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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Live Register Data (12 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has sought the advice of the Attorney General as to whether the division of the unemployed population into the registered unemployed, who are on the live register, and the unregistered unemployed, who are not on the live register, is constitutional or in breach of the European Convention of Human Rights; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (12 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 4 March 2015, if he will instruct local authorities to direct a designated amount of funding to home improvements and extensions of tenants' homes, in view of the lack of funding for this which is contributing to lengthy waiting lists; and his views that by directing this...

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: An méid atá le rá agam inniu, tá sé ráite agam cheana, an bhliain seo caite agus an bhliain roimhe sin agus an bhliain roimhe sin arís. Is í an fhadhb atá ann ná nach bhfuil aon fheabhas tagtha ar an ábhar seo. Dúras ansin go mbeadh sé i bhfad níos fearr dá mbeadh níos mó ná lá againn i rith...

Animal Protection (in relation to Hares) Bill 2015: First Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Wildlife Act 1976.I rise today, as the late Deputy, Tony Gregory, did in 1993 when he introduced a Private Members' Bill on wildlife to ban hare coursing. He spoke then about "the welfare of the vulnerable and defenceless in nature's creation". While greyhounds today are muzzled, the cruelty continues for the...

Animal Protection (in relation to Hares) Bill 2015: First Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Thank you. Some time before each coursing meeting the club members go out into the countryside to collect the hares in a process that is known as netting. They shout and they yell as they herd the hares into the net and then the hares are put into boxes to be transported to the coursing venue. Netting and handling are cruel. The hare is a very timid and delicate creature and it is cruel...

Animal Protection (in relation to Hares) Bill 2015: First Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 10. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will recognise the work of the Committee for the Commemoration of the Irish Famine Victims, CCIFV, and the campaign to highlight what many call the biggest tragedy in Irish history; if she will commit to the allocation of the second Sunday in May, as the designated memorial day, to commemorate all who suffered in the great...

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question is to ask the Minister about recognising the work of the Committee for the Commemoration of the Irish Famine Victims, and its campaign to highlight what many call the biggest tragedy in our history. The word "continued" is missing prior to allocation in my question. Will the Minister continue the practice of having the second Sunday of May as the national famine memorial day?

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My main concern is to highlight the work of the committee, which was started by two ordinary citizens in 2003. They organised a walk from what was a soup kitchen near the Four Courts in famine times on to the quays. In 2004, they held another commemorative event and last year was the twelfth time they organised a commemorative walk. It is important to acknowledge the work of those two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his presentation and I apologise for my late arrival. I hope to be present for the replies to my questions but I will read them in the transcript of the proceedings. My first question is about the situation in Syria. We have a commitment to take in 300 refugees, which is much better than some other EU countries. The EU has taken in 1000% fewer refugees than...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inland Waterways Development (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is very important. From speaking to some of the boat owners, it appears there is an issue with the extended mooring permits. If they are for 12 months, the boat will stay in the one place, whereas if they were for shorter periods and the boats had to move, it would create more activity. The Minister referred to tow paths and it is great that they have been opened up, but the tow path...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inland Waterways Development (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 3. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will encourage a more visual and widespread use of the Royal Canal, support training for boat owners on the way to use the locks, and an extension of mooring between the area of Cross Guns and the basin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9924/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inland Waterways Development (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question is on the Royal Canal. It seeks to understand how the Minister and her Department could encourage more visual and widespread use of the canal. Could there be some training for boat owners to manage some of the locks and extended mooring between the area of Cross Guns Bridge and the basin?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inland Waterways Development (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Anybody who has been to cities such as Amsterdam and Bruges will have a very good idea of the potential for tourism and living on the canals. Despite what the Minister says, Waterways Ireland is very far removed from that sort of activity on the canals. The Grand Canal has a little more such activity than the Royal Canal. Given the lack of activity on the latter, it is the poor relation. ...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht If she will issue more extended mooring permits for boats on the Royal Canal; if she envisages a role for her Department in extending the use of the canals and making them a more attractive amenity for the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10181/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the renaming of the N2 and N3 national primary routes at their point of intersection at Doyle’s Corner Phibsborough, Dublin 7; in addition, the re-naming of the N2 as the R135 and the N3 as the R147 where they intersect, the other traffic calming or other steps that were instituted in February 2012, the day...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (10 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: As we debate, I am quite sure that there are "scientists" who, at the behest of drug dealers, are working on new drugs involving some combination of what is there already or that will replace what will be on the schedule. From my point of view and where I represent, time is of the essence when any of these new drugs appear. Another new drug could appear tomorrow involving some combination...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputies Pringle, Healy and Fleming, five minutes each. I am speaking as somebody who represents a constituency, parts of which have been devastated by drugs, starting with heroin, then cocaine, ecstasy, high strength cannabis, head shop products, which have been compounded by the misuse and abuse of alcohol in recent years, and now tablets. One of the problems for...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Yes. Táim ag tacú leis an mBille seo. Tá sé ag baint le cearta an duine. It is strange to think of two people of the same sex being married because we are not used to it. For most of history from the Middle Ages onwards, we have seen male-female marriage, so this is different and sometimes society is very slow to take on difference, but it is important that society...

Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputies Finian McGrath and Paul Murphy. Like many Members, I have met people who are transgender, their parents and support groups. I am conscious of the difficult journey that transgender and intersex people have and, therefore, I am sure every Member will hope that the legislation makes the journey less difficult. While the Bill is progressive, it contains...