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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (2 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set up a housing standards test, similar to the national car test model for cars, to combat the extremely high level of sub-standard housing being rented on the private market in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26688/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy. (1 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I also extend my sympathies to the families of the Irish people who died and all of the other tourists. I acknowledge the solidarity shown by so many Tunisian people at the atrocity and massacre. It struck me that so many of the people who were murdered were of a certain age. They were older people who probably had reared their families and were enjoying a holiday. It really brings home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Amnesty International Annual Report 2014 (1 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What a depressing report. If 2014 was a year of international failures, we are only halfway through 2015 and it is looking as if this will surpass it. Mr. O'Gorman mentioned the UN Convention against Torture. Torture continues. The international arms trade treaty is constantly being broken. International humanitarian law, which talks about distinguishing between civilians and combatants,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (1 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used to allocate animal welfare grants; if the process is transparent to all groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25948/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (1 Jul 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in light of the management of dog pounds going out to tender for the first time, if his Department will conduct inspections to be certain the highest standards are maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25949/15]

White Paper on Defence: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: As a member of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and chair of the Irish section of AWEPA, I have come in contact with parliamentarians and human rights groups from Latin America, Africa and Asia who hold Ireland in high regard due in no small part to the fact that we are not an imperial power or an aggressor. We are a neutral State, and we must do all we can to ensure our...

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There are parts of Dublin Central which have higher numbers of lone parents than anywhere else in the country. I know many of them and they are real people with real stories and they have very real fears about what is being proposed for them and their children. The majority are female but there is a significant and growing number of one-parent families where it is the male we are talking...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the engagement she has had with Middletown Centre for Autism and services offered to school children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25794/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns of many teachers regarding the impact the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will have on the education system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25795/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all dogs are scanned for microchips in pounds at present; if this is a legal requirement; if not, his plans to make it compulsory under the new microchipping legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine notwithstanding the lack of scientific evidence linking badgers to the spread of tuberculosis to cattle, if he will initiate a programme of vaccinating badgers, carried out by his Department's staff and-or volunteers, to replace the cruel badger cull which is destroying badger populations, in view of a recent analysis (details...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the expert group on fixed-term and part-time employment in lecturing, as per the terms of the Haddington Road agreement, will be appointed and allocated its terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25834/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if pounds are allowed refuse to re-home dogs by virtue of their breed; if pounds are permitted to hide dogs and not advertise their existence in the pound, for whatever reason; and the reason dogs surrendered by owners are not included in the pound register and are treated differently from stray dogs. [25744/15]

Topical Issues: Magdalen Laundries (25 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: When this Topical Issue was selected, I was not aware the Minister was not taking it. I mean absolutely no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, who I know has a personal interest in this. None the less, if I had realised this, I would have waited until the Minister was available. There are outstanding issues. For many of the ladies, the remit of the McAleese report was...

Topical Issues: Magdalen Laundries (25 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I want to express my appreciation that this matter was accepted for Topical Issues. I have debated the subject a number of times in the House, with the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions and several times with the Minister for Justice and Equality. Each time, it was in the hope it would be the last time and that all the issues would be resolved and systems put in place for the survivors....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland: Discussion (25 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I was part of a group of five Members of the Dáil who visited Maghaberry Prison last Monday. I would say the common feeling among us as we came out of the prison was one of depression. The visit was one of quite a number we have made. While I understand the frustration of ex-prisoners, which has been mentioned, the group in question is looking at the difficulties and injustices for...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (25 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 256. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the National Parks and Wildlife Service division of her Department issued 493 licences to stop damage to flora and fauna by wild animals in 2013 for the capture and-or killing of protected animals and birds; the nature of the damage being caused; the species of animals and birds involved; the method of capture and...

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: While the first credit union was located on the south side of Dublin, there were two north side connections I want to mention, the first being the talk given by Seamus MacEoin in Gardiner Street, and the other involving Nora Herlihy, who allowed her house in Phibsborough to be used for the first meeting of the Irish Credit Union League, the precursor of the Irish League of Credit Unions....

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will begin with a quotation from Franklin D. Roosevelt: "[N]o business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country." These words were spoken many years ago about the United States but are, nevertheless, relevant to all countries and to this debate. We cannot just talk about a minimum wage; we must also talk about a...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is welcome, as the consequence if Ireland and other countries do not have a strong voice at Addis Ababa will be a continuation of the draining of phenomenal amounts of money from countries of the global south. This is because of financial flows, tax injustice and the cost of climate change. Financial transparency and accountability, which equates to country-by-country reporting, is...