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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (28 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of Garda in the Limerick city district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/18]

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Wallace for introducing the Bill, which the Labour Party will support. We introduced the Social and Affordable Housing Bill in 2016, which also proposed the implementation of the Kenny report but while we received the support of the left in the House at the time, we did not, unfortunately, get the support of Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil and the Bill did not pass on Second...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State, Deputy English, will, I am sure, confirm that I have attended the openings of housing developments which commenced when I was Minister of State in the Department. They are only opening this year. As such, it was a failure of Fianna Fáil not of the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government that virtually nothing was completed in its first three years of office. I was...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Lots of houses were built in the wrong places because of tax incentives. I am not being disingenuous and I acknowledge that Deputies Cowen and Darragh O'Brien made good contributions. However, Fianna Fáil is trying to rewrite relatively recent history and it is unacceptable.

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is a very serious issue. There are nearly 10,000 homeless people in our country and too few social and private houses are being built. We also have the point made by Deputy Ó Broin that the cost of houses is going up. The cost of rent is going sky high. That is not only about supply but about market and people making profits. It is a complex area where we need serious...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future use of buildings and land on a site (details supplied); if the older buildings, some of which are unoccupied, are to be retained; if consideration has been given to transferring a portion of the site to the local authority for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28800/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (4 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 270. To ask the Minister for Health when the report relating to the healthy workplaces consultation process will be finalised, available and published; the amount allocated through the healthy workplace initiative to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29476/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is a requirement of the tenant purchase scheme that an applicant's income must be derived from work in cases in which the combined social welfare and private pension income is more than €15,000 a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29473/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to ensure the continuation of an early intervention service (details supplied) which provides immediate access to psychological services for children under its care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29833/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 3,826 homeless children listed in the May 2018 homelessness report in emergency accommodation in hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation or hostels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29770/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I want to express support for the measure. In the written script sent by the Minister, which the committee members received in an email this morning, he acknowledged that the place of religion in education is changing. We all understand that there is a lot of fluidity around this issue at the moment. Views similar to those Senator Gavan has just expressed are growing in this country. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy Naughton and I were members of the all-party Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. It met departmental officials on the ancillary recommendations it was considering. One of the big concerns raised was the fact that school patrons and management have the ultimate say in terms of implementation. I share that concern, although I welcome the Minister's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Employment Equality Act Order: Minister for Education and Skills (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I should have mentioned that Senator Gavan was a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eight Amendment of the Constitution as well as Deputy Naughton and myself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: May I speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am sorry I had to leave earlier. I will address Dr. Gormley's point about the co-trustees in a moment, but when Mr. Curtis was giving his initial presentation, he said schools must engage with parents in the context of the ethos. He described the parent as being the primary educator and then he talked about that within the context of the moral and values framework of the ethos of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The rest of us are not devoid of moral compasses just because we do not belong to a denomination. Colleagues are laughing, but let us be clear. People do have moral compasses even if they are not in a denomination.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not happy with the way Dr. Gormley interpreted our questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (10 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being made to encourage benefits to accrue to other cities, including opportunities for information technology and other technical supports, software development and accounting services, particularly stressing the lower cost of accommodation in cities other than the capital, in the context of indications that Dublin will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (10 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have heard much about the fears and threats of Brexit. My question relates to getting some of the benefits of Brexit to cities outside Dublin. The evidence seems to be that, particularly in the financial service area but in other service areas as well, Dublin has already got companies that are relocating and that there will be others. I encourage to Government to ensure that some of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (10 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State, Deputy Breen, will be aware of a report published last week. It was an economic advisory report carried out by EY-DKM for Limerick City and County Council. The report specifically said Limerick was an attractive destination for FDI in light of Brexit. It went on to suggest potential activities, including accounting, business support services, payroll, HR, technical...