Results 2,421-2,440 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Resolutions (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Cuban people by calling for an end to the blockade by the United States of America which has been estimated to cost the Cuban people $834 billion over the past five decades. [37696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Sustainable Development Goals (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the work on the implementation of the sustainable development goals; and if Ireland will support the disability caucus call for segregation by functional ability. [37695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views, that it is problematic for recipients of social welfare payments to provide proof to her Department of their actively seeking employment, when the vast majority of companies do not send acknowledgments of employment applications; that there should be a statutory requirement on companies to at least send an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 868. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale behind increasing the Irish contribution to the European Union development co-operation budget by €18 million; and the way this budget is operated. [37337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: ERASMUS Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 869. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the students at Bethlehem University by strongly condemning their exclusion from the European Union Student Mobility Programme, ERASMUS, while Israeli students are permitted full membership but Palestinian institutions such as the University of Bethlehem are not; his views that this is unfair; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 870. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on where the progress of his request to seek answers through the release of British Government files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 871. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the interdepartmental committee on development has not met since the publication of One World, One Future: Ireland's Policy for International Development; and when it is expected to meet. [37340/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 872. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the treatment of 43 students participating in a demonstration in Mexico, who were rounded up by police and handed over to Guerros Unidos, a criminal gang, and not seen again; if he will offer his support to the Justice for the 43 Campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which there was a request for an extension to a planned school (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she is aware of the existing primary schools in the area; their numbers; and the impact this, if granted, could have on these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37483/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1077. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the disposal of tyres, particularity in the Dublin area; that the abundance of tyres available for use in bonfires at Halloween is having a negative impact on the environment; if he will ensure that companies, such as mechanic garages dispose of tyres in a responsible way; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1092. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will centralising checktheregister.ie, and having it run by his Department in place of local authorities, in light of concerns raised regarding inefficiencies in the voter registration process. [38192/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (3 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with the Irish Environment Network on the progress made on the provision of funding to the natural environment, specifically from the national lottery; if he will support this network to be included in funding as it is entitled to be, as set out in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (22 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 28. To ask the Minister for Health the reason parents are not provided with a copy of the patient information leaflet prior to signing the consent form for the human papilloma virus vaccine, given the serious side effects outlined in the leaflet; if he agrees that not all parents have Internet access to investigate possible side effects; given that it is medically accepted that there are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (22 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 78. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on addressing the legislation deficits to deal with the massive quantities of Z-drugs sold freely, particularly in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36263/15]

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will engage with the Department of Education and Skills regarding moving the school completion programme back to that Department; and his views that the programme is much better suited to the education portfolio rather than to that of his own Department. [35517/15]

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This question is on the school completion programme, which is now under the remit of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, whereas it had always been under the remit of the Minister for Education and Skills. Has there been any discussion between the Ministers on moving it back to the Department of Education and Skills?

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply but the teachers involved with the school completion programme would not agree with his view. Early school leaving and underachievement, particularly in disadvantaged areas, are key. Everything being done to address those issues has to be supported. The school completion programme is doing that. Its success in that regard was acknowledged in the ESRI...

Other Questions: School Completion Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is teachers who are responsible for rolling out the school completion programme. Teachers are under the remit of the Minister for Education and Skills. It is the view of teachers that it would be better for the programme to be back with the Department of Education and Skills where it was when it was set up in 2002 until 2014. Teachers are in a great position to refer those children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (21 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on negotiations with Russian officials regarding a bilateral agreement which could allow Irish couples to adopt Russian children; if he will provide resources to conclude these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Misuse of Drugs (20 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the need for emergency legislation and measures in relation to the proliferation of tablets in Dublin, where An Garda Síochána cannot act due to various legal loopholes and where these tablets are causing major and significant difficulties in communities [35258/15]