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Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Such is the extent of the housing crisis, it is almost as if we are back in the days when the Land League was campaigning for the three Fs. I think a similar campaign is needed today. We have done a great deal of talking in the previous Dáil and in this one. I am a member of the Committee on Housing and Homelessness, which has heard a wide variety of presentations on many aspects of...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Were the employer's contributions paid through HSE funding? If so, that is public funding and there is an accountability issue to address. The CRC has shown its disdain for its employees as well as for the relevant Departments and the HSE. The employees feel very much abandoned and crushed in respect of this mess which is not of their making. They are the workers who had to face the...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: For me, the central issue in this matter is that employees were paying into a pension plan for many years. Initially the cost was 5% of their salary and since 2011 it has been 10% of their salary. That was paid in good faith with the belief they would have a pension when they retired. They have now been told that they will not have a pension and we can all imagine how they must be feeling....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (14 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of taking over the patronage of the primary school system, based on the cost per pupil of running the model schools. [15383/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Export of Greyhounds (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to intervene in the crisis surrounding Irish greyhounds being transported to China; and if he accepts that he has a specific role to play in prohibiting Irish greyhounds from being transported to countries where they face cruelty and abuse, given his funding of Bord na gCon. [14518/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to intervene in the crisis surrounding Irish greyhounds being transported to China; if he accepts that he has a specific role to play in prohibiting Irish greyhounds from travelling to countries where they face cruelty and abuse, given his funding of Bord na gCon. [14518/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 22 March 2016, his views on seized horses and that one horse died while in his custody while legal proceedings continued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14519/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any contact from persons both here and internationally surrounding the exporting of greyhounds to China; and his position on the matter. [14698/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to investigate a report sent to him by a person (details supplied) regarding a very serious allegation of wrongdoing; and his views on the matter with particular relevance to section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act. [14699/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (8 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 592. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount Inland Fisheries Ireland spent on the pike culling and removal of pike in Loughs Corrib, Mask, Conn, Cullin, Sheelin, Arror and Carra since 1996; his views on if this has been a worthy process with particular emphasis on the loss of revenue to hoteliers and accommodation along said waterways; and if he will...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Let us finish the questions as there is only myself and Deputy Moran.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is unfair. Deputy Durkan came in and we did not get a chance and Deputy Wallace has had to go.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I feel like walking out as well because-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Chairman. I am trying to get a sense of how quickly, between everybody, we can see a major difference when it comes to housing and to making a dent in the list. Earlier, the Minister told the committee that 4,400 housing units are under construction in Dublin, that there is planning permission for another 27,000 and that another 80,000 could be built on zoned land for which...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Dublin's inner city has had an horrific time recently. While other parts of the country have, unfortunately, experienced murders, I think we accept that it has been unprecedented in the north inner city. As Atticus Finch put it in To Kill a Mockingbird, one never really understands a person or a situation until one gets into their skin and walks around in it. That is what I am asking for -...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There have been numerous task forces, strategies and reports, many of which are gathering dust on the shelf. We are now talking about a new task force. As the Taoiseach said, it needs to have key players from the statutory organisations, but they have to be key players with direct access to Ministers. The Department of the Taoiseach also has to be involved, perhaps as the driver. There...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To follow on from what Deputy Collins has asked, we are being told that this off-balance sheet approach is, if not the only player then certainly the main player, in addressing funding for the housing situation. The witnesses said their role is finding and financing solutions, yet we have a housing crisis that requires a wider look at how that finance is going to be used. We know that...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Is there a timeframe for that? We have been talking about our housing crisis for over five years and it is worsening as we are talking about it. Certainly, in recent weeks we have become aware of many other aspects to it. The longer we talk, the greater the crisis is becoming and the more people are becoming homeless and adding to the list. Where is the urgency on the part of the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Treasury Management Agency and Department of Finance (31 May 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What about purchases for local authorities that have identified properties already in existence? Did the NTMA representative comment on that earlier?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dr. Ronan Lyons, Trinity College Dublin (31 May 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Dr. Lyons can tell me if he answered this when I was out of the room. The issue relates to the Central Bank mortgage rules, as the witness mentioned the focus on the minimum deposit. What exactly was he suggesting in that respect? What is his opinion of the O'Devaney Gardens site? Does he favour building on it?