Results 401-420 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (11 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 994. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he can address the concerns of residents living in SDZs that the new guidelines on height will have a negative impact on them and compromise the rules of the agreed SDZ. [23990/19]

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for facilitating the meeting earlier on in the audiovisual room which I attended. It was an opportunity to hear the issues. At times it was a difficult meeting, and at times it was acrimonious, because allegations were made by individuals against others. The point was made that it is not our role to act as adjudicators on such issues when there are resolution...

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Global Assessment Report: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wonder if it is a sign of positive things to come that the Dáil is having two debates on biodiversity in one week, one on the extinction of species and the other on the related topic of ecosystems. We have to take climate change seriously as otherwise the consequences will be dire. While reflecting on what I would say today, I was reminded of a conference I attended in April 2013,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reintroduction of the household benefits package for carers who do not live with the person they care for which ceased in 2012 will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23075/19]

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Deputy Brendan Smith sends his apologies for not being here. The first issue which arises is that our committee had a number of meetings recently to discuss defence and the Defence Forces. It replicates issues raised with the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions recently. He knows the issues in question, namely, pay, retention and the lack of morale. He has acknowledged them and mentioned...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Public Policy Matters: Discussion (30 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is a need for a defined and definite framework for the monitoring of the implementation of A Better World. It would be interesting to obtain information on that issue from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and see what role is envisaged for the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence. Policy coherence has to be central to it. We have played a major role in...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I represent Dublin Central but I want to make a contribution on rural Ireland and the islands in particular. I am fortunate to have visited and stayed on almost all of the islands, from Rathlin Island off the coast of Antrim to the islands off Donegal and along the coast of counties Mayo and Galway down to Cork. I will base my contribution on Oileán Chléire in County Cork which is...

Housing (Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What is positive about the Bill is that it is trying to keep people in their own homes and out of nursing homes and hospitals. We know the social and psychological benefits of this as well as the economic benefits. The difficulties I have encountered include that the level of documentation required is often very problematic for the applicant. While we know people of various ages apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Data (28 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the City of Dublin Youth Service Board organisational chart 2019. [22242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Expenditure (28 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 563 of 9 April 2019, her plans to increase the scheme by €1 per hour for the under 3 age group in view of the costs of childcare on a comparable EU basis; and if her attention has been drawn to the overall benefits of such an increase for parents. [22244/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reinstate funding to youth projects which were hard hit during the recession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22245/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (28 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22243/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (22 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: When I listen to the Minister of State, I must ask myself how much satisfaction will the parents of those children or those of other children with special needs get from that reply. I acknowledge that progress is being made but I return to the point that services must be timely and while we are waiting on the reconfiguration and the posts to be filled, children are missing out on a service...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (22 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss this matter. While I will refer to Dublin Central, the issues facing parents of children with special needs who are trying to access the relevant services is not confined to that constituency. I acknowledge the progress that has been made compared with the situation for children with special needs years ago. I also acknowledge...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (22 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his officials have met with Dublin City Council and An Garda Síochána to address the issue of licensing horse-drawn carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22034/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Homeless World Cup (22 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the bid by an organisation (details supplied) will be supported to host the Homeless World Cup 2021 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22035/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (21 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the composition and function of the National Advisory Council for Online Safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21706/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (21 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that online safety is adequately covered in the school digital champion programme. [21707/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (21 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, through diplomatic channels, he can assist in the protection of environmental and human rights defenders in La Guajira in north Colombia who have been receiving death threats, one of whom was recently in the Houses of the Oireachtas meeting Deputies and Senators. [22013/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour (21 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the issue of anti-social behaviour on DART services will be addressed, particularly in the evening and at night-time; his views on whether the level of anti-social behaviour warrants examining practices in other countries, such as transport police; and the way in which he will address the issue for DART users, particularly on...