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Other Questions: Prison Discipline (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This question concerns the number of incidents of violence in Mountjoy Prison, how these are dealt with by prison authorities and whether there are adequate levels of staff to deal with these incidents.

Other Questions: Prison Discipline (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I visited Mountjoy Prison when under the management of the previous governor. The number of incidents of violence is alarming, particularly recent assaults of prison staff, including a prison nurse. The number of prisoner assaults on other prisoners is particularly alarming and we are aware of a significant number of deaths of prisoners in custody. I ask the Minister to look at the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 3. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way she will address the issues and problems which have arisen relating to determining the length of stay for the individuals in the Magdalen laundries. [35439/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the Magdalen laundries and the issue of determining the length of stay and the difficulties arising with that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the progress that has been made since the exchange the Minister and I had in July. At that stage, 357 claimants had received compensation and the figure is now 442. There are outstanding issues and one of them is the need for reputable independent advocates for women who are in nursing homes or other institutions. There is also the issue of the end date. Mr. Justice Quirke...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I stress the urgency of this because many of the ladies are of advancing years and some of them are in extreme ill health. This week, I had the privilege of meeting one of the ladies who lives outside the State. It was most disturbing to listen to her story of being in one of the laundries. I have no doubt that it contributed to the ill health she suffers now. As she said, she was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the increase in gun crime, gun injuries and death here over the past decade if she will concede that there is a serious problem in this country with availability of lethal firearms; her views on combating this, such as a gun amnesty which has been used in many other countries whereby any person can hand in weapons to gardaí to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions and input her Department has had with the Department of Health regarding the health care and community benefits as recommended for the Magdalen laundries' survivors by Mr. Justice Quirke in his report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35378/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Dealing (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional enforcement measures she will introduce to reduce the centralised open street selling of prescription tablets in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35382/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the position regarding the drug squad and the numbers and resources for the drug squad in Dublin Central; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35379/14]

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá sé tábhachtach go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo á phlé againn anocht mar tá sé uafásach in 2014 go bhfuil daoine sa tír seo gan teach. Mr. Y is in position No. 68 on the housing list. Mr. and Mrs. X are in position No. 123. Ms Y, who is need of two-bedroom accommodation, is in position No. 288 and Mr. Z is in position No. 760, on band three of...

Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is pursuing a badger cull when guarantees have been given about rolling out a vaccination programme for badgers infected with TB; the reason his Department is tendering for the provision of 25,000 units of biological material, which are essentially body bags for badgers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the reason a badger cull is being pursued and why the Department has tendered for 25,000 units of biological material, essentially body bags for badgers, when it has given a commitment to roll out a vaccination programme to control bovine TB.

Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is a most unfortunate answer because in the context of a badger cull we are talking about a most inhumane, cruel and barbaric way of dealing with bovine TB, when first, it has not been fully proven that the badger is totally responsible for the disease, and there are doubts over some of the experiments that initially proved that was the case. Second, a reduction in TB in cattle can also...

Other Questions: TB Eradication Scheme (23 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Recent reports have shown that injecting badgers significantly reduces the progress and severity of TB. Unlike culling, vaccination does not disrupt the badger's social group and it provides immunity indirectly to unvaccinated badger cubs. An experiment was conducted where one third of the badger population was injected and immunity immediately spread to the rest of the badger population....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (18 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is satisfied as to the identity of the individual persons who enjoy ultimate beneficial ownership of each meat processing plant currently operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34913/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (17 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the living city initiative. [34723/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Agreements (17 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland voted against UN Resolution, Item 14 A/68/L.57/Rev.1, toward the establishment of a multilateral legal framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34804/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (17 Sep 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 701. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is willing to take measures to stop media incursion on family privacy at civil court proceedings in view of a number of judges who have come out and spoken of concerns over media being present in courts, often in plain sight of personal documents and, under the Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2013, are then free, although under guidelines,...

Interdepartmental Report on the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (17 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Comhghairdeas, Minister, and my very best wishes for the new role. Initially I thought it was a pity that the terms of reference were not ready for today but I accept there is a vital need to get them right. I do hope that in the coming months that will be done, so there will be greater clarity on those terms of reference when we come back after the recess. I want to acknowledge the work...