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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 789. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to building regulations, the amount of mould that is acceptable under Irish building regulations; the precise date of the fRsi regulations; and when a compliant set of approved construction details will be issued. [14325/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Legislation (1 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that gambling addiction is a very serious issue affecting a broad range of persons, including persons under 18 years of age who are betting illegally; in view of the fact that the Government has passed legislation to enable late openings for betting shops throughout the year, the measures he will enact to tackle underage gambling both online and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland is making progress in efforts to combat illicit financial flows from low and middle-income countries; the steps he will take to place equitable tax policies at the heart of Irish Government policy and at the heart of the global post-2015 agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8343/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (31 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to address the situation in Clonmel, County Tipperary during the National Coursing meeting, where hares were kept in captivity for numerous days, when the coursing was cancelled due to bad weather, contrary to hare maintenance guidelines set out by the Irish Coursing Club (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (31 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue the Exchequer has received from the exploration of natural oil and gas reserves in each of the past three years; the current estimate of revenue for 2015 and for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13145/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Income Inequality (31 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the growing levels of inequality as highlighted by the think tank for Action on Social Change in a recent report, if he will acknowledge that the widening gap between the wealthiest and the poorest is a cause for concern and is increasing; if he will intervene and commit to abolishing the temporary universal social charge, which is contributing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (31 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all records and information of greyhound microchipping is available to the general public; if he will instruct the Irish Greyhound Board and Irish Coursing Club to release records of compulsory microchipping of greyhounds into the public domain, to ensure transparency in the industry with regard to animal...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Animal Welfare (31 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 727. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of further breaches of the law banning stag hunting by the Ward Union Hunt; her views that various persons are openly displaying images of the stag being hunted on social media (details supplied) which is making a mockery of the legislation introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12879/15]

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It was very difficult to listen to the Minister of State suggesting things are done differently now. We are losing our respectability because of the way in which we have allowed Shannon to be used which is undermining our neutrality.

An Bille um an gCearthrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Síocháin agus Neodracht) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Peace and Neutrality) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is a simple question at the heart of what we are debating today with Deputy Wallace's Bill, that is, whether we are neutral. Ostensibly, we are neutral. We are neutral in theory but there are questions about whether we are neutral in practice. Yet, we claim to be proud of our neutrality. If we are serious about our neutrality and about protecting it, then there should be a...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: If people are unemployed and not on the live register, the unemployed figures on the live register do not give an accurate picture of the unemployed people in the country. With Springboard, preference is given to the long-term unemployed. Why would an employer take on someone who is not on the live register because that deprives the employer of some of the benefits when taking someone from...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: -----but it had serious concerns about the low paid. Some 25% of employees, some 345,000 people in the labour force, earn an hourly wage of less than the living wage threshold of €11.45 and 60% of the low paid are women.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Tánaiste is saying people are coming off the live register but if they are going into employment that does not allow them to live in dignity, it is distorting the picture of the progress made on employment. I am not someone who wants to knock the measures going on but we must be realistic and accurate regarding the overall picture. I hope the Tánaiste will follow through in...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We all know the effects of being unemployed and the feelings it creates in people of being worthless, inadequate and of hopelessness and the mental health issues that follow, and we know the effects of that on relationships and on our communities. When jobs are lost, particularly in rural communities, so much more is lost as well. I know the Tánaiste is going to tell me that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Chairman and the clerk for allowing this debate to take place. It vital that we keep recovery as the optimum aim for people in addiction. Harm reduction measures certainly have a role to play but they cannot be at the expense of full recovery for individuals. It is only when we see people in recovery that we realise the difference it makes to their lives. Although harm...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Drug Addiction and Recovery Models: Discussion (26 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This morning we have heard about the theory of recovery. I understand what Mr. McAleenan said, that the people participating in the programme do not wish to come before the committee because our meetings are televised and they wish to remain anonymous. However, we have missed out on hearing the voices of those who have gone through exactly what Mr. McAleenan has set out. If the proceedings...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone: Irish Ambassador (25 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I echo everything Deputy Eric Byrne said, particularly having been to Sierra Leone and seen the ambassador and all of the other women there in action. People were extremely complimentary about the work they are involved in there. It is so unfortunate that Ebola struck just when matters were beginning to move in the right direction in the aftermath of the conflict. I cannot but recall two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone: Irish Ambassador (25 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I also asked about the input of the Governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is obvious from the changes that have come about from the time when Irish Water was introduced to where it is now, that the Government has been listening. There is a need for more attentive and continued listening because the protests are not going away. For some, it is a matter of principle not to pay for water and for others it is a matter of economics, that they simply cannot afford...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (24 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on tax expenditures enjoyed specifically or primarily by credit unions; the aggregate value of these; the rationale for each; the estimated loss to the dormant accounts fund arising from the exemption afforded to the credit union movement from legislation in respect of dormant accounts generally; and if he will make a statement on the...