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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Export Controls (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises that a company (details supplied) operates in illegal Israeli settlements and sells their products here. [42801/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he withdrew a protection order for the area around the prehistoric site at Bremore, Gormanstown, County Meath in relation to the area of SPA No. 4158; if this was done in response to an appeal; and if so, who were the unidentified individuals and or groups that requested such a withdrawal; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason only ten Magdalene Laundries will be included in the final report of inter-departmental committee and will not include the Magdalene Laundry (details supplied); the reasons for some Magdalene Laundries and or religious institutions designed for the same purposes as those listed will not be investigated; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the Children's Referendum and the fact that there are 50,000 adopted persons here who do not have an automatic right to their birth certificate, their medical information or history, or the right to trace information about their identity, if she will consider introducing legislation to provide for the basic legal rights of adopted...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if an in-depth study has been carried out on the effects of fluoride in water on children and vulnerable persons; if not, the international study that is used in determining if it is safe for children and young persons to drink fluoridated water here; if his attention has been drawn to the European Commission, SCHER, report concluded last year that there was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the implementation of A Vision for Change since 2011; if his Department's spending ratio between residential care and community care changed since he came into office in order to favour community care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43344/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Statistics (9 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistics on the frequency of the prescription of the psychotropic drugs Ritalin and Prozac to persons under the age of 18 years; the criteria used to determine and prescribe these drugs to children and teenagers; the extent of the prescribing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43346/12]

Addiction Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The legal drugs alcohol and tobacco are undoubtedly causing people significant damage. Equally, illegal drugs such as heroin, cocaine, skunk, crystal meth and so on are causing damage. We have not spent much time discussing other addictions, for example, gambling, food, sex and the Internet, that are harmful to those affected by them. I will cite three of today's newspaper stories - a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Discussion with European External Action Service (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I am examining the role of the organisation in respect of human rights. The ambassador referred to working on reform in terms of crisis response and crisis management structures. Will it apply where there are significant abuses of human rights? As the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, we have presentations, meetings and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The best thing for the hare's welfare is that it is not subjected to the barbaric practice of coursing. While 95% of them escape, they escape in order to be brought back the next day for the next coursing event, whenever that occurs. There are issues in that regard but we will take them up with the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in the context of the Animal Health and Welfare Bill.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of the report from the Ranger on the coursing meeting at Kilflynn, County Kerry, during last season stating that the very wet weather made it difficult for the hares to run and resulted in twelve hares being caught, he will make it a condition of the licence that no coursing should take place in wet weather when ground...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing (3 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is something positive in the Minister's reply. He promises to consider my proposal. To leave the matter to a coursing club to decide whether a meeting should go ahead is like asking a turkey to vote for Christmas. The Minister has told me that he once proposed the muzzling of greyhounds. I know he has some concern for animal welfare. I want to see, at the least, a level playing...

Addiction Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will make a couple of final points. With regard to the methadone protocol, methadone has certainly had a stabilising effect on drug users. There is no doubt about that, but the problem is that people are being left on methadone for too long. There is a need to address this. It is much cheaper to have somebody on methadone than to have them in a rehabilitation or residential centre. My...

Addiction Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I move:That Dáil Éireann:recognises:— the scale of the problem of addiction throughout Ireland and the increasing demands on services; — that poly-drug use has increased significantly due to the increase in the accessibility and range of dangerous substances, both illegal and unregulated; — the increased risk to individuals using substances and lethal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Title (2 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, notwithstanding the work of the Property Registration Authority of Ireland, of the Valuation Office and of the local authorities which must determine whether real property is residential or commercial; and if it is non-residential, whether it is rateable or exempt by virtue of the tax exempt status of the occupant, is it nevertheless possible...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (2 Oct 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent upsurge in the prevalence of noxious weeds, including Ragwort and Japanese Knotweed inside the Royal Canal proposed Natural Heritage Area, especially along the recently re-lined sixth level; if he has had any contact with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The very frequently quoted line from our Proclamation mentions cherishing the children of the nation equally. That certainly has not happened in our history but this is an opportunity finally to get it right. The Minister and her Department have done amazing work to ensure the wording is as near perfect as is possible in the circumstances. It goes a long way. I take on board the support...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: First, I acknowledge the work of Sinn Féin and Deputy McDonald, in particular, in bringing this debate to the Dáil and their efforts to secure cross-party and Independent support for this motion. The ladies deserve a dignified debate in this House. They were deprived of dignity in the laundries and some of them were deprived of it after they left. I also wish to acknowledge the...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is opportune, welcome and long overdue that children and their rights, health and well-being are central to legislation and that such legislation is now centre stage because for too long it was off the stage of anyone's attention. When I spoke on the Cloyne report some time ago, I made the point that many nations have their dark moments. For example, the Jewish nation has the Holocaust...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge that the Bill has been introduced and the work that has gone into it. It is long overdue and the existing legislation comes from another time. It is inadequate for dealing with the emerging needs and demands of today. It is progressive and good that animal health and welfare are being taken together. I acknowledge that the Minister, Deputy Coveney, is the first Minister to...