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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: No, but it does show that the committee needs to pursue this further. Was there any other advice Ms Justice Laffoy wished to give?

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the urgent need for more social housing, some of the larger voluntary housing associations have been making a very strong case that if they could show they were regulated they could borrow money to build substantial numbers of social houses. It is a year and a half since there was pre-legislative scrutiny on the Bill to regulate the voluntary housing sector and the approved...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to have a debate on this very important matter and commend Deputy Brian Stanley for bringing forward this legislation. The context is very important. As the Minister of State indicated, the targeted review of the 2006 guidelines has been under way since 2013. I was in the Department as a Minister of State when we started this work, which is an indication that we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if applications have been received from County Louth by the Office of Public Works for works to be carried out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40272/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been acquired for a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40204/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the issues arising for mothers who have a different surname to their child, or children, in cases in which they are travelling abroad with that child, or children; if he has given consideration to providing the names of parents and guardians on children's passports; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to fund the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, supplies in budget 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase core funding to the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, in budget 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40150/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work supported by Irish Aid in Bolivia to promote the sexual and reproductive health of vulnerable and marginalised young persons in line with the commitment in One World, One Future to promote universal access to reproductive health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40149/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in the implementation of the active mobility project in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40307/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an appropriate allocation of probationary gardaí to the Limerick division in the next round of allocations in view of demands on the force in policing urban and rural crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40308/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 296. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE, through the National Office for Suicide Prevention, will continue to provide core funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents are choosing to keep their children in the community child care subvention scheme even though they qualify for ECCE in view of the fact that it is more advantageous from a parent's perspective; her plans to address the loss of grant support under ECCE that results to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the identities of the security companies contracted by her Department and its agencies to provide security services; if all such companies are in compliance with the new employment regulation order rate for the security industry which has been in force since 1 June 2017; the steps her Department has taken to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been transferred to a organisation (details supplied) can transfer back to the Department placement system in order to pursue a training course relevant to their job prospects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40310/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to local authorities for the mobility scheme for council tenants in 2017 in tabular form; his plans to increase funding in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40151/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of each of the 3,322 housing units that were approved for construction in 2015 and 2016 as listed in appendix 2 of his Department's housing action report of April 2016, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40671/17]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will take the temperature down and talk about the actual issue addressed by the motion. As has just been said, there is much commonality in the motion and amendments. We need to get to the nub of the issue, namely, that we have many policies, announcements and proposals but little action. The Minister needs to come clean on the money issue. We have heard time and time again that money...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy Cowen has a selective memory himself.

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: He was supporting Deputy Ó Broin at one stage.