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Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: When the drugs issue was mentioned in the past, it was generally synonymous with heroin and Dublin's inner city, but that has changed drastically. Every city and town in the country, as well as many villages, has been invaded by drugs. Those communities, individuals and families have seen the devastating consequences of drugs. I acknowledge the progress which has been made since those days...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (2 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the situation regarding UN aid not reaching all intended areas most in need of aid in Syria; his views on Kenneth Roth's executive director of Human Rights Watch response that the UN is constrained by the Syrian regime and is hampered by its lawyers who prioritise sovereignty over feeding the starving; the action he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (2 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to testimonies of abuse endured by children in Palestine as published in a magazine (details supplied); if his Department has made representations at EU level of the abuses suffered by Palestinian children under Israeli Army practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28133/14]

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I take this opportunity to acknowledge what has been achieved in recent years and the good systems that are in place. Examples of such systems include the west Cork mental health service, which operates a 24-hour listening service, and the Celbridge community mental health team, which has a seven days per week service, with service users also having a telephone number to contact the acute...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Irish Human Rights Commission and the Committee Against Torture of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights have raised the continuing failure to investigate abuse in Magdalen laundries. There are many connections between mother and baby homes, industrial schools and Magdalen laundries. Justice for Magdalenes is an organisation that works with survivors of the...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will include Magdalen laundries in the Government inquiry into mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/14]

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question is to ask the Minister if he will include Magdalen laundries in the Government inquiry into the mother and baby homes.

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister's statement that the inclusion of Magdalen laundries in the terms of reference of the commission of inquiry is under consideration. People who have taken oral testimonies from some of the ladies in the Magdalen laundries did say that babies were born and nursed at the Magdalen laundry in Sean MacDermott Street in Dublin. The biennial reports that were found in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent World Refugee Week, if his attention has been drawn to the UNHCR estimates that more than 86,000 persons have left Burma on boats since June 2012, the majority of which are of the Rohingya Community risking injury or death as a result of fleeing; the representations that have been made in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he acknowledges the potential that large sporting events such as the World Cup have in benefitting the marginalised in other countries if they are taken into consideration from the beginning of its organisation; if he has made representations to officials in Brazil this year asking them to take into consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports that will be made available to the 1,791 children currently in direct provision in view of the Children First Bill 2014 being implemented in the foreseeable future; if she will ensure that the current health and welfare concerns in direct provision do not escalate to the level experienced in previous institutions such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 526. To ask the Minister for Health his view on the effectiveness of anti-smoking initiatives taken to date, given that the smoking ban, the ban on packaging of ten cigarettes and the non-display of cigarettes in outlets appear to have had minimal effect on the rates of smoking; the way he envisages that plain packaging will lead to a significant reduction; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 527. To ask the Minister for Health if he is confident that plain packaging will reduce the illegal cigarette trade and not increase further the black market trade in illegal cigarettes; if he has had any engagement with other agencies and Departments on tackling this illegal trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28221/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (1 Jul 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 528. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any evidence of international best practice in the context of plain cigarette packaging, apart from Australia; to what extent this evidence has been incorporated into the new Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28222/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Multilateral Development Banks (26 Jun 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to countries that to date made any evaluations of the benefits for poor persons of the activities of multilateral investment banks, in view of the fact that the Government has indicated in the policy paper One World, One Future that it will explore the potential benefits of membership of...

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: One of the conversations I have had with farming friends concerns labelling and their very real fears that beef is coming in from outside Ireland and being labelled as Irish. In spite of all the assurances, how can the Minister ensure that this does not happen? Another conversation really brought the collapse in beef prices home to me. One of my friends bought a cow for €900 in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (25 Jun 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have one quick point before I ask some questions. I have noted the elections in Afghanistan and Iraq and I have been struck by how people go to such lengths and put themselves at risk to vote. Ireland has a low turnout at elections and I am struck by the contrast with other countries. One can link the issues in Ukraine and Palestine. The report referred to European Union sanctions...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Taoiseach. I will be in touch with his office to set up the meeting as soon as possible. When he was director of the National Museum of Ireland, Dr. Pat Wallace made these points and it was his considered view that any consent should be mindful of the national historic importance of the Moore Street area, including its laneways and buildings. This was reiterated by the National...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The year 2016 approaches and with it the commemoration of the Easter Rising. While we have many defining moments in our history, the Easter Rising is a particularly significant one. We have had a number of celebrations to date including the strike and Lock-out and Cumann na mBan, which have been very well organised and dignified. The events in store for the anniversaries of the outbreak of...

Other Questions: Magdalen Laundries (24 Jun 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide statistics on the number of women applying to the Magdalen fund who have accepted compensation from the fund to date; the number who have had their applications denied on the basis that the institution in which they spent time is not covered by the scheme; the numbers who listed An Grianan as the institution in which they...