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Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I think that is what he was saying, that it is alright to object to housing because there are no other facilities in the area.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is all I could understand from his contribution. I have refused to object to local housing developments where Fianna Fáil representatives have objected to them. Only if I can suggest an alternative will I object to anything that involves building houses for people who so badly need them. I hear a lot of talk about what should be done at a national level but I see a lot of action...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: We need to decide what we want. The cost-rental model is good. The Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance model in particular has been very positive. I urge the Minister to move as quickly as possible. I know Ó Cualann has gone to some other local authorities to speak about its model. It is very positive and provides affordable homes. We want to try to make constructive...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the law regarding inheritance tax for siblings that are joint owners of a home in which they live together; if there have been recent changes to the tax imposed on a surviving sibling in the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21817/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been purchased for a new school (details supplied); if not, the progress that has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21816/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application for an extra teacher for a school (details supplied) which is expected to have the necessary number of students enrolled at the start of the school to require a fifth teacher; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; the estimated time of completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21827/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the threshold for medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in the forthcoming budget in the context of restoring cuts implemented during the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21734/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: We should suspend, a Cheann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 153. To ask the Minister for Health when the doctor who carries out eye examinations at a clinic (details supplied) will be replaced in view of the fact waiting times are in excess of 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22863/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Appeals (23 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a significant backlog in the time taken for An Bord Pleanála to deal with appeals; the average waiting time before appeals are decided; if priority is given to applications that go directly to the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22856/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (24 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the second call for collaborative projects under the regional enterprise development fund will be issued; the amount that will be available for successful projects; if the criteria will be the same as for the first call; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22622/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (24 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mechanism by which her Department monitors the achievement of goals under the regional action plans for jobs; the progress on each of the goals in each region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22631/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance (24 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in achieving more gender balance in funded research under Science Foundation Ireland's Agenda 2020 strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22623/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (24 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had discussions with the Minister for Finance and-or on a European level on fair taxation of imported goods that are being purchased over the Internet by consumers in direct competition with retailers operating in cities and towns here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22624/18]

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protection) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Labour Party will support the Sinn Féin Bill. We support fully what it intends to achieve. While it is good that the Government is not opposing the Bill, I do not fully understand the issues raised by the Minister of State, including the definitions issue which Deputy O'Brien has addressed, but also the issue around constitutional property rights. If we have created rent pressure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a decision was made in relation to a school construction project (details supplied) to change the plan from a 2 phase to a 1 stage project; the reason the project is only now being devolved to the education and training board since the decision to have a single construction project was made in the last quarter of 2016; the progress...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (29 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 416. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 15 May 2018, if there is tagging or priority identification in relation to smear tests for women that have been called back for colposcopy due to of abnormalities or pre-cancer symptoms in a smear test and are therefore scheduled for more regular screening to ensure that they are given the detailed attention...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: During the campaign to repeal the eighth amendment we heard hundreds of stories from women throughout the country, stories that in many cases that had never been told before. They shone a light on the lives of women in Ireland and the reality of people's lives. It was an unveiling of the wrongs done to women, as our colleague, Deputy Clare Daly, so eloquently put it yesterday in the...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Taoiseach for the additional information he has given us and the fact that social workers have been assigned and that there will be no sudden telephone calls, which is really important. This will go on for quite some time and others will be identified as time passes. Will the Taoiseach give us a commitment that there will be ongoing and continuous funding and support? I...