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Written Answers — Prison Staff: Prison Staff (11 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the training provided to prison staff for dealing with the families (detials supplied) of prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33879/12]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (11 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will comment on when an announcement will issue regarding a bilateral agreement for adoption between Russia and Ireland; the current status of negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33775/12]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person could be an in-patient and out-patient at a mental health facility (details supplied) for some 30 years with housing provided and not have a care plan in place at this stage of their life when there are obvious mental health issues which are exacerbated due to a lack of support from the appropriate services [33882/12]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (11 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reconsider the 14 year rule in which taxi drivers will be forced to change their cars regardless of the condition of the cars some of which are in good condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33774/12]

Written Answers — Consular Services: Consular Services (10 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ontact the Greek authorities in relation to the request for an urgent appeal in respect of persons (details supplied) where documents proving the absence of one of the men from Crete at the time of the offences are continually being ignored; and if he will do his utmost to ensure the appeal is conducted...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken in relation to the pyrite issue in local authority housing in Dublin; if he has made, or is making, funding available to the local authority to address and redress this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33431/12]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (10 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, since 2005, that have been naturalised every year and to date in 2012; and if he will give an indication of the top ten nationalities that have been naturalised since 2005. [33187/12]

Health Service Budget: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the parts of the Government amendment to the motion which highlight the improvements that have been made in the health services and the challenges being faced in the health area. I will devote my short speaking time to one particular aspect which is also of importance to the Minister of State, the mental health sector. I refer to the startling statistics about the number of...

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am glad that I live in a democracy. I am always conscious when I go to vote of the many countries in the world wherein citizens do not have the right to vote or where voting is meaningless because of corruption of political institutions. Having a constitutional convention is part of the democratic process. Every citizen and civil society organisation will welcome it. It is a positive...

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am speaking about giving them space in the convention where they would feel totally engaged and empowered by the process.

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Thank you. Obviously, there are issues around financial and resource commitments. I heard today that all eight meetings of the convention will be held in Dublin, which will not help in terms of encouraging people to attend the process. This issue will also need to be addressed. On the rights issue, I share the concerns of Amnesty and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties that issues such...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Human Rights Watch detailed investigation of the forced movement of rural populations from pastoral communities by the Ethiopian Government to make way for State run sugar plantations and other infrastructure developments without a process of consultation or compensation for indigenous and local...

Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (5 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will include a member of a group (details supplied) as one of the three NGO representatives reserved for the review of the domiciliary care allowance system as they are representatives of multiple disabilities and whose members are also members of a range of other groups; her views on whether a member of this group as part of the...

Education (Amendment) (Protection of Schools) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Some months ago, in response to a Topical Issue debate on education, the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, pointed out that, "On numerous occasions in recent months, both the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, and the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, have stressed that on their watch no rural school will be forced to close or amalgamate without the express wish of the local...

Mental Health Services (4 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Reading the programme for Government, I was struck by the following commitment: "We will ring fence €35m annually from within the health budget to develop community mental health teams and services as outlined in A Vision for Change to ensure early access to more appropriate services for adults and children and improved integration with primary care services." Speaking during an excellent...

Mental Health Services (4 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is absolutely no doubting the Minister of State's long-standing commitment to and support for mental health, but it is time we stopped using the future tense on what we will do and use the past tense on what we have done. Would it not make more sense to appoint the director to manage all of these new initiatives? I would also like to call for the nursing course on intellectual...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the justification for the National Assets Management Agency stating that businesses which possess other viable businesses in a group are considered eligible to pay requested increases in rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32008/12]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a business with a licence that may stipulate that the proprietors can be asked to leave within one month's notice will find itself in financial difficulty in view of the fact that it must pay up front three months rent to the National Assets Management Agency in advance even though they do not have...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 448: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his position on the proposed increase in bin charges by a waste collection company (details supplied) in the Dublin City area; his views on whether his Department's increase in the landfill levy from €50 to €65 per tonne is passing on the burden of price increases to the customers; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 579: To ask the Minister for Health in accordance with maintaining impartiality in the advice provided by members of the Expert Body on Fluoride and Health, the reason the largest representation on the body is from the dental profession with five representatives as members of the Dental Health Foundation Ireland; the reason the body includes only one environmental health officer,...