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Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Yes, indeed. It is positive that the Minister is improving this scheme for teachers and I hope there is an easier and more cost-effective way for schools to manage it. On the issue of enhancing service delivery, teachers, like all professionals range from good to bad and from excellent to poor. I do not go along with the saying that "He who can does, and he who cannot teaches". As a...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I do not think the redeployment to gaelscoileanna of teachers who are not fluent Irish speakers is a positive step either. I note that this legislation will give increased powers to the Minister. I presume he will use them wisely. I listened to what he said about consultation, agreement and discussion with the education partners. I firmly believe it is time to have discussions with...

State Assets: Motion (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputy Mattie McGrath.

State Assets: Motion (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am reminded of the cliché about marrying in haste and repenting at leisure. We have had decisions that were made rather hastily usually just based on figures and not considering the impact on lives. I am very glad about the repenting - the reversal on the proposed cuts to DEIS schools and today's announcement that the people will be given the chance to vote in a referendum on the fiscal...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his view on the refusal by the Northern Ireland Secretary of State to meet elected political representatives in the North to discuss the ongoing cases of protesting prisoners at Maghaberry Prison one of whom is in prison for more than nine months now without charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, on his forthcoming visit to Malawi, he will raise the human rights issue of people's right to peaceful protest, particularly in view of the death by shooting of 19 people at a reform meeting protest in July 2011. [10700/12]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Bosnia was omitted from the Irish OSCE priorities. [10701/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to the upcoming EU-Colombia trade agreement, if he has considered the human rights abuses existing in Colombia such as the expelling of indigenous persons from their land and the granting of land titles to foreign national companies; if an FTA will address human rights concerns in Colombia by not...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU plans to meet with President Santos of Colombia in relation to human rights abuses such as the ongoing impunity of trade unionists and other human rights abuses before further negotiations on the FTA deal commence; if he has taken into consideration the fact that previous FTA agreements between Colombia...

Written Answers — Mineral Oil Tax Regulations: Mineral Oil Tax Regulations (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the arrangements for designating marked diesel, green diesel, agricultural diesel, farm diesel are fully in line with Ireland's environmental obligations and commitments at EU level, in view of the incentive they create that is being exploited on an ongoing basis to wash the marked diesel clear with disastrous...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the aggregate cost, for the whole of 2012, expressed in tax expenditure terms, of the tax free lump sums that will be drawn down in 2012 by retiring civil and public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10710/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the tour operators margin scheme - a 23% VAT charge on profit margins charged to tour operators - is essentially a double taxation on travel agents who also pay VAT in the country of supply as well as the standard 12.5% corporation tax on overall profits; if he is aware that after nearly two years...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that while, for the past number of years, each Government Department with responsibility for expenditure that is part-funded by the National Lottery surplus published information concerning such expenditure on their website, the reality is that no Government Department publishes a consolidated compendium of its...

Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will ensure that the extra €20,000 funding for the capture of feral mink will be used in humane capture practices and that the bounties will engage in only humane practices; if he will address the scope and strategy involved in the capturing of feral mink and the conservation of wildlife under threat of the...

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will affirm his commitment to working with local government and other community development and enterprise stakeholders to ensure that a recovering economy will result in an even distribution of opportunity; his views that there is a particular need to target in an integrated way urban areas which...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time staff, if any, that will be employed by the missing persons bureau in the near future; if he has considered allocating additional funding to the missing persons bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/12]

Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the shutting down of feral mink farms and other fur farms in the country to help eradicate the problems associated with feral mink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10651/12]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 644: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exact funding that will be allocated to the 116000 missing children hotline which is to be opened in the near future; the persons that will be included in the project team which has been established; if the missing children hotline will be established before the 2012 Olympics in London which may see an increase in the need...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 655: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers and lengths of time in the accident and emergency departments of hospitals (details supplied) for the week beginning 13 February and the way they compare with the same period 2011, if he considers progress is being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10679/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 734: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1, who is currently in a wheelchair and receives 105 hours per week from the Irish Wheelchair Association, will experience a cut in that service in view of the recent budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11305/12]