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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Application (24 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the social policy objectives of this Government and of the State, in the context of meeting the needs of the elderly, the ill and those with profound physical disabilities, that are advanced by levying VAT at 23% on commodes while the VAT on the purchase of a racehorse stands at only 4.8%; if this indicates a need for a rebalancing of VAT rates generally,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Application (24 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance the social policy objectives of this Government and of the State, in the context of the development of the Irish agriculture sector, that are advanced by levying VAT at 23% on raw wool, whilst investment gold, of which Ireland is not at present a major producer, is VAT exempt; if this indicates a need for a rebalancing of VAT rates generally, in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Application (24 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the social policy objectives of this Government and of the State, that are advanced by levying VAT at 23% on marriage counselling, while the VAT on admission to a lapdancing club stands at 9%; if this indicates a need for a re-balancing of VAT rates generally, in order to achieve co-ordination with social policy objectives; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (24 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of significant flooding in the constituency of Dublin Central and in view of the suggestions made from the pilot Dublin flood forum to prevent such flooding, if he will allocate funding to enable persons whose homes are prone to flooding to avail of a grant for greater home protection; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (24 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in ensuring that landlords in the private sector comply with standard safety regulations; if any landlords have been struck off the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39435/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Magdalene women will receive funding in relation to the documentation each of them has provided and his Department has received since June; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of the women who are elderly are seeing their health decline in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39431/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a cost analysis has been made in the case where a Court of Appeals is established in the event of the people vote in favour of it in the referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39432/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Prison Drug Treatment Services (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the institutions that have drug-free units currently operating; the number of spaces in each drug-free unit; the number of prisoners currently in each drug-free unit; the number of vacancies in each drug-free unit; the type of treatment and programmes available to those in addiction in prison; the number entering prison drug-free that leave...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Prison Drug Treatment Services (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will wait to get the additional information. When considering this matter, I arrived at three categories, the first being those who are in prison, are drug free and want to stay so. The drug-free unit is a way forward in this regard. I received that answer from the Minister previously. How far advanced is the plan? The Minister mentioned that there would be drug-free units in all...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Prison Drug Treatment Services (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The second group are those in addiction who want to go into recovery. From people who work with such prisoners, addiction services, etc., my understanding is that they are advising prisoners to keep taking low dosages of methadone, as the services for those who want to come off drugs are minimal. If we wish to work with people who want to come off drugs, more services must be provided....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Prison Drug Treatment Services (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: If all of those measures were in place, those who visited and who worked with them in prison would not supply me with the statistic that there is one counsellor for 550 prisoners in addiction in a single prison. The Minister's reply does not correlate with reality. The third category are those who are in addiction but who are not at a place yet to start their recovery programmes. What is...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I dislike using clichés but the one about justice delayed being justice denied is apt in this case. Although considerable progress has been made in the recent past many women have been denied justice. A very human case has been brought to my attention. It involves a 79 year old lady in serious deteriorating health who is waiting on the payment. The payment, in the final years and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Passports (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure and criteria by which diplomatic passports are issued; when they may be used; the number of current serving members of the Oireachtas that hold diplomatic passports; if former members are entitled to retain and use diplomatic passports; if there has been misuse of these passports and the actions taken; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider including in legislation that those in receipt of rent allowance will not be discriminated against in the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39915/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements he intends to make in order to make holding cells in courthouses subject to inspection by an independent inspection body, as recommended by the Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39939/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Inspections (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the findings of the Inspector of Prisons Report dated 16 June 2012, where the inspector sets out in detail the concerns, including weak management, inattention to human rights norms and very disturbing incidents of non-compliance with best practice and breaches of the fundamental rights of prisoners, informing his recommendation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons Reports (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the new complaints procedures of Irish prisons in November 2012; if he will further report on the composition on the panels of independent investigators and on the way panel members were recruited; if he will also report on the number of Category 1 complaints received by the panels of independent investigators to date and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Visiting Committees Appointments (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of appointments he has made to Prison Visiting Committees; the number of those appointees that lived within 50km of the relevant prison or detention centre; the number of appointees who are not political party members or activists; the aggregate sum expended in 2012 in expenses and other costs to members of the Prison Visiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 194. To ask the Minister for Health how he intends to address the demands of non-consultant hospital doctors in view of the planned strike; if he will address the lack of progress the Health Service Executive in restructuring rosters in a fair manner; if he is committed to implementing a retention plan to prevent high emigration of Irish doctors to other countries in search of fairer working...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Rehabilitation Implementation Programmes (25 Sep 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the way persons are assessed for accommodation placement from low to medium to high thresholds with respect to their own recovery from drugs and rehabilitation care plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40104/13]