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Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: How viable is a two-state solution at this stage? I have spoken with Palestinian and Israeli people and I discovered that they are of the opinion that we are paying lip service to the idea of a two-state solution. When one takes the settlement issue into account, one reaches the conclusion that there is not going to be a viable state left for the Palestinians in view of the level of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he sees a role for Ireland and the EU in resolving the conflict in South Sudan; if he will make representations at European level on same and the involvement there has been of the Irish Ambassador in Ethiopia. [1436/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Access (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress and support Ireland has given in terms of establishing humanitarian corridors to allow aid to get into Syria; the extent to which his Department will step up its efforts to support Syrian refugees and the setting up of humanitarian corridors in response to the barrel-bombing of more than 500 people in Aleppo...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of his engagement with the American authorities on the continued imprisonment of the Cuban five, only one of whom has been released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1435/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the passing of anti-homosexual legislation in Uganda; if he will re-emphasise human rights as a development policy through the Irish Aid programme in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1073/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his efforts and that of his Department in the past three months at national, European and international levels in raising the continuing human rights abuse against the Rohingya community in view of recent revelations of trafficking and abuses of Rohingya women; despite such abuses continuing, if Ireland intends to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of training in the bachelor of education courses for primary school teachers in the area of autism; if he is satisfied the teachers are sufficiently trained to teach autistic children in main stream primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55265/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Gaelscholáiste Reachrann, Artane, Dublin 5 was not included as one of the 70 schools picked for the new school building programme especially in view of the fact that 13 years on, this school still has no permanent building with 338 students attending and a projected growth of up to 500 students in 2017 and out of a total of 24...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the protections are in place for jobseekers taking up temporary sole trader work if they need to return to social welfare, if they are being exploited by the number of hours and the respective pay they receive; the obligations job search websites have on the type of jobs they are permitted to advertise; the vetting they are obliged...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure that the agreed inspection and survey of the 1916 national monument at Moore Street will be facilitated immediately by its owners (details supplied), as a matter of urgency, in the public and national interest. [55192/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in progress to officially celebrate the centenary of the founding of Cumann na mBan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55576/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 421. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will explore all possible options within current fiscal constraints to advance and develop the potential of the Royal and Grand canal lines that pass through Dublin city; if he will establish an inter-agency group on the Dublin City reaches of the Royal and Grand canals; if he will explore ways to advance their development,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Remit (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 422. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will include work on land maps to determine what land abutting the canals is owned privately, by Waterways Ireland, the Railway Procurement Agency, Iarnrod Éireann, Dublin City Council, Office of Public Works or other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55465/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Remit (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 435. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht having regard to the prospective re-opening of the Royal Canal towpath at Portland Place in Summer 2014 further to the refurbishment of the collapsed wall at Portland Place and having regard also to the Spencer Dock Greenway Project and the re-lining works to be carried out at the sixth level, if he will direct Waterways Ireland to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Ireland was not one of the group of progressively-minded EU countries which succeeded in blocking the motion for 7% cap on bio-fuels, particularly in view of Ireland's strong commitment to hunger eradication; and if he will commit to supporting the 5% cap when the debate is resumed. [55191/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Sale of State Assets (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if half of the proceeds from the €1.2 billion sale of Bord Gáis will be invested in capital infrastructures such as Irish Water which was set up under Bord Gáis, if this means he is discounting the price and offsetting the costs for infrastructure that they have to pay to the contractor (details...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Data (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 537. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the latest report from a company (details supplied) highlighting a significant strength in cash payments, where 54% of residential transactions made in the first nine months of 2013 involved cash purchases in comparison to 43% in 2012; the vendor profile for those transactions involving cash; if he is confident that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Data (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 539. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the guidelines or statutory regulations that are in place to ensure estate agents carry out vetting of home buyers who pay with large sums of cash; if there is any obligation on estate agents to declare a cash transfer on homes; his response to a companies (details supplied) report on home buyers stating a noticeable increase in the strength...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Funding (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 558. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of migrant-led organisations that applied for moneys under the European Refugee Fund and the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Party Nationals; if he will indicate the number of migrant-led organisations here which obtained such moneys in the recent allocation of EU funding to successful applicants; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (15 Jan 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 641. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 11 December 2013 where he stated he will not publish the Coillte forestry review, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Coillte is the largest forestry operator here operating under the 1988 Forestry Act and therefore is fundamentally connected to the new Forestry Bill 2013;...