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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (28 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Our concern is that matters will get worse unless the long-standing prisoner issues on which agreement was reached at the end of the dirty protest are addressed. A prisoner is chained to a police officer on leaving prison and the chain is not released until he comes back to the prison. He is strip searched both on leaving and returning to the prison. During the G8 summit in the North we...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (28 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Will the matter be raised tomorrow?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (28 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his engagement with Northern Ireland and British authorities regarding prisoner issues in Northern Ireland; his views on the concerns of those who see these matters as threatening peace and stability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23287/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (28 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the Government's engagement with authorities both in Northern Ireland and in Britain on continuing serious issues of prisoners in prison in Northern Ireland. It is having an effect on the peace process.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (28 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use his diplomatic channels and membership of the Human Rights Council to persuade the Angolan Government urgently to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23181/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the latest report by Defence for Children International - Palestine, published on 12 May 2014, which details the alarming rise in numbers of Palestinians being subjected to solitary confinement; his views on whether solitary confinement solely for interrogation purposes amounts to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the suggestion of increasing the universal social charge by 7%, when assurances were given that the USC was only a temporary measure; his view on whether the taxpayer can afford this increase on top of the upcoming water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23045/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Cancellation (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will act in support of a range of countries around the world that are experiencing debt distress by raising their cases through Ireland's membership of the World Bank and IMF and through relevant regional banks which lend to those countries; if he will pay particular attention to the Caribbean region where this month the Caribbean Community, CARICOM,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specifics of the new initiative he launched in the meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation, through which Ireland, Mozambique, Finland and Switzerland will work together to strengthen the quality and co-ordination of development co-operation in Mozambique and to bring new donors, such...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent National Commemoration of the Irish Famine, and Ireland's own experience with famine, if he will address the ongoing failure of the international community to deliver aid to those starving to death in Syria as caused by the Assad's regime policy of starve/surrender; if he will insist that aid is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Levy (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the Government's potential levy charge on insurance companies and its potential contribution to a distress fund for homeowners without flood cover; the amount of funds that will go towards the Office of Public Works flood relief schemes to increase insurability of homes in certain areas; the amount that will go towards...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the National Asset Management Agency to publish its property portfolios in its entirety in order to make vacant properties visible and possibly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19454/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Applications (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 470. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current average length of time for a family income supplement application to be processed in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postchóid Nua (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources cén fáth go bhfuil neamhaird á tabhairt ar an nGaeilge agus na postchóid nua á gcinneadh; céard atá á dhéanamh aige chun a chinntiú nach gcuirfear deireadh le seoltaí i nGaeilge. [23189/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the legal requirements for printed election material, including leaflets, newsletters and posters, in relation to imprint law and the inclusion of information including the name, address of the printer and publisher by all political parties and-or candidates in all elections, whether local, national,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider restructuring commercial vehicle road tax in the South of Ireland in line with comparable costs in Northern Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a local haulier in Ireland pays an average of €3,500 per annum per truck to the local authority or Department, while a local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a growing number of local authorities are increasingly not rehoming or releasing dogs to rescue centres and instead directly euthanase dog breeds currently listed under the Control of Dogs Act 1998 regulations; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current legislation incentivises councils to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 681. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 14 May 2014, if she will respond specifically in relation to last week's judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case C 604/12 H. N. v. Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland, Attorney General; if she will be considering introducing a single procedure for international...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 703. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action open to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 who has Garda clearance since 1994 and has worked with vulnerable persons but recently had false information about them on file flagged when they applied for Garda clearance for another position; the procedures in place for this person who suspects their name was used by another person...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (27 May 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that a private company (details supplied) in Dublin 3 has been contracted to assess medical card applications here; the level of training they have for assessing medical cards; if he will specify their background in social care work; if they have Garda clearance; the level of access they have to computerised systems involving medical card...