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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict: Discussion with Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (16 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My apologies for missing the start of the meeting but I have just come from the Chamber. The Minister's visit to this committee today has generated an amount of e-mail correspondence. I am sure that I like everybody else got these e-mails from groups. They are entitled to their opinion and to ask us to examine other aspects. One concern is about Irish Aid money, which Deputy Byrne has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict: Discussion with Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (16 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I asked about people moving from the camps.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict: Discussion with Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (16 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Is there not a camp in Jenin in Gaza?

Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am sharing time with Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly.

Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am committed to parliamentary democracy. As a woman, I am always conscious of my rights because I live in a democracy when so many women and girls across the world do not. I agree that we need greater efficiency in our parliamentary democracy and the programme for Government set out certain reforms in this regard. However, decreasing the number of Deputies and constituencies without...

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My first contact with the deaf community was through students of mine whose parents were profoundly deaf. That brought me into the deaf club which was then located at the top of Clonliffe Road. I have been to Deaf Village Ireland on Ratoath Road many times and I am well aware of the facilities and services available there. I support equality of treatment for the deaf community. The 2009...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (17 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 142. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider removing the text which states that coursing leads to some mortality each year but management of coursing reserves has also been shown to be beneficial to hares leading to higher hare densities, as this text is misleading and inaccurate without substantial evidence to support the claim; the evidence used to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (17 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 223. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that renal failure is one of the top causes of death for children with spina bifida, the reason since 2009, when spina bifida care was transferred to Temple Street University Hospital, there has not been a paediatric urologist established in the hospital to carry out routine monitoring tests such as blood test for kidneys, renal...

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá sé soiléir go bhfuil an buiséad seo ag cur isteach ar dhaoine áirithe. Tá sé soiléir freisin nach bhfuil sé ag cur isteach ar dhaoine eile in aon chor. The first point I would make is that the principle of equality should be driving budgets. There is a real need for significant equality-proofing when it comes to budgets. I acknowledge that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 8 October 2013, if he will provide a link to the URL page on National Assets Management Agency, website, www.nama.ie, where a list of all receiver-controlled properties is available and searchable by county and area, including by Dublin postcode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44705/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf children at a primary and post-primary level, who are participating in mainstream integrated education; the number of deaf children who are attending specialist schools for the deaf at a primary and secondary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44697/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs who have been able to avail of their legal right to an individual education plan; the level of collaboration between the Health Service Executive and his Department in ensuring that children with additional needs do not miss vital eduction milestones as a result of delays in the diagnosis process; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarity of the rationale for the different entitlement models used between the Department of Health and his Department ; the way the needs based approach used by the Department of Health, which is dependent on an assessment system characterised by delays, is creating delays for access to teaching supports and resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are legislative provisions under which the death of unborn children, other than stillborn, may be registered by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44580/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of cuts made to front-line homeless services as a result of budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the Dublin local authorities are to absorb the funding cuts by year end, so there is no pass on directly or indirectly to homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44592/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 473. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the adoption and tracing legislation will be published; the extent to which the legislation will ensure access to birth certificates for those adopted; if the rights granted to adopted persons will be aligned with those rights afforded to those in Northern Ireland, North Wales, Scotland, England and various countries, within this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department on the potential benefits and value of a policy to support the fitting of bilateral both-ear implants for babies who have been discovered to be deaf; if he recognises that the bilateral both-ear implants could have a positive impact on speech perception, integration into mainstream education and general quality of life; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative staff who were employed by the Department of Health in 2005, that is, clerical officers, staff officers, and executive officers; the number of middle and senior managers who were employed, that is, higher executive officers, assistant principals, principals, assistant secretaries, deputy secretaries general and Secretaries...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative, middle and senior management staff, non-medical, that were employed by the Health Service Executive in 2005; if he will provide a breakdown of job titles; on a category-by-category basis, how these numbers compare with staff numbers employed in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44695/13]