Results 3,041-3,060 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Last January when I wrote in a newspaper on the water issue, I made the point that access to water was a fundamental right. Water was being treated as a commodity from which profits could be made. There is no doubt that the manner in which Irish Water was set up was a debacle similar to the debacles that ensued following the setting up of the DART, the Luas, the national children's...

Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the value for money and policy review of youth schemes, including the young people's facilities and services fund, will be published; if this will be followed by consultations with stakeholders; and if he will provide a date for a meeting of the national assessment committee. [43932/14]

Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: A value for money and policy review was carried out on the young people's facilities and services fund. Those involved with young people are wondering when it will be published and if there will be consultation with stakeholders. Allied with that is the national assessment committee, which has not met in quite some time. Again, those involved with young people are anxious to have that...

Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have a particular interest in the young people's facilities and services fund. When it was originally established in the late 1990s, I chaired the development group for the north inner city, and I was very aware of the extent of the consultation that went on at that stage. The fund has done great work and targets areas in which young people are most at risk from drugs. While every...

Other Questions: Value for Money Reviews (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I hope the key word is "promptly". I asked a question of the Deputy's predecessor about when the national assessment committee would be meeting. It was almost as if it was not considered necessary because the funding had been set up. However, the committee keeps an eye on what the report is doing, which is ensuring that the funding, services and facilities go to those who are most at risk....

Other Questions: Children in Care (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the numbers and the cost to the State due to children being put in foster care because of their mothers being homeless; whether his attention has been drawn to the number of women in crisis pregnancies facing homelessness who will have to put their babies in foster care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43931/14]

Other Questions: Children in Care (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the numbers of children in foster care because their mothers are homeless. It also relates to those women in crisis pregnancies who are facing homelessness and the fact that they may have to put their babies into foster care.

Other Questions: Children in Care (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Minister has given me the theory but the reality is different. Part of the reality is that there is a serious housing crisis, particularly in Dublin, and that the local authorities do not have the housing that is needed. My question came from the fact that I am involved with a counselling organisation that counsels women in crisis pregnancies. Some of the women whom we are counselling...

Other Questions: Children in Care (19 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply. I will certainly forward the information to him. We have talked about other programmes which were very much in favour of early childhood care and school completion, but even before that we must provide these women and their babies with a good start. I will send on the information, because that is the reality.

Other Questions: Residential Institutions (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The considerable progress made, after many years of waiting by the ladies in question, is acknowledged. I have just been reading the comments of one of the ladies in question. When she was 15 years of age, she was put in St. Mary's, High Park where she worked in the laundry. After approximately a year and a half, the nuns built an extension called the building An Grianán, but all of...

Other Questions: Residential Institutions (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to refer to one other aspect of this matter concerning women who have reached certain stages of the process but where there is insufficient evidence to deal with their cases. An interview process has been devised by the Minister but Justice for the Magdalenes and some of the women involves have concerns about the process. There is a need for greater clarity. For example, will...

Other Questions: Residential Institutions (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of those women who were in An Grianan who, for various reasons, did not receive Residential Institutions Redress Board awards or very little, are denied support because An Grianan was not included in her Department's ex gratia scheme, yet it is acknowledged that these women did work in St. Mary's...

Other Questions: Residential Institutions (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question concerns those ladies who, for various reasons, did not receive redress under the RIRB scheme and who now, because An Grianán is not included in the 12 institutions under the restorative scheme, will not have receive redress under that scheme. Can they be included in the mother and baby home scheme?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí of all ranks assigned to the DMR-north central division in the past five years; and the numbers lost to the division through promotion, transfer, retirement and other reasons. [43780/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Schemes (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that the requirement for a 20% deposit is prohibitive for many, and if the pre-existing equity tied up in persons' homes for which they are still paying could be utilised in the purchase of necessary new and larger homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43751/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will acknowledge the worries of farmers here with regard to the recent Translantic Trade and Investment Partnership outcome, and most worryingly the power of the US agri-business lobby in introducing genetically modified foods to an open EU market, thus undercutting the high quality trademark that this country's beef producers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 269. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers and work of the Garda Reserve; her views on their work and dedication; if she will consider supporting those reserves and their wish to enter full-time training and employment in An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43864/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 270. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probation officers working in Dublin Central; and the number of cases handled by each probation officer. [43865/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 11 July 2012, if he will provide an update on the ongoing negotiations taking place with Russian officials on reaching a bilateral agreement in order that families here may proceed with adoptions of Russian children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44293/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind doctor-only referrals to child and mental health services; and if he will give consideration to schools being able to refer directly. [43920/14]