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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]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (18 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has had, or intends to have, any engagement with the Insurance Federation or representatives from insurance companies to discuss the difficulties facing certain communities that experienced flooding in accessing house insurance, especially those communities in which extensive flood repair work has been carried out and in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (18 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has had, or intends to have, any engagement with the Insurance Federation or representatives from insurance companies to discuss the difficulties facing certain communities that experienced flooding in accessing house insurance, especially those communities in which extensive flood repair work has been carried out and in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Foreign and Security Policy (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the issues surrounding Bosnia in his meeting with Mr. Vimont, Executive Secretary General of the EEAS including the Dayton BiH Peace Accord and the serious repercussions that would result from the dissolution of Bosnia; if he intends to keep Bosnia and the Chapter 7 Mandate on the Foreign Affairs agenda in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the present draft of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012 will prevent competent professionals such as Chartered Architectural Technologists from certifying the construction of buildings and if he will consider including all competent professions in the list of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Dealing (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent deaths in Cork, and the serious illness of others, from high strength heroin, if the remaining high strength heroin has been seized and the individual responsible for making this heroin available arrested. [44252/12]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the extra 600 vacancies in the Defence Forces; the context under which the agreement was made that the number of serving cadre be 9,500; the cost implications for the recruitment of 600 army personnel; the reason the €85 million from the closure of barracks was ringfenced to be spent on the defence sector meanwhile barracks were being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (16 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the wording to ban fur farming was removed from the purpose of the Bill of the Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 during drafting stage; the reason for the removal of the wording and when the wording was removed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44519/12]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am totally committed to keeping our aid budget intact. I acknowledge the work of the Minister, Deputy Howlin, in keeping the focus on it in last year's budget, and I wish the Tánaiste well in doing the same this year. Will we reach the target by 2015? What cuts have been made in administration and consultancy expenses, which may have potential for reduction?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I would like to make one point arising from our earlier discussion. Our excellent reputation will be severely tarnished if Irish companies get involved in tax evasion and tax avoidance in African countries. On subhead C, I presume the key outputs continue to be the maintenance of peace and stability and support for better mutual understanding. However, we will make a mockery of this...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Earlier today, I was at two events, one of which concerned the global hunger index and the other the girl child. I have these in mind making my contribution. I listened to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, talking about sustainable development. He made a point about the commitment to overseas development aid and millennium development goals and...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Places (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Those in question - one-parent families, deserted wives, widows, widowers and those with an illness benefit, disability allowance, invalidity or blind pension - are extremely vulnerable and marginalised. Surely, the idea is to encourage them into community employment schemes with added incentives. People will not join a CE scheme for the exact...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Places (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the topic of the knock-on effects cuts in social welfare are having on participation in the community employment scheme. Without meaning any disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, I am disappointed that the Minister for Social Protection is not present to address the issue. I thought the idea behind the Topical Issue matters...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Discussion with Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Iran (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I bid the ambassador a good afternoon. We are continuing the conversations we have had on previous occasions. I acknowledge that Iran, or Persia, as it was formerly known, is a very old civilisation, much older than ours. It is also a very cultured civilisation, with a wealth of poetry and literature. It is difficult to reconcile this with the various human rights issues we hear about in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the increasingly uneven nature of fighting between the Assad regime and opposition forces, the alternative methods of intervention he will consider in order to help defend those oppressed by the Assad regime which is becoming increasingly more militarily sophisticated; the way he intends to address this imbalance...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if either he or the Minister for State have met representatives from the fur farming industry; if so, the date on which the meeting took place; and the outcome of that meeting. [43795/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the Health Service Executive progressing the situation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [43796/12]