Results 1,941-1,960 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Money Laundering (4 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 521. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if anti-money laudering obligations of banks are the same for property service providers regulated under the Property Services Regulatory Authority; what constitutes improper conduct which a property service provider must report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5225/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (4 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 601. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if as part of her intention to review all the childcare support programmes and other proposals she will consider a proposal to have child care costs taken from gross rather than net pay of a parent or parents in an effort to provide the maximum benefit to parents while maintaining availability of high-quality child care supports; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in 2013; the number who were accepted; the number refused; the reason for refusal; if he is satisfied there are sufficient resources to cover referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5662/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to those aged between 16 and 18 years who present with a mental health issue, suicide ideation, an eating disorder or are in need of residential detox. [5663/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peer Review of Ireland's Development Co-operation Programme: OECD (4 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I apologise to the delegates for being late to the meeting. As a member of this committee and as chairman of the Irish section of the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa, AWEPA, I have had the opportunity to visit a number of African countries. What impresses one very forcibly is the changing nature of the aid relationship. It is no longer simply a case of donor and...

Northern Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá sé tábhachtach agus oiriúnach go bhfuil an díospóireacht seo againn inniu. Tá a fhios againn go léir cad a tharla sna Sé Chontae - na daoine a fuair bás, na daoine a bhí gortaithe, na daoine a bhfuil gortaithe go fóill, an íobairt, an féiníobairt, an obair i rith na blianta i dtreo is go mbeadh síocháin...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Monuments (6 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency continues to pay a €200,000 salary to a developer while its companies experience huge debts; the reason funding cannot then be made available to construct a national monument with a commemorative centre for Moore Street to honour the 1916 Easter Rising leaders; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (6 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the recommendation of the Ombudsman for Children who in October 2012 called for the issuing of a policy document on educating children with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6045/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (6 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the historic Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park. [5753/14]

Down's Syndrome (Equality of Access) Bill 2013: Second Stage (7 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We have two very good documents in our State, one is the Proclamation of the Republic and the other is our Constitution. Both of them guarantee equality and we often refer to the principle of the Proclamation of "cherishing all the children of the nation equally". We seem to be committed to the principle of equality and treating people equally but the reality is that we are not equal....

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: At the heart of tonight's Private Members' business is the creation of a more level playing field for parents in respect of child care. I want to acknowledge the work of Deputy Troy and the manner in which the motion sets out the various services that are provided through the community and private and public sectors, the number of staff employed therein and the number of children in child...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (11 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations, SI 9 of 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the potential cost implication of these regulations for families wishing to build a home as a result of a self-builder having to hire a building contractor to project manage the building of a home from start to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (11 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 577. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that Judge Quirke was explicit in recommending that health care should apply to each of the women who were admitted to and worked in a designated Magdalene Laundry the way he envisages bringing this about so that women are entitled to health services equivalent to those provided with a HAA card; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is something of a paradox that we are talking about sunbeds and the need to have a suntan given the weather we are having. In another way, however, that perhaps explains people's need to have a year-round tanned complexion or a tan for special occasions. Tanning is a business, and a very lucrative one, whether it is in regard to the sunbeds we are discussing, the various lotions that...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: All the recent storm damage is reminding us of our own helplessness and vulnerability when it comes to the force of nature. Perhaps nature is trying to remind us about how much we have disregarded all the warnings about climate change. We are experiencing what has been experienced by countries in the developing world for many years. In many cases, warnings on climate change were not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Human Rights Issues (12 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way, within the areas in which he has responsibility, Ireland pushes for the inclusion of human rights clauses in trade deals between the European Union and other countries requiring improvements in human rights in return for opening up trade and investment opportunities; and specifically Ireland’s efforts in this matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (12 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence sent by the Irish Association of Self Builders seeking clarification in respect of correspondence sent from the RIAI to his Department regarding the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations SI 9 (details supplied); if the code of practice for inspections has been finalised or not to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (12 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 138. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify in relation to the statutory instrument, SI 9, Building Control (Amendment) Regulations, to be enacted in March 2014, if an owner who intends to build who accepts responsibility and ensures the building or work concerned complies with the requirements of the second Schedule to the building regulation,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sulky Racing (12 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take in response to the recent death of a horse during a sulky race in County Tipperary; the current legal status of sulky racing here; his plans to ban such activities which prove harmful to the animals involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7127/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have now got my head around the acronyms, CSP, ACP and EDF, but I do not know how the witnesses keep going. The point about aid is whether it makes a difference. It comes down to how we measure that effectiveness. As the witnesses know, the Association of European Parliamentarians with Africa, is involved with that and monitors Irish Aid in two countries. What was said about the...