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Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Hospital Accommodation Provision (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I regret that the Minister, Deputy Harris, is not here but I thank the Minister of State for her reply. In the context of what she has just said about the fact that work that can be done in advance of this winter is to be identified, I urge that our region be prioritised in respect of both the modular unit and the opening of extra beds. It is quite clear we come out on top of the trolley...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I too commend Solidarity-People Before Profit on bringing forward this motion, which is well drafted and contains a lot of interesting detail. The Labour Party supports the motion. Almost every week when debating Private Members' motions, I and others have mentioned the land in State ownership on which social and affordable houses could be built immediately . I have often mentioned that...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I express our support for the Bill. I know amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are not contentious but we will come to such amendments later. I reiterate the point just made by Deputy Shortall, which is that this is not either-or. This is about extending unpaid parental leave. I know from speaking to parents that this level of flexibility would be very helpful in their juggling of work and home life....

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I agree with what has been said already. I just want to stress again that parents have been welcoming things like flexitime and job sharing because so much juggling has to take place when one has children and two jobs in a family, or even one job as the case may be. This would facilitate parents. In terms of the problems for small and medium enterprises, SMEs, there is generally a fairly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (14 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been progress on the payment of increments to section 39 funded organisations; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/18]

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after “ambulance services provided by DFB across Dublin.”: — implement in full the Report of the Expert Panel into Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Services in Dublin, published in December 2015.” The Labour Party fully supports the motion as proposed by Fianna Fáil. It is very welcome that there seems to be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (19 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish legislation in relation to the national claims information database in view of the introduction of the general data protection regulation, GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26452/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (19 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 350. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence Parts 2, 3 and 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; the timeframe for the commencement of these provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (19 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report of the Drogheda Boundary Commission review has been formally adopted; if Louth and Meath county councils have formally entered into a service-level agreement based on the recommendations of the review to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26441/18]

Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the job description of vacant homes officers in local authorities; if they are required to investigate and report on the reasons homes in their authority area are left vacant; if they have specific time allocated in their working week to work specifically on activity to bring homes back into use; and if he will make a...

Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The purpose of this question is to find out exactly what vacant homes officers are doing. Given the fact that there are now so many people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, coupled with the fact that there is such a shortage of available housing, it is a scandal that there are empty properties throughout the country which could be used as homes. Even if the numbers are nowhere...

Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am really trying to find out whether the people who have these jobs have other tasks to do. Is a specific amount of time devoted to proactively finding out the reasons properties are vacant, rather than just responding if somebody provides the information? Do they draft action plans? In the British system vacant homes officers have a very proactive role. They identify the reason a...

Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The numbers taking up the two schemes are disappointing. Does the Minister of State have plans to increase the uptake either by changing the schemes or introducing a stick-based approach? Are there plans to have a tax on homes that have been left vacant for a long period of time?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on providing for a legally enforceable right to adequate housing either through statute or by way of a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26828/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new legislation or regulations to restrict short-term lettings will be introduced in order to prevent such use on a full-time basis of properties that would otherwise be available as homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties brought back into use under the repair and leasing scheme and the buy and renew scheme of pillar 5 of Rebuilding Ireland in each of the local authority areas by the most recent returns available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26827/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate staff will be allocated to alleviate pressure on beds which is the main cause of the trolley crisis in University Hospital Limerick in view of the inequality of whole-time equivalent front-line posts in the health service in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27466/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank all of the delegates for their presentations. Mr. Harris has said we need to "ensure that this is a universal experience" and pointed out that "inclusion should not be optional." I would be interested in hearing the views of others on that matter. I agree with Deputy Thomas Byrne that some schools seem to be reluctant. I do not think it is just about not having enough space....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Visiting Teacher Service (27 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to restoring the visiting teacher system for Traveller children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/18]

Child Homelessness: Statements (28 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The homelessness figures for May, which have just been released by the Minister, are truly shocking. They show an increase in the number of adults, families and children without a home since last month. The figures show that there are almost 10,000 people homeless when the numbers of adults and dependants are added together. The most shocking aspect of this is that there are 137 newly...