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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make decent work a priority of his Department in the post-2015 development agenda; his views on the remarks made by Mr Colin Wrafter at the Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs and Trade recently that decent work is a human right (UD, Article 23); if he supports the new Asia floor wage; and if he will promote...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his Department is supporting the one-parent tax credit cut that undermines the equal rights of children, discriminates against children living in separated units, enforces less favourable financial, social and emotional supports on these children than on all other children in our society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48895/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 504. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way recommendations and entitlements regarding health care needs of the survivors of the Magdalen laundries will be met, particularly for those who live outside the jurisdiction. [48860/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of applications to the Magdalen laundries scheme following Justice Quirke's report and recommendations by country of residence. [48861/13]

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Bhíos ag smaoineamh ar cén saghas comparáid a dhéanfainn i gcóir an díospóireacht anocht, agus bheartaigh mé ar chomparáid a dhéanamh le príosún. When we think about prisons, people go into them and there is an idea that they are either about incarcerating for punishment or, alternatively, rehabilitation. A person coming from...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The wealthy have more ability, capacity and means to absorb austerity so their experience of austerity measures is very far removed from the experience of those on middle or low incomes, or whose sole income is a social welfare or disability payment. I am really appalled by the graphic image from the weekend of the wife of a discharged, bankrupt developer awarded €9,000 a month, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Syria and the Philippines: Discussion with UNICEF Ireland (20 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Power. The most telling image in his presentation was when he made the point that had this disaster occurred in Dublin, the entire city would be uninhabitable. This brings home the extent of the disaster and when one sees what has happened in the Philippines, it certainly puts into perspective the woes of this country. I noted Mr. Power's observation that this was the biggest...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the €9.023 million given by Irish Aid in 2012 to Mozambique under the heading general budget support; if he will provide a breakdown of exactly where the money was spent; the level of parliamentary oversight the Mozambique Government has in relation to this funding; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the €15.223 million given for health, HIV and AIDS purposes in Mozambique; if he will provide a breakdown of the €5.593 million given towards education in Mozambique and the €1.782 million to agriculture; the amount that was given directly to the Mozambique...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has included the docking of dog tails and clipping of dew claws in pups of up to four days old in regulations being drafted under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; if the regulations will require only qualified personnel to carry out such operations; the way in which these regulations are in line with section...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 600. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish the first progress report on the audit of 46 agencies including hospitals and organisations granting unauthorised payment of allowances; if disciplinary proceedings will exist for those organisations granting these unauthorised payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50330/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Transport Service (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind cutting the Health Service Executive transport service for patients attending appointments in other hospitals; the amount in savings his Department is making in this cut; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this greatly affects the elderly community who with only their pensions as income cannot afford the fares being offered...

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá an-ionadh orm go bhfuil an méid argóinte agus conspóide ag baint leis an nGnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha seo. Tá an rún atá os ár gcomhair an-simplí - níl i gceist ach ceist a chur. The motion is a very simple one. It is expressed in plain and non-threatening language. It is about putting a question, lobbying and...

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This master of domination is stifling our economy. The promissory notes have become sovereign bonds. It is difficult to understand why people thought a change of name meant there would be an actual change. It is not as if the Minister for Finance produced a magic wand to turn the odious promissory notes into magical sovereign bonds. I am reminded of Juliet's question:What's in a name?...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (27 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 19 November 2013, if he will address the question as to whether he supports the Asia Floor Wage campaign as established by the Asian Workers for Asian Workers; if he will support and promote a minimum living wage in African countries; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there have been any tree preservation orders granted; if so, the number and where the applications were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51070/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (27 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons behind the change in decision to now redistribute revenue from the local property tax through the Central Government Fund despite recommendations from the commission to have approximately 80% of taxes raised distributed through local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51072/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (27 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time those in prison for subversive-related crime have spent on remand in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Remit (3 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 198. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will identify the various State agencies whose operations bear upon the management of the Royal Canal and the steps they are taking, individually or collaboratively; if he will increase commercial-leisure use of the Royal Canal since the reopening of Spencer Dock to navigation in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Remit (3 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 199. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the European Regional Development Fund has been considered as a possible source of funding towards the costs, estimated at over €5 million, of overcoming obstacles to navigation, namely, the lifting bridge and the fixed Spencer Dock bridge on the sea level of the Royal Canal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....