Results 4,961-4,980 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance if a scheme such as Revenue job assist will be implemented specifically for long-term unemployed graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38855/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt all goods, excluding alcohol and cigarettes, retailing at less than €10 from any VAT increase in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38421/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt from any budget VAT increase on certain repairs for example shoe repairs, bicycle repairs and alterations to personal clothing, when the charge to the consumer is less than €25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38422/11]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will be acknowledging the fact that 2012 is the Year of the Co-operative; his plans to recognise the work of the co-operative movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38314/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans in place regarding the implementation of an exit plan for graduate recruits in JobBridge to increase their chances of employment after the internship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38865/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions being made to measure the effectiveness of current and future employment schemes; if any measurement exists specifically for graduate unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38866/11]

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the figures of those currently in prisons (details supplied) who were previously in industrial schools or other institutions and are presenting in prison with mental health issues; and the services they are offered to deal with these issues. [38276/11]

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered alternative methods for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis other than the culling of badgers; if he recognises the cruel practice of badger culling; if funds will be focused on a national vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38850/11]

Written Answers — Foster Care: Foster Care (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied there are adequate resources to implement the recommendations in the reports on Health Service Executive fostering services for the HSE Dublin north central area to ensure the children in foster care are receiving the best protection. [38867/11]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the list of long-term illnesses has not been reviewed since the 1970s, if he will consider a review in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding long-term care in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [38424/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 47: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made to the relevant authorities regarding the human rights of those at Camp Ashraf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38189/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which a number of temporary community welfare officers were transferred to the Department of Social Protection, after which the Department stated that no temporary CWOs would be transferred; if more temporary CWOs will be transferred or reinstated to the central rents unit from where they originated; and if she...

Written Answers — Fur Farming: Fur Farming (1 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is committed to a ban on fur farming in the forthcoming Animal Welfare Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38191/11]

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is rather strange to discuss private health insurance. Whether the legislation is necessary is one thing but a great deal more is needed in our health service. Many people have believed in and purchased private health insurance. I did too, many years ago. One sometimes asks oneself why one did so. It has nothing to do with our health system or the quality of our health service but...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (30 Nov 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that all building materials and products are covered by the supplier's product liability insurance cover; if he will further ensure that building professionals engaged in the design and certification of developments have the appropriate professional indemnity insurance cover; if this can...

Written Answers — Architectural Qualifications: Architectural Qualifications (30 Nov 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how he intends to make available the technical assessment to unregistered architects who cannot afford the full payment in advance of the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37871/11]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (30 Nov 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person, asked to do so by the family, was be prevented by staff from entering a public hospital to visit a member of that family and was told he or she will need written consent from the patient's psychiatrist in order to visit; his views on whether this an infringement of the human rights of both the patient and the visitor; and if...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (30 Nov 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that a person was refused entrance to visit a patient in hospital, having been asked by the family to do so, and now has been told he or she will need written consent from the patient's psychiatrist to visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37972/11]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (29 Nov 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the persons who are members of the high level steering group set up to consider options for streamlining the delivery of services for communities; and if members and staff of community projects, rural and urban, are represented on this group. [37170/11]