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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (14 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: In 2012, 414 posts were promised for community mental health. It broke down as 150 to CAMHS, child and adolescent mental health services, 220 to the adult mental health community teams, 34 to suicide prevention and ten for mental health primary posts. On 31 January 2013, of that 414 just 193 had taken up positions. Will the Minister ensure that the delays that occurred in 2012 will not be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services (14 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Mental health has been the Cinderella of the health service. Within that, the area of intellectual disability and the mental health needs of people with an intellectual disability are even further down the pecking order. There is a need to address this as there has been a lack of progress in developing the mental health of those with intellectual disabilities. Will the Minister give me an...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Bhí mé i mo shuí anseo an tseachtain seo caite ag éisteacht leis an Taoiseach agus ina dhiaidh sin leis an Aire. Bhí mé ag súil go mbeadh rud iontach ag teachta a bheadh dearfach don tír seo. I was in the House last week and wanted to share in the good news and take part in the applause. I also wanted to believe it was good news. I come to this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if he recognises the condition X Microvascular Dysfunction as a Cardiac Syndrome; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the US they have developed a new machine to diagnose the condition more effectively; the reason that some people with this debilitating condition cannot receive a statement from their cardiologists that they are unfit for work...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (14 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the value of the individual contracts to providers of direct provision accommodation; and if these contracts were advertised and awarded as per the EU public procurement regulations. [7792/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (14 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if in view of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee's recommendations of alcohol and cancer, when he will begin work on introducing minimum pricing; the structural separating of alcohol from other products, labelling and a national campaign to provide health warnings on the links between alcohol and cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7766/13]

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This motion deals with the ladies of the Magdalen laundries and our priority should be to address their issues rather than allow them to become a political football. I acknowledge Deputy Calleary for tabling the motion but we did not need another Private Members' debate on the matter given that we debated it some time ago. The time for talk is over and action is now needed for the ladies...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Voluntary Housing Sector (12 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he will be take to increase access to mortgages for people obtaining homes through charitable housing organisations, who have a lower net disposable income and are refused loans through traditional banks; the way he intends to increase home ownership during the stagnation of the housing sector for those on lower incomes; the way he intends to make...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Scheme Numbers (12 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline, since January 2012, the decline in the numbers on community employment programmes; if she will further outline for the same period the decline in numbers on the special status drugs rehabilitation community employment programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7189/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues: Discussion with EU Special Representative for Human Rights (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I apologise for leaving the meeting earlier but I had to go to the Chamber. It is all about making a difference and it was interesting to hear Mr. Lambrinidis bring this out. I wish to discuss making a difference with regard to the rights of women and gay people. This country is holding a constitutional convention at present. Other countries are also drawing up constitutions. Does Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues: Discussion with EU Special Representative for Human Rights (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: No, I am speaking about a number of countries in the Middle East and north Africa which are drawing up new constitutions. Alarm bells are ringing about the regressive way certain African countries are with regard to women and people who are gay. Much attention is on Africa and we know the extent of its natural resources and mineral wealth. Those who are genuinely concerned for these...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in progressing the issues relating to the Magdalen laundries, he is considering an apology and a redress and restorative justice scheme and if he will establish a dedicated helpline and outreach service to provide much needed assistance for the ladies of the laundries. [6093/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is interesting to note the first parliamentary question about the Magdalen laundries was asked in 1938. It has taken quite a while to get from 1938 to 2013, when we now know the facts and everything that has been established. The committee hopes the report "will be a real step in bringing healing and peace of mind to all concerned, most especially the women whose lived experience of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is very difficult to accept what the Minister said with regard to this being the first comprehensive report. Perhaps it is, but on what basis then did the Minister make his comments when he was in opposition about barbaric cruelty and women being treated appallingly and irrefutable evidence of State complicity? I will now refer to the apology. In 1999, there was an apology to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home-School Liaison Scheme (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify whether section 21, subsection 9 of the Education Welfare Act (2000) (details supplied) allows individual schools the discretion to come to flexi-school arrangements with parents, similar to those operated in some schools in the UK, whereby a child is homeschooled for a portion of the school week, if such an arrangement is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he envisages acting on the report of the Committee, chaired by Senator McAleese, into the Magdalen laundries [6094/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (6 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent revelations regarding St. Patrick's Institution and his plan to implement new procedures for the investigation of prisoner complaints, the timescale he envisages for implementing a new plan for those aged 18 to 21 within the criminal justice system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6292/13]

Promissory Notes: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I refer to a speech made by the Taoiseach in this House in July 2011, which had nothing to do with recession or promissory notes, which states:A Republic of laws, of rights and responsibilities, of proper civic order, where the delinquency and arrogance of a particular version of a particular kind of 'morality' will no longer be tolerated or ignored. I want to apply that to what we are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (5 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the issue of medicines, supposedly being exempt from the sanctions imposed on Iran, but prevented from getting into Iran because of banking sanctions, an issue causing considerable difficulties for the civilian population; if he will pursue this as a breach of human rights and through his place on U.N....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Overseas Development Aid (5 Feb 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of Ireland's new membership to the Asia Development Bank and its contribution of €20 million to the bank, the projects that have been funded with the €20 million and the level of engagement from Irish businesses that exists with the Asia Development Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5244/13]