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Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (2 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: If Deputy Peadar Tóibín had not spoken, the Minister might have been thinking that the Limerick Deputies were ganging up on her. This is the third contribution to be made by a Deputy who represents a Limerick constituency. I am pleased to participate in the debate on this important subject. I welcome the reduction in the rate of unemployment, which stood at 15% when my party...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Responsibilities (2 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 17. To ask the Minister for Health the responsibilities and reserved functions of each of the Ministers of State who are attached to his Department; why no Minister of State has special responsibility for the roll-out of an enhanced primary care service; and which Minister will have responsibility for delivering this critical policy. [13733/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (2 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available all of the documentation provided by officials in his Department to Independent Deputies during the course of negotiations for the new programme for Government; the clinical analysis that was undertaken by his officials before any of these measures were agreed; and his views on the impact on national health policy of local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Assistance (2 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who got the necessary points for a higher education place following a recheck, but got the information too late to take the place and has therefore deferred it, can retain the option of the place while also making a new application to the Central Applications Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14171/16]

Adjournment Debate: Employment Rights (8 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this matter for discussion on the Adjournment. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, for being present to respond. At the end of last week, before the bank holiday weekend, the staff, parents and children of three crèches in the Limerick area were told the facilities were closing. There was no warning whatsoever. I...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the issue raised by Deputy Daly and in view of the new politics in the Dáil, will the Minister indicate if the views of other parties will be taken on board? I reiterate what was said by Deputy O'Reilly about the need to have that discussion in the convention as soon as possible in order that we can address the issue in regard to the eighth amendment.

Standing Orders: Motion (9 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes.

Standing Orders: Motion (9 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am representing Deputy Brendan Howlin who was a member of the committee. I think I am the first person to speak who was not a member. Therefore, on behalf of all Members, I thank those who served on the committee as well as the Ceann Comhairle for the work they did. I include in that regard my colleague and party leader, Deputy Brendan Howlin, who unfortunately cannot contribute at the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (9 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 225. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she will take to legislate to introduce collective bargaining rights for freelance workers, in view of the Private Members' motion passed in Dáil Éireann on 2 June, and in the context of Ireland's failure to give effect to International Labour Organisation Conventions on the right of freelance workers to bargain...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is absolutely no doubt but that the boom and bust cycle our economy went through in recent years has had a major and traumatic effect on the rights of people of varying households in Irish society to the most basic of needs, a secure home. The response to this difficult and challenging issue must be complex and multi-factoral. It requires us to counterbalance the private property...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have it here in front of me.

Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the housing (regulation of approved housing bodies) Bill, which is on the legislative programme. The heads were agreed some time ago. There is a voluntary code to which most of the voluntary housing associations are signed up. However, this is important in the context of the provision of housing because voluntary housing associations have the capacity to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (16 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs why Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has issued a directive stating that the monitoring of school attendance is no longer deemed to be part of the school completion programme and responsibility has now transferred to the school itself; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16405/16]

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to have this debate. The Labour Party is committed to the concept of paying by weight for refuse charges as an important contribution to the environment. I think Deputy Dooley said it earlier on, but there has been considerable progress in Ireland with regard to how we treat waste and how we reuse, separate and so on and paying by weight is a contribution to that...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----because he seems to be blamed for everything else.

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: He did bring in a statutory instrument, but he did not anticipate, as no one else did at the time, how it might be abused. I have some questions with regard to the Government amendment and the statement by the Minister, Deputy Coveney, today. I commend him on the actions he has taken but there are still some outstanding issues, particularly in respect of what exactly he intends to bring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the removal of rule 68 from the Rules for National Schools; the progress he hopes to make in amending the rules to reflect the changes here since they were written; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16726/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am disappointed that there is no timeframe for the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill in the legislative programme, despite the fact that the Minister, Deputy Zappone, said she would introduce it before the end of the year. The Tánaiste will be familiar with this matter from her time as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Can the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill be...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: Can this be kept under review? It is very important.

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the fact that, by and large, there is general appreciation of the Bill's contents, with the exception of the last speaker. Members, primarily on our left, have said they support the Bill. I am disappointed, however, that both the Minister and Fianna Fáil are willing to kick this down the road. Last Friday, I described this as the do-nothing Dáil. This is another...