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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 29 September 2015, if he has been apprised of the disposition of the Central Bank of Ireland, in its role as Credit Union Regulator, on the desirability of including credit unions in the dormant accounts regime, something that was seen as desirable by the Minister of Finance who introduced the dormant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the report he received entitled, Report to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive on Difficulties Accessing Child Protective Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of non-Irish persons in 2013 and 2014 who accessed homeless accommodation in the greater Dublin area, as recorded by the Pass system. [34772/15]

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes: — the growing international consensus that aggressive tax avoidance and evasion by multinational corporations is now a major contributory factor in the staggering increase in global economic inequality and a spectacular growth in the gap between rich and poor which, according to Oxfam, with current trends, the combined wealth of the richest 1%...

Topical Issue Debate: Misuse of Drugs (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I know that the Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, is aware of this because he has attended meetings of quite a number of community projects in the north inner city, as well as meetings of the North Inner City Drugs Task Force. Last September I put a question to the Minister for Justice and Equality on this matter. At that time I was told that this is acknowledged as a...

Topical Issue Debate: Misuse of Drugs (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: While I appreciate that this topic has been chosen, I would have liked one of the Ministers or Ministers of State directly involved in this matter to be here to provide answers. I do not mean any disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy English, when I say that. It was rather difficult to find a relevant Minister this week. Given that next week is budget week, I did not want to take the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Safety Standards (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that in the preparation of meat, including in the preparation of halal and kosher meats, all standards are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 409. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Army, Naval Service and Air Corps uniforms that have gone missing, or are unaccounted for, in the past five years. [34741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 710. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to institute a scheme, along the lines of the scheme instituted by the State for small trade unions in Trade Union Act 1975, to encourage and facilitate small approved housing bodies to amalgamate, merge and restructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Properties (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 761. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will institute a framework scheme facility and encourage the rehabilitation of disused railway, canal, and similar buildings, in the ownership of agencies under the aegis of his Department, for housing, cultural, heritage, community or similar uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34166/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (6 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 787. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will exclude a coursing club (details supplied) from the 2015 to 2016 hare coursing licence, given that members of the club were caught poaching hares at the State-owed Boora Bog Nature Reserve, and pleaded guilty to this serious breach of the Wildlife Act at a court hearing in Tullamore in County Offaly on 28 September...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (1 Oct 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the provision of funding to the natural environment, specifically from the National Lottery, as set out in 2013; when he expects the first disbursement will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33308/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Gaza: Discussion (30 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is very important that Trócaire is before the committee today to remind us of the situation facing Palestinian people because it is an issue that gets pushed further down the list of priorities, in particular given what is happening in Syria, Libya, Yemen, Iraq and so on. I have been to the West Bank twice in the past three years and have certain memories that will always stay with...

Social Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: All the individuals and organisations working with those with housing issues and who are homelessness say they have never seen circumstances such as those we are seeing today. We know from the figures the extent of the problem. I spend so much of my time, all day every day, taking calls about housing of one type or another. This is an emergency and more prompt and urgent action than has...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Monuments (29 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will intervene in the public interest to ensure that 1916 buildings of national historic importance, including 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin 1, which are currently under the financial control of the National Asset Management Agency, will not be included in the Project Jewel auction of Chartered Land's loan portfolio; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (29 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reintroducing the telephone allowance, as its abolition is putting extra costs on many old age pensioners who rely solely on their landline and who are not familiar with mobile telephones and online bundles offered via the Internet; if she will acknowledge that there are people, particularly of older age,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (29 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that all social welfare offices are properly manned and that call lines are accessible without long waiting times on-hold; and if she has any plans to make social welfare offices more accessible to people, without having to physically attend the office. [33188/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Services (29 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considers that the implementation by restructured credit unions, in particular of section 44 of the Credit Union Act 1997, together with the inclusion of the credit unions in the dormant accounts regime would enhance the capacity of credit unions to contribute much more socially and economically to communities; whether, in the absence of its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We have heard powerful and challenging presentations both this morning and now. I have no doubt that they will continue in the next session. Two things strike me, the first of which is that all of the witnesses have been on a very long road. The second is that there has been a lack of justice. We know that justice delayed is justice denied. We know what the attitude of the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It has been a long day. If I was to try to work out a common theme, I think it would be the need for justice and for people’s voices to be heard and listened to attentively. It is all about a process to deal with our collective past in a way that does not dominate the present and prevent people living in the present. The common denominator among all the witnesses here is that...