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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff (5 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the various mechanisms, offices and positions employed by her Department to monitor the quality of decisions of deciding officers and to monitor customer service performance of front-line staff within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (5 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the way, and where, the €35 million funding allocated for the development of community mental health services in 2015 will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9800/15]

Other Questions: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (4 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent of engagement he has had with community workers in Dublin Central, in relation to the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme; his views on the stress, and difficulty, the new tender process is creating; and if he will assure them that the essential work they do will not be jeopardised. [9073/15]

Other Questions: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (4 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to ask the Minister of State about the extent of engagement she has had with community workers in Dublin Central in relation to the social inclusion community activation programme; her views on the stress and difficulty that the new tender process is creating; and if she can assure them that the essential work they do will not be jeopardised.

Other Questions: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (4 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. What is happening for Dublin Central is welcome news. However, a meeting with the Minister, who could have listened directly to those involved without giving any commitments, would have eased some of the stress and difficulty they have been going through for the past few months. I would reiterate that the areas they are dealing with have...

Other Questions: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (4 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The inner city did not have a partnership, so it was in a different situation from other areas. There are still concerns that community development is going out to tendering and is being privatised, so there is a danger that all the expertise could be lost. While we all accept we must get value for money, community development projects and programmes cannot just be economically led, they...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (4 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider releasing funding for extensions and home improvements to local authorities as a way of easing the pressure on the housing waiting lists, as many persons living in overcrowded conditions would then be able to stay in their current homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9072/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (4 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether self-employed persons are treated adequately on the live register; if she acknowledges that many self-employed persons feel that they are at a loss when it comes to registering for unemployment benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9439/15]

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Taoiseach for his response which will be very encouraging for those who have suffered during the years. One of the staunchest supporters has pointed out that this country was able to extradite a celebrity chef to face charges related to theft of paintings, but it has not managed to extradite this man. The Taoiseach was one of many in the House who was very sympathetic and showed...

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The issue I raise is both sensitive and disturbing. Young people have been denied many of their abilities and talents because of the way in which they were abused as children and the scars and the horrors of this are still being felt by them today. They were abused, sexually assaulted and raped by men who were their swimming coaches. These men robbed the young people of their dignity,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Mental Health Strategies (3 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current procedure for schools that have concerns regarding pupils in need of psychological services and referral to child and adolescent mental health services. [8808/15]

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am glad the Tánaiste used the word "vital" about school completion programmes, and I believe some of the successes she outlined are due to the school completion programmes. At this point they are in the middle of a three year funding cycle, which should continue until 2016, but at their national in-service in November they were told that is not the reality. When they were with the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The issue I want to address this morning relates to education. We would all like school to be an enjoyable, stimulating, challenging and satisfying experience for young people, but that is not the reality for all young people. I refer in particular to those children and young people with behavioural, emotional and psychological problems. They include some children from the Traveller...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Justice for the Forgotten would really welcome a meeting with Deputy Charles Flanagan as the new Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Department of Justice and Equality, through its victims of crime office, has committed to providing funding for the physical needs of those injured in attacks relating to the Troubles. Such funding is both welcome and needed. However, there is no...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set a date to meet the Justice for the Forgotten group and the Pat Finucane Centre in relation to issues concerning them in the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8239/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Will the Minister set a date to meet the Justice for the Forgotten group and the Pat Finucane Centre with regard to the issues surrounding them in the Stormont House Agreement and the outstanding issues relating to the bombings?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Do I take it from the Minister's response that he will meet the Justice for the Forgotten group? With regard to funding last year, the group was fearful that the funding was to be stopped and it was necessary to put pressure on the previous Minister and to have meetings with him on that issue. Last May, on the 40th anniversary of the bombings, the Taoiseach attended the commemoration on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Syrian Conflict (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Will the Minister stress at both European Union and United Nations level the urgency of realising a political solution to the Syrian crisis and ensuring that commitments made on humanitarian aid are realised?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Syrian Conflict (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The key word is "urgency". There is no doubt that one crisis will overtake another. Gaza was overtaken by Syria, Syria is now being overtaken by the crisis in Ukraine and I have no doubt that the next one will be Libya. I had the opportunity, with the foreign affairs committee and at the invitation of GOAL, to visit the Turkish-Syrian border recently and we saw the extent of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Syrian Conflict (26 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Where ISIS is controlling borders, either it will not allow humanitarian aid in, it will take half of it itself or it will look for some monetary contribution. That is just perpetuating what is going on. There is an issue with the Lebanese Government with regard to the issuing of registrations for NGOs, particularly the international NGOs. They are the ones who have vast experience. They...