recent statistics on the physical implications of alcohol abuse, including liver disease, as published by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Reducing Alcohol Health Harm, the strategies he intends to take to tackle the abuse and misuse of alcohol particularly in the young population where alcohol/drug abuse and misuse also leads...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alcohol Sales Legislation (14 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State and wish him well with bringing those proposals to Cabinet. I hope they make progress. There is no doubt we have a very unhealthy relationship with alcohol and the statistics on the role of alcohol in murder, assault, sexual assault and public order offences is frightening. Particularly frightening is the increase in liver disease particularly among young...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alcohol Sales Legislation (14 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am also having a meeting next Tuesday and delegates include Professor Joe Barry and somebody from the Royal College of Physicians. We looked at marketing and certain advertisements that the drinks companies were coming up with, which were very clever and glamorous. Young people spoke about how these advertisements associated alcohol with having fun and being healthy, with...

Good Friday Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Táimíd an-bhuíoch go bhfuil síocháin againn agus ba mhaith liom aitheantas a thabhairt do gach éinne a ghlac páirt. Undoubtedly, the North is a different place because of the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. I wish to remember those who lost and gave their lives, the many who suffered, those who compromised and engaged in the process and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 693. To ask the Minister for Health in view of reports that his Department will drop the granting of general practitioner cards for persons with long term illnesses, the alternative provisions he will introduce to reduce the costs for those with long term illnesses; and when he intends to introduce free primary care to those with long term illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (14 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Spanish authorities for an up-date on the investigation into the murder of an Irish citizen (details supplied) and convey to them the family's distress that there has been no contact with them in the years since the murder [22216/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permitted for a registered charity to make a political donation and still receive tax relief on their income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23337/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Return Programme (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offenders currently participating in prison specific community return schemes; the prisons they have been released from; the particular scheme; the prisons in which these schemes are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23339/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 219. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on the availability of structured temporary release programmes in each prison; the number of offenders currently participating in these schemes in each prison; the number of offenders that have completed these programmes in each prison currently; the number of prisoners on unstructured temporary release within...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 220. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offenders within each prison that are on temporary release at present, not including those on a community return scheme; the number of offenders within each prison that are on temporary release and participating in a community scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23341/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 221. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the latest information on the implementation of the cell share risk assessment tool proposed as part of the Irish Prison Service's three year strategic plan; the location at which it is currently operational; if he will provide provide a copy of the policy document on cell share risk assessment; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Return Programme (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 222. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the successful implementation of the proposed structured community return programmes for offenders as outlined in the Irish Prison Service's three year strategic plan 2012-2015 is reliant on IPS staff accepting the latest public sector pay conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23343/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 223. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he expects the following strategies to be published: strategy for older prisoners, strategy for women prisoners, strategy for young prisoners, strategy for sex offenders and when he expects the strategy for prisoners requiring protection will be published; the extent to which the new assessment procedures will be catering for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 224. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the bed capacity of each prison in March 2012, December 2012, February 2013, March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23345/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (15 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the medical needs are addressed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [23338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues (16 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the apparent contradiction between policies to promote biofuels, on one hand, and hunger alleviation goals, on the other, in view of the concerns linking the increased demand for biofuels and the increase in food prices; his views on the European Commission's proposal to limit the use of crop based biofuels...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Roadside Service Stations (21 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the operation of filling stations that have a licence and are not in breach of licensing conditions, which occupy sites immediately contiguous to national primary routes which would otherwise be motorways, sometimes occupying those locations on foot of decisions that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (21 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that money was secured for an intensified inspection scheme for Dublin City Council, investigating private accommodation in parts of Dublin city, if he will provide funding for the local authority, Dublin City Council, to assist in opening and developing the many empty housing units in their charge,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to SDZ for Grangegorman if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues of residents in relation to the location of waste storage/sorting/cleaning compound which they feel is in breach of the Grangegorman Draft Planning Scheme as approved by An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Nuair a thosaigh an díospóireacht maidir leis an EU blianta ó shin, caithfidh mé a admháil nach rabhthas riamh ina bfhábhar. Cheap mé go mbéimid i bfhad níos fearr fanacht amach but the people voted several times and that is where we are. I am glad I live in a democracy. I believe in democracy, particularly as a woman, when I think of those...