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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The amendment in Deputy Catherine Murphy's name refers to section 34 and mentions specific areas. However, I think a number of amendments are being discussed together. First, I acknowledge the docklands communities and the members thereof who served in the area, including the previous chief executives, Mr. Peter Coyne and Mr. Paul Maloney, who did amazing work representing their...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Did I understand the Minister of State correctly that the outgoing council did not make its views known on the community aspect? He said the outgoing council did not make any particular recommendation. Is that correct?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Thank you. It is disappointing that the outgoing council did not come across as being more cognisant of the role of the community members and did not stress that in the consultation. Section 34 is very vague and we could end up with a forum that is not particularly representative of dockland communities, including the educational and community groups proposed in Deputy Stanley's...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I make a final plea as communities are made up of the people who live in those communities and not just the people who work for the community or have a business there etc. The forum is weakened by the way in which there is no emphasis on the people who live in the community being on the forum to speak for their communities, as they have always done.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 19:In page 20, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:"(13) The Minister shall ensure following consultation that at least 7 community members be nominated from the geographic area of the Docklands i.e. City Quay, East Wall, Irishtown, North Wall, Pearse Street, Ringsend and Sheriff Street/Seville Place and the above areas' associated hinterlands.".

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We can all agree that health care should be based on need. With the health care budget we have, which is massive, we should have a state-of-the-art health service. We have excellent care for people once they get into the system, but getting in is the problem. That is the thrust of the motion. Tá sé uafásach éisteacht leis na fadhbanna atá ag daoine, go...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the development management guidelines of 2007, the intention and spirit of which seems to be to avoid excessive and unnecessary invalidations, should be consistently applied and regarded as best practice by local authorities. [39526/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of planning applications invalidated by the different local authorities in September 2015, with the information for Cork County Council by respective division. [39527/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government while planning notices for uninhabited islands are required to be placed on mainland piers, the reason it is now required by Cork County Council that inhabited islands have to place planning notices on the mainland and other piers, a practice which is considered offensive to island communities. [39528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Community Radio Stations Funding (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the support and funding his Department provides for community radio; his views that it offers a vital service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38966/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of research into wave energy harnessing his Department has conducted, given the abundance of wild coastline; his plans to grow renewable energy supply, through utilising wave and sea currents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38967/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide financial support to a memorial fund (details supplied); if sports funding will be made available for this cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39358/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that road users are receiving a fair deal with regards to tolls, given the recent media reports of the enormous profits being made by private toll companies operating said installations; that the frequency and price of tolled motorways, particularly in the Dublin commuter belt is unfair to drivers who already pay motor tax;...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (10 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 613. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide for a new Government policy on architecture subsequent to the current policy's expiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39574/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 49. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the short-term strategy that his Department and the local authorities have to deal with the 1,500 plus children that will be sleeping in emergency accommodation tonight, in conjunction with the 2020 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/15]

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I was horrified to hear a Minister deny in a budget speech that inequality had risen and equally, to hear Government speeches stating it had protected young people, old people and the vulnerable because the statistics from the Central Statistics Office tell a different story. Moreover, all the non-governmental organisations working with those in vulnerable situations have acknowledged that...

Travellers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It was the death of Jonathan Corrie that brought the issue of housing and homelessness onto the Dáil agenda in a stark way. It is alarming and disturbing that it took another terrible tragedy at Carrickmines, for the Lynch, Gilbert and Connors families and for the wider Traveller community, to bring about a debate on Traveller issues in the Dáil. We are aware of the statistics...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What has happened in Ireland has happened in Spain, the UK, France, Denmark, Sweden and Italy. There is now a Europe-wide group for those affected. I think it is significant that the Danish Government is spending €940,000 for an independent investigation into the vaccine and the side effects. The experts involved have no ties to the pharmaceutical industry. I must admit to being...

Topical Issue Debate: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I and others attended a meeting with parents of girls who received the HPV Gardasil vaccine and whose lives have been dramatically altered as a result. These parents brought a number of concerns to our attention, such as breathing difficulties, hives, joint and muscle pain, muscle weakness, swollen glands, chronic fatigue, headaches, neural damage, noise sensitivity, chills, sleep...

Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Good Friday Agreement has been perceived worldwide as an example of how to achieve peace and how to get conflicting sides around the table to engage in dialogue that leads to agreement and gives communities an opportunity to live their lives in peace. I acknowledge the work done by both the political figures and by those whose names are not in the public domain, including members of the...