Results 2,901-2,920 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (12 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out his views on whether the use of zero-hour contracts is causing great uncertainty and a lack of stability for many workers; his further views on whether this growing trend should not be encouraged and that the current rate of 25% of compensation for weekly staff not required to work while on zero-hour contracts should be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Initiatives (10 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that to combat unemployment, initiatives should be taken to encourage self-employed persons and start-up business to take on further employees, for example, by a reduction in the early-stage business rates of 12.5% PRSI, as well as an overhaul of the tax system, which sees a sole trader who earns €18,000 per annum paying considerably more...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (10 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 21 October 2014, if he will provide the details of works that have been carried out by the Office of Public Works around the flood risk area of the Tolka River in Dublin Central; if he will provide an update on the discussions between his Department, the OPW and the Insurance Federation of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (10 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the size of the fund that would be required to finance all Exchequer funded pensions currently in payment if they had been financed on a funded basis rather than on a current account basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5748/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (10 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the level of funding that would be required to fund the pension entitlements of departmental Secretaries General, Assistant Secretaries, principal officers and Heads of State agencies, if their pensions were being financed on a funded basis rather then a current account basis; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (10 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that the enterprise boards provide adequate business advisors with broad knowledge of a wide range of business types, and models to the start-up businesses they are assigned to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6141/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (10 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in place in relation to rodent control as there are concerns that bags of rodent poison are causing the deaths of birds. [5482/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (10 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 649. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the restoration and development of a historical site (details suppled) in Dublin 1. [5484/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (10 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 650. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views that the urgency of achieving a resolution to the outstanding issues relating to the battlefield site at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5485/15]

Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Bill that is being introduced by Deputy Clare Daly is part of the unfinished business from the Bill that was debated here in June 2013. At that time, there was much discussion and a vote on an amendment that would have made provision for terminations in Ireland in cases of fatal foetal abnormality. Today, we are discussing very tragic cases in which women and parents are told that the...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What about dialysis in Wexford?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the current maximum limit of €520 for a single person's rent allowance is adequate to obtain private rented accommodation, in view of the increases in rents and the issue regarding the lack of properties accepting rent allowance from potential tenants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4770/15]

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

Maureen O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that front-line clerical officers in social welfare offices are qualified to make emergency needs payment to the most vulnerable in society; the specific training staff who are responsible for making decisions to assist them in acting as community welfare officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4771/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (4 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the building of a domestic extension for a family member and two small children who were made homeless and are on the housing waiting list for a private family home, if there is an exemption for the requirement of a design-and-assign certifier which involves a costly fee of €3,000 to oversee the...

European Debt: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is a timely, opportune and very welcome topic for Private Members' time tonight and I acknowledge Deputy Catherine Murphy's work and commitment. Tá baint ag comhdháil le díospóireacht agus ní fheadair cén fáth go bhfuil eagla ar dhaoine agus ar an Rialtas leanúint ar aghaidh agus tacú leis an rún seo. I do not understand the fear or...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (3 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out her views on the risk and if she will acknowledge the challenge in moving from unemployment to self-employment by considering an arrangement where self-employed persons contributing to social insurance fund at class S would be entitled to one jobseeker’s benefit claim, in other words, on the same basis as for class A...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (3 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the amount expended on rent allowance in each of the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive, for Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin County local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4836/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (3 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that people at risk of homelessness in the greater Dublin area, that is, Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin County are treated no less favourably on the basis of the local authority they happen to be dealing with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4837/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (3 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to outline her views in respect of whether, when providing statistics on a local authority basis, her Department should provide figures separately, and generally, for each of the four Dublin local authority areas, that is, Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, and South Dublin County, rather than aggregating same, in view of the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Qualifications (3 Feb 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if prior recognition is accepted by Bord Fáilte for chefs with apprenticeships combined with continual service and references, in place of certificates in hotel operations or certificates through culinary institutions or through FETAC qualifications for chefs who served apprenticeships before certification were available or widely in use;...