Results 241-260 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that the recruitment drive in 2017 for the Defence Forces yielded modest results; if he will consider pay and conditions of existing members being paramount in addressing the retention of members in place of costly recruitment policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38420/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Data (24 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and value of property tax collected in each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [38597/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (24 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2019, in tabular form. [38594/19]

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The debate seems to follow on from the point I was making earlier during Leaders' Questions about the agenda of increasing militarisation and securitisation in Europe. As vice chairperson of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, I have had the opportunity to attend some of the Common Defence and Security Policy meetings in Europe. There is no doubt that defence is a growing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Last Tuesday, when he took questions in his capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, I asked the Tánaiste about the Libyan detention centres, forced returns, the Mediterranean and the recent impasse. His response to me was very strong, namely, that migrants stranded in the Mediterranean need a much better co-ordinated and collective response from the EU instead of the ad hoc,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I do not think that what the EPF does really squares with the earlier part of the Tánaiste's response. I will introduce another aspect, namely, the EU Trust Fund for Africa. Much concern has been expressed on that, including by the EU Court of Auditors. There is concern that the trust fund is spending EU aid money in ways that contradict development and undermine human rights. Libya...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (19 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will maintain a ban on hare netting which was imposed since 9 August 2019 in response to the RHD2 disease; if her attention has been drawn to the importance of the Irish hare and its survival; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37891/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (19 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to progress the recommendations of the Moore Street report: Securing History 2 (31 July 2019); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37890/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (18 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will start by acknowledging the movement that has taken place. However, I must note a couple of other facts. There are issues around the general maintenance of local authority housing. That is also extremely slow. I know of one flats complex with three flats that have been lying vacant not just for weeks but for months. There does not seem to be any movement on those. I know they have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (18 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which it is planned to address the turnaround times for maintenance sections in the context of refurbishing local authority units for allocation to new tenants; his views on the fact that these times can often be excessive and that this can have an effect on tenants and general length of local authority housing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (18 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This question relates to local authorities and the turnaround time of their maintenance sections before flats and houses can be allocated to new tenants, and the effect of this on the tenants and waiting lists.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (18 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge that there has been movement. The reality is, however, that local authority housing lists are lengthy, exhausting and deeply frustrating. There are people who have been on those lists for a long time. The waiting times on the list, measured in years, are now moving into double figures. We need accurate statistics on the length of time for which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to and his views on the concerns of residents and established communities in SDZ areas in which large scale developments are ongoing and constant; if he is satisfied that under SDZs residents are given ample opportunity to express their views on proposed developments; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing Regulation (18 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether live hare coursing has a place in a modern society in view of the grave concerns over greyhound welfare in general across Ireland raised over the past number of months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37893/19]

Offshore Islands: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: All islands face challenges, the main ones being population decline, isolation and limited economic activity. Economic activity is usually limited to three areas - agriculture, fishing and tourism - but one of the biggest threats is the loss of population owing to limited work opportunities, especially for talented young people. In many respects, the islands are victims of their own success...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (17 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the EU position on Libya; his further views on whether conditions within detention centres in the region are of grave concern; and his plans to address this on a European level. [37371/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (17 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to Libya, the conditions in the detention centres there and how the Tánaiste can be part of addressing this at a European level.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (17 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is extremely difficult to understand why these detention centres in Libya continue to exist for two reasons: first, the conditions which we know pertain in the centres and, second, the fact that the centres are in a country that is not stable and is in conflict. There are two related issues, namely, the forced returns, which the Tánaiste mentioned, and the situation in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (17 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There certainly has been a change in the attitude of the Italian Government. Under the previous Interior Minister, there could be fines of up to €1 million, captains could be arrested and vessels could be impounded. A little progress is being made. The Tánaiste did not indicate whether Ireland will be represented in Valletta. Whether we are or not, some calls need to be made on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (17 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if matters regarding legacy issues, in particular the withholding of State documents by the UK Government for incidents such as the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974, were addressed in view of the level of bilateral conversations with the UK regarding Brexit; and if not, his plans to do so at the next opportunity. [37372/19]