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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade between Ireland and ASEAN Countries: Irish Exporters Association (29 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I admit to not having much experience of south-east Asia but I have experience of countries in Africa. From my visits there, I know they are keen to do business with Ireland. The witnesses referred to the goodwill in the south-east Asia area, which is similar in Africa. One of the reasons is their respect for Ireland and their expectation that, when we do business, it will be in an ethical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade between Ireland and ASEAN Countries: Irish Exporters Association (29 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: As Mr. Nevin mentioned Myanmar, may I ask if there are Irish businesses or investment in areas where there has been ethnic conflict and tension? Is the Asia trade forum being directed by the Government towards areas that suit the minority groups in Myanmar?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad: Ibrahim Halawa (29 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Services (29 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he acknowledges the anxiety and worry the decision to privatise a percentage of Dublin Bus routes is causing staff of the company, and that staff and workers' concerns should be given more priority when taking decisions which in turn could avert the forthcoming industrial action; his views that there are many other models to promote...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Recruitment (29 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a public recruitment process for the position of social welfare appeals officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16880/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (29 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide guarantees on the statutory register of builders in order that more than one register of builders is permitted, to avert monopolies, secure the public and industries' best interests and encourage choice, similar to what he has already agreed in recognising more than one register of architectural...

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the work that Deputy Stephen Donnelly did in respect of this motion. It is comprehensive and practical. The key word in the title is the word "resolving". The motion sets out some practical and sensible solutions and a common sense approach to this aspect of the housing crisis. I also acknowledge his consistent work on this matter. He has been a strong voice for those who...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (28 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number and names of active fur farms at present; if any fur farms have closed in the past three years; if any applications have been made to establish new fur farms; if so, the species the potential fur farms are seeking to breed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Debt Restructuring (28 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for Ireland not participating in the ongoing United Nations Conference on Debt Restructuring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16532/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (28 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a park and ride facility has been considered for the Broombridge end of the Luas cross-city project; if it was subsequently rejected, the reason for such rejection, with appropriate costings and-or a cost-benefit analysis; and, if it has not been considered, the reason for same. [16711/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (28 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will acknowledge the possible need to amend section 47 of the Road Traffic Act of 2004, as inserted by section 11, to take account of a person's actual speed when applying fines and penalty points for driving in excess of speed limits; his views on whether, for a fairer and more transparent system, stricter fines and penalty...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Management (28 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of current rush hour traffic flows through Phibsboro, Dublin 7; future projections of same under various scenarios, including the completion of the Luas cross-city project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16713/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (28 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 514. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that the Irish hare is feared extinct on North Bull Island; the action her Department is taking to protect wildlife on this internationally recognised nature reserve. [16779/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (28 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 515. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the commemoration of 1916 will include remembering those who lost their lives in Lowestoft and Yarmouth in England, two towns bombarded by the German imperial navy in support of the Rising on the Tuesday of Easter week 1916; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16780/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (23 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the Water Procurement Act 1977, to allow for a range of application fees, to reflect the wide range of licence applications received from different sectors, discharging trade effluent to sewer, as the current system is very unfair to small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement...

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: First, I wish to repeat a point I made on another occasion. During St. Patrick's week there is much emphasis on foreign direct investment and Ministers and Ministers of State going abroad. We need something similar for small and medium enterprises in this country. As foreign direct investment is facilitated and encouraged, we need the same for indigenous industries. So much mitigates...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: If the strategy were working, we would not see increasing numbers of people ending up homeless. That is the reality. Rent supplement should not be used as a mechanism for market manipulation. The current arrangements are not keeping rents down. If rent supplement is not being re-examined, one must consider intervention at the other end, namely, some kind of rent management or rent...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am moving on to a serious and urgent issue that dominates the work of many of us in the House, especially in the Dublin and greater Dublin areas. I am talking about the issue of housing. We see individuals, couples and families facing rent increases of anything from €100 to €400 per month from landlords. It is not because major renovations or adjustments have been made to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Security Situation in Kenya: Ambassador of Federal Republic of Kenya (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I extend my sympathy to the families of the university students who died. Following the tragic death of a young Irish woman recently, who was at university abroad, we know the effects of her death on her family and on our population. Were the 147 all Kenyan or did they come from other countries also? I chair the Irish section of AWEPA, so we have had a lot of engagement with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts: Motion (22 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I believe it is a positive motion. I do not know what other word we could use for the murder and slaughter of 1.5 million people except "genocide". It is known in the history books and in political discussion as the Armenian genocide. Ireland has had to face up to the wrongs done in this country in the past. It is part of that process. The word used in the reply - adjudication - was...