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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (7 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently on remand in prison; the length of time they are on remand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47525/13]

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá athas orm go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo á phlé againn agus gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Stanley. This has been a controversial topic. In the couple of years I have been here I have received some lengthy correspondence on it which has led me to ask a number of parliamentary questions. In one I asked the Minister to ask the Irish Medicines Board to carry out a test...

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Except this year.

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I tabled a Private Members’ motion on addiction and the wide range of issues related to it some months ago. Deputy Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan opened up the debate on legalising cannabis this week and we are having a debate this morning on alcohol sponsorship of sports. All Members acknowledge the unhealthy relationship that people have with alcohol. We know the costs to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (12 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 387. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the state of development at Oberstown; the drug treatment facilities that will be available; the resources that will be available for staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45959/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the limbo situation many unemployed persons find themselves in after being self-employed and unable to receive either jobseeker's benefit or jobseeker's allowance; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that they are then unable to access schemes aimed at unemployed persons including the momentum...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Development Network (13 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the stages in the consultation process he engaged in with the Irish Local Development Network, who will deliver LCDP/RDP in the future; and ifthe administration of shared services will be done by local authority staff. [48472/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Development Companies Administration (13 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify arrangements for the north inner city of Dublin as the proposed system for local development is based on a structure the inner city does not have due to the absence of an inner city partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48473/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases Issues (13 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the death of a dog from the Longford pound due to go to a new home in the UK who was vaccinated for rabies and who, according to the vet, died as a result of a complication from the rabies vaccine; if he will clarify the need for the introduction of a rabies vaccination process for animals being...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (14 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protocols that apply where a civil or public servant involved in procurement is a sibling or close family member of a director of a firm that is awarded a contract for the supply of goods or services on foot of that particular procurement decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48693/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (14 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions when a director of a State agency, the Irish Prison Service, established in 1999, has reported a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest in relation to procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48694/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (14 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contracts for the supply of goods or services concluded between a firm and a State agency (details supplied) since 1999; the aggregate value of those contracts for each calendar year; the number of instances where contracts were awarded to the firm concerned without going to tender or without the application of formal procurement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following the Minister of State for Development's statement to supporting a 5% EU cap on food based biofuels because of its implications for land and food security in Africa, the reason the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources has reneged on this by supporting a new 7% cap which has potentially...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to what the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is saying about biofuels and what the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is saying. There was a commitment to 5% by one and 7% by the other. What is the Irish position on biofuels?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is very disappointing. The bottom line is that the production of biofuels should not undermine food security. There is no doubt that the biofuels mandates are having major negative effects on food production. It is almost as if there is a conflict between the production of food for the world's poor and fuel consumption by the world's rich. It is very disappointing that Ireland...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Failing to have an agreement does not mean that Ireland should give up on this issue. An interesting report produced recently by Action Aid examines the difference between the rates of 5% and 7%. The difference is such that if the former was adopted, over 68 million people could be fed. It is all very well to say we might have the lower cap by 2020, but by then how many more people will...

Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I was struck by the questions asked during Leaders' Questions earlier. A recurring theme is the excessive salaries paid to executives in organisations. It is still not clear whether the top-up salaries came from their fund-raising activities, which involve tremendous work on the part of parents, volunteers and friends of the organisations. They see this as funding for essential services...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions at multilateral or bilateral levels in relation to the imprisonment of Huber Balesteros and the recent murder of Caesar Garcia in Colombia; the actions he has taken to address the staggering levels of political violence in Colombia, directed in particular against trade unionists; the way in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his discussions with Secretary of State Villiers and Minister Ford on prisoner rights in Northern Ireland jails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48870/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussion with the Spanish authorities in relation to human rights issues of Basque prisoners, especially in relation to alleged torture and in relation to those prisoners who are extremely ill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48872/13]