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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (20 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a free trade agreement between the EU and Thailand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47922/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (20 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 482. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint an additional orthopaedic consultant surgeon to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48411/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Solar Energy Guidelines (20 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of his Department's guidelines on the installation of solar panels in both urban and rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47794/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Uptake of Apprenticeships and Traineeships: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I want to ask a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Uptake of Apprenticeships and Traineeships: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome all of the witnesses to the meeting. Most of the questions have been asked and answered. The big thing that is coming across is the importance of both awareness and the status of doing an apprenticeship as opposed to higher education etc. All of us in the room were at an event this morning which was a photograph of past and present women Members of the Oireachtas. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 120. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will develop a second X-ray room to support the expanded emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; when the second room will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48670/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (22 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses built in County Waterford in the past 12 months; if Waterford Council sought funding from his Department in order to build housing; and the housing waiting list figure for Waterford city and county. [48787/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (27 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the limit for means to qualify for disability allowance; if there is leeway particularly for a person that has an occupational pension having had to retire early due to a long-term illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48907/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (27 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning guidelines on the installation of solar panels in both urban and rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the use of factory fabricated homes to address the need for housing to be delivered as quickly as possible and also the reported shortage of construction workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49380/18]

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I also ask colleagues to support the Bill. There are approximately 140 Private Members Bills before this Chamber and I am not sure of the number in the Seanad. Overall if we add the two together there are probably about 200 Bills. This Bill is way ahead of other Bills as it has gone through one House of the Oireachtas already and is now being debated on Second Stage here. I urge the...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: It was one of the issues that made me a feminist. One could not possibly live in a society where one did not get equal pay for equal work and not try to fight it. It was part of Article 141 of the European Community treaty. We are now at a stage where we know there is still a big gap in the mean and median hourly rates between males and females. This is throughout the European Union,...

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Check the facts.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I was a member of the committee and my recollection is that the only discussion on the three days was when we had the Dutch delegation in. I do not think we had any real discussion among committee members as to whether it was a good idea. If it is to be there, I cannot see any practical reason for bringing the woman to the doctor twice. That is why I support either amendment No. 32 or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fact that while the Central Statistics Office, CSO, has found that there has been a 3% increase in the number of persons employed in the third quarter of 2018, there has been no change in employment numbers in the mid-west region; if this will be addressed by her Department and the State agencies under her aegis; and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have seen consistent improvements in employment figures for several years. That was reflected in the figures for the third quarter of 2018, with a 3% improvement nationally. In the mid-west, however, the figures have not improved; rather, they have been stagnant. My question is whether the Minister is concerned about this. There is certainly concern in the mid-west about the fact that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I absolutely acknowledge that there have been significant improvements since the first quarter of 2015 when the Regional Action Plan for Jobs was launched in the mid-west. In fact, I was present when it was launched. My concern is that the improvement has apparently stopped. We need to take action now to ensure employment will continue to grow. In the mid-west there is excellent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I agree with the Minister. I welcome the news that she has asked for the Regional Action Plan for Jobs in the mid-west to be refreshed and refocused. I ask her to maintain contact to ensure this will continue. Things like the Limerick for Engineering showcase and work undertaken by the Limerick Institute of Technology and the University of Limerick are fantastic collaborations with...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have serious concerns about what is before us. As has been said, effectively we have two large sections of amendments to the Bill that have nothing to do with its main substance. Essentially, it is about the extension of the boundaries of Cork city and local authority arrangements for Galway. Up to 128 amendments have been proposed, some of which are more detailed about the arrangements...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is there no response from the Minister of State?