Results 721-740 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (17 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether Irish involvement in PESCO and a change of direction of the Defence Forces will undermine the training work being carried out by Irish troops as highlighted and praised by the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence on his recent visit to Mali. [1856/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing Regulation (16 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the very serious concerns of animal welfare groups in relation to the so-called coursing trials; and if she will reconsider the issuing of licences. [1695/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing Regulation (16 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question to the Minister is if her attention has been drawn to the very serious concerns of animal welfare groups in relation to the so-called coursing trials and if she will reconsider the issuing of licences.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing Regulation (16 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. There were some positive aspects to her reply. I want to stress the term "so-called trials" in my initial question because condition 23 of the licence is that it gives an opportunity to familiarise hares with the most direct route for escape and that there would not be more than one dog at any particular trial run. Somebody who rang up to book their dog in for one of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing Regulation (16 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I will go back to the monitoring of the coursing events. Through a freedom of information request, it has been found that there were some conflicts between the evidence given by the vets who were hired by the Irish Coursing Club and the rangers from the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The divergence in the evidence is being used by the Irish Coursing Club as a reason to ignore the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (16 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the findings of officials of the National Parks and Wildlife Service attending coursing meetings in 2018; if there will be an increase in attendances of officials in 2019; and if she has commissioned a report to examine the sustainability of the Irish hare. [1693/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (15 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a study or research has been carried out to ascertain the way in which the increase in student accommodation has addressed housing demand issues; and if the increase in student accommodation has seen a corresponding reduction in the numbers on housing lists. [1178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new laws relating to landlords and notice to quit will be retrospective and include those on eviction orders. [1177/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will retain its teacher allocation in view of the fact that its teacher-pupil ratio is higher than other DEIS 1 schools in the area. [1189/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the precarious position of private tenants who have been given termination notices with regards to sourcing local authority homes; and his plans to address the uncertainty faced by renters in this predicament by establishing a preventative homeless scheme with adequate resources. [1186/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (19 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 92. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the Naval Service and Air Corps will occur early in 2019. [53539/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (19 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda community support vans attached to each Garda district in Dublin; and if additional funding will be provided to purchase additional community support vans in 2019. [53533/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (19 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will bring forward the explosives Bill. [53534/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Information and Communications Technology (19 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on updating technological equipment for the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and the amount for same in 2019. [53535/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (19 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of juvenile liaison officers by 15%. [53536/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she last formally met the director general of Science Foundation Ireland; and when she will next meet the director general. [53538/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (19 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 308. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to meet his US counterpart. [53537/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (18 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in cases in which a permanent teacher in a primary school retires mid-school year the permanent position cannot be advertised and resolved at the time (details supplied). [53172/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the gaming and lotteries (amendment) Bill will be introduced in Dáil Éireann; and if there will be an opportunity for pre-legislative scrutiny, consultation and amendments to be made. [53312/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Brexit and Matters Considered at Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion (13 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I, too, thank the Tánaiste for his presentation. It was useful to have the briefing note prior to the meeting. On migration, it has to be acknowledged that there is more migration within Africa than there is from Africa. There are countries within Africa which face very challenging situations and which are coping with migrants as well. The Tánaiste used the example of Jordan but...