Results 3,141-3,160 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (1 Oct 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's input into the Wild Atlantic Way initiative; the extent to which the islands on the Atlantic seaboard were consulted and included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36811/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Act proposing changes to prescribing practice and scheduling regulation of benzodiazepine and Z-drugs which have been in a lengthy consultation phase since 2012; when it is planned to enforce the changes which it is hoped will assist in reducing the high levels of open street dealing [36487/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the threshold for the higher level of income tax rate of 41% which is calculated at earnings of €32,801 and over, which is by far the lowest threshold amount in the OECD, in view of the fact that many countries have a higher rate threshold of over €100,000, for example, and although Ireland's progressive tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the significant debts facing the one-third of graduating doctors who obtain their qualification through the graduate route and that these medical students can incur debts of up to €100,000; his views on providing tax credits to doctors so they can manage their debts, have a good standard of living and not be drawn...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if she will continue to engage with the Irish Insurance Federation to discuss flood insurance for those areas where considerable preventative and alleviation works have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37099/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the destruction of the pier at East End Village, Inishbofin, County Galway, the focal point of an area of outstanding natural beauty on the Wild Atlantic Way; if proposals have been brought to his attention for the replacement of the pier, the essential infrastructure around which the whole East...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the investigation into a child abuse case (details supplied); the reason for the delay in forwarding the information from the Health Service Executive and Tusla to the person concerned. [36771/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 405. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the implementation of a system, similar to other countries, whereby alcohol-drug related admissions to accident and emergency departments would be treated outside of the general admissions department which would make the hospital environment a less hostile place for other patients; and if he will consider a pilot testing of this during...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 406. To ask the Minister for Health when the next stage of the tendering process for the long-proposed Mountainview-Summerhill primary community care facility Dublin 1 will be completed; the latest proposed opening date of the centre; if services such as the Alzheimer's club will be facilitated to host meetings and workshops for the growing number in need of support with the condition in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 441. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the funding for Cappagh hospital to deal with the huge waiting list for hip operations where patients are being told that it will be eight months minimum before they will be reached regardless of the severe pain they are experiencing and that they are being told by their employers that they cannot continue to employ them as they are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list in Cappagh Hospital for hip replacements to date; the number of hip operations that have been preformed since January 2014; his plans to deal with this waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37101/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that more than 180,000 persons work directly in the tourism industry and in view of the decline in tourism, especially from overseas, if he will expand the marketing of Ireland abroad, especially in emerging countries facing a surge in outward tourists due to economic development since the turn of the century; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties many agencies representing persons with disabilities and reduced mobility are having while using public transport, often with no customer service staff at DART stations to assist persons and ramps on Dublin Bus broken regularly; in view of the European regulation 181/2011, which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (25 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide the number of voluntary and private residential child care centres in the Dublin North East; the number of young persons in each of these centres and the budget allocation for each centre. [35436/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund (25 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the operation of the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund; his further views on the need for continuous monitoring of the fund to ensure it reaches its target groups. [35435/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will be brief. The are two words which come to mind, namely "harrowing" and "humbling," when one listens to what people such as Dr. Fitzpatrick have been doing in countries such as Sierra Leone as we sit in the comforts of the developed western world. I visited Sierra Leone to examine it as a post-conflict country. It faces a range of issues, difficulties and problems in terms of health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: With regard to one item of correspondence, No. 1583-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I apologise. It was in the minutes.

Other Questions: Prison Discipline (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is a bigger picture concerning prisons. I attended the launch of a book containing a series of essays produced in conjunction with the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. It raised some interesting and burning issues in regard to prisons generally and the use of prison sentences. My constituency provides so many of the inmates in Mountjoy Prison. It seems 60% of sentences are for...

Other Questions: Prison Discipline (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of violence in Mountjoy Prison; the manner in which the violence is addressed by the prison authorities; and if there is adequate levels of staff to deal with said incidents of violence. [35381/14]