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Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Last week I attended two committee meetings concerned with human rights abuses. One dealt with a group from Pakistan and bonded labour, which is a form of slavery, and the other considered the collapse of the Rana Plaza and the lack of rights for garment workers in that case. The groups before the committee illustrated how there is complete and utter disregard for human rights in those...

Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Gabhaim buíochas don Teachta Tom Fleming as ucht an obair a dhein sé ar an ghnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha seo atá á phlé againn. I will begin with a personal story. Some years ago a young male relative of mine contracted a viral infection when working abroad. The hospital where he was treated identified that he would need a heart transplant at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 3: After paragraph 6 to insert the following new paragraph:- that the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, speaking at this committee on 17 April 2013, said as follows:"However, I can tell members that I did raise the case of Sergei Magnitsky at the Foreign Affairs Council and have argued that this is an issue that should...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (30 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the report Use of Community Employment Places in Community Childcare by Childcare Committees Ireland 2013 which concluded that current community employment schemes are not fit for purpose for community childcare services due to scheme payment changes, insufficient financial rewards, high cost of childcare and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (30 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to speak with the Childcare Committee Ireland in relation to their report entitled Use of Community Employment Places in Community Childcare 2013 and if she will introduce revised arrangements that address the issues of childcare costs, adequate and sufficient training opportunities, quality of CE scheme since changes, suitability of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1068 of 16 April 2013, if he will address the question asked in relation to a person's letter (details supplied) written to his Department which stated a noted increase in movement of terriermen, men engaged in terrier activities, between here and the UK as part of their networking activities...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (25 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the role of Dublin City Council with regard to this and still cannot believe how it managed to sell that area to a developer. I have said so more than once. Can the Minister refuse consent to buildings in the vicinity of the national monument? Can the developer build over, under and around it in a way that is totally inappropriate to the monument? The environmental impact...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (25 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 3. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of fact that the State undertook the preservation of the National Monument 14-17 Moore Street, if his attention has been drawn to the deteriorating condition of the monument; his plans to prevent further dereliction and dilapidation; and if he will support an immediate independent assessment of the condition of these...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (25 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Nos. 14 to 17 are the national monument and they are only still standing by the skin of their teeth. The Minister knows that what the Save Moore Street group, the relatives and I would like is to see that area as an historic quarter. If we look at the Venice Charter and apply that to Nos. 14 to 17, Moore Street, we can see that the monument there is more than a stand-alone entity. It has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Is the Deputy sure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I concur with Deputy Eric Byrne's comments on being caught in the middle. We discussed this issue when the Tánaiste attended our meeting last week. He also expressed his concern about this particular case. I accept that Senator Walsh needs to come back a little bit and I believe that Deputy Durkan needs to come forward a little bit. It is reprehensible that any issue of adoption...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL (24 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am concerned at the statistic that less than 20% of promised aid has been delivered. Is that an issue Ireland can address through its Presidency role? Some countries involved are member states of the EU. I was at the meeting last week with the man from the Syrian opposition also. One of the things he referred to was the number of people who have lost limbs or eyes. They need aid which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (24 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 187. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons for not including members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists in the list of competent designers and certifiers when this profession was previously recognised and established in the State to carry out this task. [19312/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (24 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 188. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 16 April 2013 stating that members of CIAT must change their profession to continue practising in the State despite the fact that no public statement was made and if he will make a statement on this matter to inform members of CIAT on the reasons for justifying the actual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (24 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 245. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 17 April 2013, if he will specify the person in the Health Service Executive that will be dealing with the person's case (details supplied) in view of the fact that this situation has been on-going for a considerable amount of time with the H.S.E. not responding to my correspondence; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: EU Directives (23 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: An effort needs to be made at UN level to highlight the issue of tax justice and to tackle the illicit movement of taxes from particular countries. Did the Government support the inclusion in the review clause of additional sectors, such as telecommunications and construction, that could be included in the directive? While I accept what is being done with regard to oil, gas and mineral...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: EU Directives (23 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he recognises the importance of the EU Accounting Directive as a game changer for the entire relationship between Europe and Africa; if he will push for the best possible standards of Chapter 9 of the Directive under the Irish EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15825/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: EU Directives (23 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question was submitted just before that directive was signed. I acknowledge the work the Government and officials have done to support the accounting directive. This is something NGOs and civil society have been seeking for some time. The EU Commissioner, Michel Barnier, has said that local communities in resource-rich countries will finally be better informed about what their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to Magdalen Laundry survivors, if he will publicise at home and abroad to diaspora communities of survivors' entitlements to register with the Magdalen Fund/Commission in order to maximise the number of potential applicants' awareness of the scheme; the consequences there are for a survivor who does not register with the Magdalen...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make available to survivors and their families free independent advice and advocacy assistance in relation to the Magdalen Fund/Commission scheme; if Mr. Justice Quirke will be commissioned to implement the process that he recommends after the three month review period; and if he will establish a dedicated helpline for Magdalen...