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Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is one of the sneaky measures contained in the recent budget that again will hit certain people and lower and middle-income people will be most affected. Speaking as a representative of a Dublin constituency, funerals certainly are extremely expensive and this payment was something on which people could depend to help them with those funeral expenses. While death is traumatic at any...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputies Donnelly and Healy Rae, if he allows it. The cut to the time available to us is very unfair. We were allocated a certain time and we have now been deprived of that time.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is in the reactions to the budget that we see the fairness or otherwise. I was trying to imagine a budget that would be welcomed by those on low and middle incomes, by those people who have worked all their lives, reared their families and given great service in their communities as opposed to being outside the gates of Leinster House protesting as they have been last week and this week....

Other Questions: Broadband Services Provision (24 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Extra time has been given.

Other Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (24 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will campaign for the strengthening and tightening of the cap on bio-fuels competing for land and crops with food production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45030/13]

Other Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (24 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will include binding indirect land use change factors to ensure all climate impacts of bio-fuels are taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45029/13]

Other Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (24 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have listened to the Minister's reply. There is a great deal of concern and alarm that Ireland has not joined the group of EU member states that are committed to the 5% cap. The group includes countries like the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Twenty-seven EU Commissioners signed off on a cap of 5%. In March of this year, I had an exchange with the...

Other Questions: Biofuel Obligation Scheme Targets (24 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Minister of State, Deputy Costello, told me that Ireland is supporting the 5% cap. That is on the record of the Dáil. There is no doubt that Ireland is very generous with its foreign aid. We contribute 20% towards hunger eradication. What is the point of giving aid with one hand and taking it away with the other hand through our lack of commitment on the bio-fuels issue?...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Quality Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the reason unlicensed industrial grade products like H2SiF6, hydrofluorosilicic acid, which is extremely toxic, are allowed, when such a product would not be sanctioned in drug form on the Irish market, where only pharmaceutical grade and licensed medicines are permitted for sale here and their intake strictly monitored as well as the dosage, which is not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Alternative Energy Projects (23 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason there was a change in commitment regarding a bio-fuels cap as given in a previous parliamentary question, where he committed to supporting a 5% cap but is now supporting a 7% cap; when and how did he change his commitment to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45302/13]

Older Citizens: Motion [Private Members]: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá sé soiléir go bhfuil an buiséad seo ag cur isteach ar dhaoine áirithe. Tá sé soiléir freisin nach bhfuil sé ag cur isteach ar dhaoine eile in aon chor. The first point I would make is that the principle of equality should be driving budgets. There is a real need for significant equality-proofing when it comes to budgets. I acknowledge that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 8 October 2013, if he will provide a link to the URL page on National Assets Management Agency, website, www.nama.ie, where a list of all receiver-controlled properties is available and searchable by county and area, including by Dublin postcode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44705/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf children at a primary and post-primary level, who are participating in mainstream integrated education; the number of deaf children who are attending specialist schools for the deaf at a primary and secondary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44697/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs who have been able to avail of their legal right to an individual education plan; the level of collaboration between the Health Service Executive and his Department in ensuring that children with additional needs do not miss vital eduction milestones as a result of delays in the diagnosis process; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide clarity of the rationale for the different entitlement models used between the Department of Health and his Department ; the way the needs based approach used by the Department of Health, which is dependent on an assessment system characterised by delays, is creating delays for access to teaching supports and resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 227. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are legislative provisions under which the death of unborn children, other than stillborn, may be registered by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44580/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of cuts made to front-line homeless services as a result of budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the Dublin local authorities are to absorb the funding cuts by year end, so there is no pass on directly or indirectly to homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44592/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 473. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the adoption and tracing legislation will be published; the extent to which the legislation will ensure access to birth certificates for those adopted; if the rights granted to adopted persons will be aligned with those rights afforded to those in Northern Ireland, North Wales, Scotland, England and various countries, within this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (22 Oct 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department on the potential benefits and value of a policy to support the fitting of bilateral both-ear implants for babies who have been discovered to be deaf; if he recognises that the bilateral both-ear implants could have a positive impact on speech perception, integration into mainstream education and general quality of life; and if...