Results 4,561-4,580 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 627: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Health Service Executive cut backs in 2012 amounting to 5.5% and the withdrawal of demographic funding for school leavers and emergency cases for those with intellectual disabilities, when the commitment made (details supplied) that appropriate services provisions will be provided for school-leavers from existing capacity will be...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish all of the Irish Medical Boards advice to him regarding the replacement non-animal cell-based test for botulinum neurotoxins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31895/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health if and when Allergan's authorities will carry out animal-based LD50 assays for testing botulinum neurotoxins were amended and withdrawn following confirmation that this represented an alternative to the LD50 assays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31896/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of animal-based LD50 assays for testing of botulinum neurotoxin in Ireland that have ceased as a result of Allergan's switch to a non-animal replacement; and if there were any withdrawal of authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31897/12]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (3 Jul 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 607: To ask the Minister for Health if he has explored the possibility of Allergan making their non-animal botulinum neurotoxin test available to companies who continue to perform the animal-based test in Ireland, through licensing of the technology, for example; and the response he has received from other companies still carrying out animal botulinum neurotoxin LD50 tests to his...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason banking transaction contracts in Health Service Executive payments are awarded to the subsidiary of a foreign bank than an Irish controlled bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31397/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason banking transaction contracts in her Department's payments are awarded to the subsidiary of a foreign bank than an Irish controlled bank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31397/12]

Written Answers — National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions taken by the National Parks and Wildlife Services over the past 10 years; the nature of these prosecutions and the number that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31383/12]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if the Climate Change Bill 2012 is not drafted in the immediate future it will not be ready for publication by the fourth quarter 2012; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this will not present an image of Ireland taking the matter of climate...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (28 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Health if he will assure that in the event of an ambulance being called in an emergency situation for a long term ill patient the ambulance can be directed to bring the patient to the hospital they have been attending and where their files are held, instead of being brought to a hospital which does not have that information [31382/12]

National Cultural Institutions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We continue the debate we started on priority questions and I thank the Chair for the meeting I had with him. Any organisation or institution worthy of its name will regularly examine and analyse what is going well and the areas in need of reform. Our cultural and artistic institutions do this regularly. Their point is that they do not want change just for the sake of it. In general, the...

Written Answers — International Finance Corporation: International Finance Corporation (26 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding given to I.F.C. in 2012; if he envisages a change of policy in the allocation of funding to this organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/12]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Mr Paterson's view that an independent investigation into the eleven Ballymurphy killings in August 1971 is not in the public's interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30849/12]

Written Answers — Drug Treatment Programmes: Drug Treatment Programmes (26 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 537: To ask the Minister for Health the number of detox beds for those in addiction under 18 years of age; if he will outline the extent of Exchequer funding in respect of residential addiction services; the numbers availing of those services in 2011 and to date in 2012; and the numbers currently on waiting lists [30383/12]

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (21 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the practices and policies of other EU jurisdictions in counteracting bullying in schools; if he will outline the outcomes of the recent forum on bullying in schools here and his future proposals in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30173/12]

Written Answers — Crime Statistics: Crime Statistics (21 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been charged under the Prohibition to the Incitement to Hatred Act 1989; the number of convictions that have been in relation to the Prohibition to the Incitement to Hatred Act 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30171/12]

Written Answers — Expert Body on Fluoridation: Expert Body on Fluoridation (21 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Health the way he has prevented the possibility of bias towards fluoridation issues within the members of the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health; the way he intends to maintain fairness, transparency, and impartiality in the group's advice to his Department; the way he justifies that current members engage in granting independent advice to his...

Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues: Statements (21 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: In February I chaired a meeting when Ms Maria Gomez, a human rights activist from Bolivia, was in the country. She campaigns with the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament which has a membership of more than 800 parliamentarians from 80 countries. This is an important movement for parliamentarians that provides information on nuclear disarmament issues and...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (20 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he can explain in relation to a business (details supplied|) the reason the National Asset Management Agency has requested a 100% increase in rent on top of the already €18,000 per annum rent of an external terrace only used 60 days maximum a year; the reason NAMA is requesting such an expense to be paid when Ireland is in a recession and...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (20 Jun 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the Central Bank of Ireland came into possession of the two inspection reports carried out by PriceWaterHouseCoopers in relation to the Dormant Accounts Fund and the chronology of events in respect of those reports; when were the institutions to be inspected identified, and by whom; the person who made the judgement that the...