Results 3,741-3,760 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (27 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 151. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons behind the change in decision to now redistribute revenue from the local property tax through the Central Government Fund despite recommendations from the commission to have approximately 80% of taxes raised distributed through local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51072/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (27 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time those in prison for subversive-related crime have spent on remand in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the €9.023 million given by Irish Aid in 2012 to Mozambique under the heading general budget support; if he will provide a breakdown of exactly where the money was spent; the level of parliamentary oversight the Mozambique Government has in relation to this funding; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the €15.223 million given for health, HIV and AIDS purposes in Mozambique; if he will provide a breakdown of the €5.593 million given towards education in Mozambique and the €1.782 million to agriculture; the amount that was given directly to the Mozambique...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has included the docking of dog tails and clipping of dew claws in pups of up to four days old in regulations being drafted under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; if the regulations will require only qualified personnel to carry out such operations; the way in which these regulations are in line with section...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 600. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish the first progress report on the audit of 46 agencies including hospitals and organisations granting unauthorised payment of allowances; if disciplinary proceedings will exist for those organisations granting these unauthorised payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50330/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Transport Service (26 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind cutting the Health Service Executive transport service for patients attending appointments in other hospitals; the amount in savings his Department is making in this cut; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this greatly affects the elderly community who with only their pensions as income cannot afford the fares being offered...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Bhíos ag smaoineamh ar cén saghas comparáid a dhéanfainn i gcóir an díospóireacht anocht, agus bheartaigh mé ar chomparáid a dhéanamh le príosún. When we think about prisons, people go into them and there is an idea that they are either about incarcerating for punishment or, alternatively, rehabilitation. A person coming from...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The wealthy have more ability, capacity and means to absorb austerity so their experience of austerity measures is very far removed from the experience of those on middle or low incomes, or whose sole income is a social welfare or disability payment. I am really appalled by the graphic image from the weekend of the wife of a discharged, bankrupt developer awarded €9,000 a month, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Syria and the Philippines: Discussion with UNICEF Ireland (20 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Power. The most telling image in his presentation was when he made the point that had this disaster occurred in Dublin, the entire city would be uninhabitable. This brings home the extent of the disaster and when one sees what has happened in the Philippines, it certainly puts into perspective the woes of this country. I noted Mr. Power's observation that this was the biggest...

Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I was struck by the questions asked during Leaders' Questions earlier. A recurring theme is the excessive salaries paid to executives in organisations. It is still not clear whether the top-up salaries came from their fund-raising activities, which involve tremendous work on the part of parents, volunteers and friends of the organisations. They see this as funding for essential services...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is very disappointing. The bottom line is that the production of biofuels should not undermine food security. There is no doubt that the biofuels mandates are having major negative effects on food production. It is almost as if there is a conflict between the production of food for the world's poor and fuel consumption by the world's rich. It is very disappointing that Ireland...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Failing to have an agreement does not mean that Ireland should give up on this issue. An interesting report produced recently by Action Aid examines the difference between the rates of 5% and 7%. The difference is such that if the former was adopted, over 68 million people could be fed. It is all very well to say we might have the lower cap by 2020, but by then how many more people will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following the Minister of State for Development's statement to supporting a 5% EU cap on food based biofuels because of its implications for land and food security in Africa, the reason the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources has reneged on this by supporting a new 7% cap which has potentially...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to what the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is saying about biofuels and what the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is saying. There was a commitment to 5% by one and 7% by the other. What is the Irish position on biofuels?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussions at multilateral or bilateral levels in relation to the imprisonment of Huber Balesteros and the recent murder of Caesar Garcia in Colombia; the actions he has taken to address the staggering levels of political violence in Colombia, directed in particular against trade unionists; the way in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his discussions with Secretary of State Villiers and Minister Ford on prisoner rights in Northern Ireland jails; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48870/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any discussion with the Spanish authorities in relation to human rights issues of Basque prisoners, especially in relation to alleged torture and in relation to those prisoners who are extremely ill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48872/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make decent work a priority of his Department in the post-2015 development agenda; his views on the remarks made by Mr Colin Wrafter at the Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs and Trade recently that decent work is a human right (UD, Article 23); if he supports the new Asia floor wage; and if he will promote...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Nov 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his Department is supporting the one-parent tax credit cut that undermines the equal rights of children, discriminates against children living in separated units, enforces less favourable financial, social and emotional supports on these children than on all other children in our society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48895/13]