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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I would be interested to hear what he has to say on this matter at this stage.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Okay. If we are going to take each of them as they come along, that is fair enough. We will go with that.

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá sé tráthúil go bhfuil an t-ábhar seo á phlé againn inniu agus gabhaim buíochas don Teachta Mattie McGrath, a thosaigh an díospóireacht. It is very opportune because last week I, like many others, watched appalled the proceedings of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. I saw what I can only describe as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Protocols (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that marked gas oil MGO / green diesel is assigned a separate commodity code by the Revenue Commissioners to enable the Central Statistics Office and its users to separate imports of MGO from normal diesel products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47268/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Protocols (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an arrangement for users of marked gas oil MGO / green diesel to seek tax rebates annually rather than providing the fuel to the qualified consumer at a separate price, thus encouraging illegal diesel laundering which is increasingly costly to multiple enforcement agencies, damaging to the persons forced to work in these plants, damaging to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends safeguarding the status of history in the proposed new junior cycle; the role of the History Teachers' Association of Ireland in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47666/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the advertising of private rental accommodation on public sites stating no rent allowance accepted and the problems this is causing for those potential tenants who are unemployed in this economic climate; if it is legal for the advertiser whether it be the landlord, letting agent or advertising personnel to state on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for tackling the increasing problems due to illegal dumping, especially in Dublin city; his Department's assessment of the success, or otherwise, of the privatisation of waste collection in the area covered by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47648/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the complaints procedure in place for those who feel they have been treated inappropriately by the Garda National Immigration Bureau officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47335/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to present the paper outlining the package of supports being put in place for those affected by Narcolepsy associated with the vaccine Pandemrix; the reason for the delay in the presentation of the paper prior to the Dáil summer recess, again in September 2012 and then once again this October; when will he re-establish communication with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to introduce a registration system for health and social care workers next year that will charge social care workers €295 to register; if he will consider reducing the fee or equalising it in proportion to other professionals such as nurses, €88, and teachers, €65; his response to their concerns that the fee of €295 would...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I attended the pre-budget briefing given by the community and voluntary sector yesterday in the audio-visual room, at which it was suggested the first question we should ask was where we would like the country to be ten years from now. In conjunction with this, we should consider what are the core values by which we should be guided when we are examining matters relating to the budget. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Gender Equality: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I welcome our guests. The presentations have been interesting. Each of the millennium development goals is praiseworthy, but unless we sort out the basic issue of hunger, nothing else can be done. If someone is hungry, he or she will not be able to attend school or work. I have limited experience of this issue in that I have visited some African countries. This time last week we were in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the recent tax figures released regarding a company (details supplied) paying only €35,000 in Irish taxes since 2005 while paying €5.7 million in royalty and licensing fees to its parent company; his response to the fact that companies like these can cut their income tax by paying fees to its parent company making it look like...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (24 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will arrange for the immediate National Parks Wildlife Servicer supervised release of hares captured for the Galway and Oranmore coursing meeting following the announcement that the club's coursing meeting will not go ahead as scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46642/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Defence the total cost to fill the 600 vacant army personnel in the Permanent Defence Forces and to maintain the agreed Permanent Defence Force strength of 9,500; if he will clarify in his previous reply his statement that the recruitment will be achieved within the resource envelope allocated to Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46643/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality while the banned Ward Union Stag Hunt are continuing to meet twice weekly for the past two seasons and have been noted to have stags and hounds in very close proximity several times within yards and in the same field, if he will provide the number of statements that have been made to Gardaí regarding this hunt; the number of cases compiled by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on each of the current Certificate Gs, which permit severe and prolonged pain in animal experiments, setting the end of the period in which each Certificate G will be in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46237/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality while the banned Ward Union Stag Hunt are continuing to meet twice weekly for the past two seasons and have been noted to have stags and hounds in very close proximity several times within yards and in the same field, if he will provide the number of statements that have been made to Gardaí regarding this hunt; the number of cases compiled by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Animal Welfare Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on each of the current Certificate Gs, which permit severe and prolonged pain in animal experiments, setting the end of the period in which each Certificate G will be in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46237/12]