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Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (7 Apr 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when Garda recruitment will be resumed; the numbers of community gardaí in Dublin central in 2010 and currently in the following stations, Store Street, Mountjoy Street, Fitzgibbon Street, Bridewell and Cabra; the current numbers in the Garda Reserve Force; his plans for further recruitment of same; and the number of garda at all...

Suicide Prevention: Statements (7 Apr 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Yes.

Suicide Prevention: Statements (7 Apr 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Dublin's north inner city has been devastated by the drugs industry and allied to that was and is the number of suicides. It is very significant that some of those are in families who suffered institutional abuse. I want focus on a particular project and model from the north inner city, the Oasis Deora Counselling Centre in North Wall, which has been to the fore in providing counselling and...

Criminal Justice (Community Service) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Apr 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: With the permission of the House, I will share time with Deputies Seamus Healy, Thomas Pringle, Mattie McGrath and Clare Daly. I acknowledge the work of the Oireachtas Library and Research Service in compiling a digest and information on the Bill. In that digest, I read that it is estimated that a community service order costs just over €4,000 per offender, while an alternative prison...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Apr 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the important role treatment and rehabilitation plays in tackling the drugs crisis, if he will bring forward legislation that will allow the expunging of criminal records for those who have been convicted of non-violent drug related crimes who have completed their course of treatment and rehabilitation [6934/11]

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (5 Apr 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: If our circumstances were not so serious, I would be tempted to cite the line frequently used in Laurel and Hardy films on this being another fine mess. The motion before us is about democracy and allowing citizens to decide what they will pay for the foreseeable future. The country faces a massive debt. Notwithstanding the Government's argument that the recent general election was a...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (5 Apr 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there has been any examination by the Regulator or other relevant authority into the situation in Irish Life pensions department [6826/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Apr 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for legislation on noise pollution and the penalties envisaged for breaches of same. [6810/11]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (31 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the publicised plans by the Irish Greyhound Board to expand greyhound racing to China, if his attention has been drawn to the non-existence of animal welfare legislation in China; if he will assure those concerned for the thousands of Irish surplus dogs who would end up discarded if racing starts in China and are...

Making Committees Work in the 31st Dáil: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Making Committees Work in the 31st Dáil: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Comhghairdeas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle ar a phost nua.

Making Committees Work in the 31st Dáil: Statements (31 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Tá súil agam go n-éireoidh go breá leis ina phost. In the term of the 30th Dáil, I concluded that the committee system was a very complicated labyrinth involving joint committees, sub-committees, select committees, Seanad committees, standing committees and special committees. A number of diverse reports were produced by all of them. The purpose of the committees was to advise on a...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (30 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding funding through Pobal. [6138/11]

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (30 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding available through dormant accounts and her plans for applications and distribution. [6139/11]

Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am sharing my time with Deputies John Halligan, Richard Boyd Barrett, Mick Wallace, Tom Fleming and Joan Collins. The findings of the Moriarty tribunal are very disturbing. These findings are that there was inappropriate political interference and the process through which the licence was awarded was grossly deficient, that the Government of the day acted with gross impropriety and the...

Written Answers — Report on Magdalene Laundries: Report on Magdalene Laundries (24 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he intends to offer a formal apology on behalf of the nation for the failure to protect women and young girls from abuse in the laundries; and if he will make a statement on the Attorney General's response to the Irish Human Rights Commission's Assessment that called on the Government to institute a statutory inquiry into human...

Situation in Libya: Statements (24 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: What we are seeing happening throughout north Africa is the culmination of years of frustration caused by living under dictatorships with no concern for the well-being of their citizens. It is caused by frustration and the lack of decent living standards, adequate food, water and housing, opportunity, particularly for young people when it comes to education and employment, and, most...

Corporation Tax: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Why are we so unwilling to take on big businesses when we have no difficulty cutting disability payments or abolishing the Christmas bonus? Prior to this debate I believe I was the only Member of the previous Dáil, despite my short term in the House at the time, who questioned our corporate tax rate. It appears that maintaining our corporate tax rate is the answer to all our woes and...

Response to the Aftermath of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan: Statements (23 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is an appalling tragedy for the people of Japan. They have the sincere sympathies of this House and the Irish people. This is just the latest disaster of epic proportions following those in New Zealand, Pakistan and Haiti. We cannot but admire the heroism and calmness of the Japanese people as they come to terms with what has happened. People in Ireland, particularly on the eastern...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (22 Mar 2011)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 185: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the position regarding the continuation or not of turf cutting on 32 designated raised bogs in view of the media reports (details supplied) concerning the ending of the derogation. [5014/11]