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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Substance Misuse (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is no doubt there have been changes in the drugs scene. For many years drug abuse equalled heroin abuse, before it moved on to cocaine abuse. Then there were the head-shop products, and recently we have seen an influx of snow blow and high-strength cannabis. Beneath all of that there is increasing use of tablets, both licit and illicit. The national drug-related deaths index showed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Substance Misuse (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: When people have alcohol problems it is seen as a general health problem. There are people with mental health issues who take up substance misuse, which exacerbates the mental health problem. There are also people who take up substance misuse and that develops into mental health problems for some, while for others it does not. I have been involved in a particular area, which includes those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 38. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed legislation that will deal with the health care needs of Magdalen survivors living outside the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54088/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 32. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include key performance indicators for waiting lists for psychological therapy in the upcoming Health Service Executive plan 2013; if he will include indicators to measure not only the number of mental health service users but also the outcome of the use of these services to monitor and improve the services over time; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if data is available on costs of hosting students from developing countries in Ireland for 2013 and for subsequent years until 2015; if so, what are the figures in absolute numbers; and how much of this is included in the amount reported as overseas development assistance expenditure; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the data available on the costs of housing refugees in Ireland in 2012; the figures in absolute numbers and in percentage of the total bilateral overseas development assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54601/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Debt Relief (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is any data available on debt relief for 2012; and if so, the figures in absolute numbers and in percentage of total/bilateral overseas development assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54602/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown in foreign aid to Palestine in the past five years. [54604/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charities Regulation (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 84. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulatory and oversight function the Revenue Commissioners have regarding companies with charitable status. [54737/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charities Regulation (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Revenue Commissioners become aware of irregularities/malpractice in the charitable status sector; and the actions they took regarding same. [54738/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (18 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 150. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the COP 15 fast start finance promised to the amount to $30b for the period 2010-2012 by developed countries, what did the Irish Government deliver in fast track finance in 2012; are these disbursements reported in the fast track finance database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54603/13]

Third Report of the Constitutional Convention - Same-Sex Marriage: Statements (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am sharing time with Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Third Report of the Constitutional Convention - Same-Sex Marriage: Statements (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le agus aitheantas a thabhairt do bhaill fhoireann an Choinbhinsiúin as an obair a dheineann siad i gcomhair gach cruinniú, roimh an cruinniú, tríd an cruinniú agus tar éis gach cruinniú. Tá an obair a dheineann siad ar fheabhas. A major reason the Constitutional Convention is moving so well...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions: Discussion with International Criminal Court (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My apologies for not attending the committee earlier; I had a prior commitment in my constituency. On the way here, I listened to Mrs. Bensouda’s radio interview with Sean O’Rourke who asked some difficult and leading questions. She covered many issues, including the claim of an African bias on the part of the International Criminal Court. Her point about the case of child...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 288. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons can access funds from their local community welfare officer if they cannot afford the accumulation of charges with multiple prescriptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54381/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 522. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 8 October 2013, that as service level agreements are signed with independent third party providers, the reason the information sought is not available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54184/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include key performance indicators for waiting lists for psychological therapy in the upcoming Health Service Executive Service Plan 2013; if he will include indicators to measure not only the number of mental health service users but also the outcome of the use of these services to monitor and improve the services over time; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the care plan, with costs, that has been put in place in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1 [54098/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 634. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact he will not reverse the prescription charge of €2.50 with a cap of €25 and in view of difficulties persons with multiple prescriptions have with paying the charge if he will make a statement on the matter. [54381/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Inland Waterways Development (17 Dec 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 661. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will seek to have Ireland's inland waterways, which connect two EU member states, included in the European Commission's updated and renewed NAIADES multi-annual action programme for the promotion of inland waterways transport; if he will ensure that Ireland has a country profile in the updated and renewed programme; if he will...