Results 901-920 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not happy with the way Dr. Gormley interpreted our questions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 232. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to ensure the continuation of an early intervention service (details supplied) which provides immediate access to psychological services for children under its care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29833/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (5 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 3,826 homeless children listed in the May 2018 homelessness report in emergency accommodation in hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation or hostels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29770/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (4 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 270. To ask the Minister for Health when the report relating to the healthy workplaces consultation process will be finalised, available and published; the amount allocated through the healthy workplace initiative to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29476/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is a requirement of the tenant purchase scheme that an applicant's income must be derived from work in cases in which the combined social welfare and private pension income is more than €15,000 a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29473/18]

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Wallace for introducing the Bill, which the Labour Party will support. We introduced the Social and Affordable Housing Bill in 2016, which also proposed the implementation of the Kenny report but while we received the support of the left in the House at the time, we did not, unfortunately, get the support of Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil and the Bill did not pass on Second...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister of State, Deputy English, will, I am sure, confirm that I have attended the openings of housing developments which commenced when I was Minister of State in the Department. They are only opening this year. As such, it was a failure of Fianna Fáil not of the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government that virtually nothing was completed in its first three years of office. I was...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Lots of houses were built in the wrong places because of tax incentives. I am not being disingenuous and I acknowledge that Deputies Cowen and Darragh O'Brien made good contributions. However, Fianna Fáil is trying to rewrite relatively recent history and it is unacceptable.

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is a very serious issue. There are nearly 10,000 homeless people in our country and too few social and private houses are being built. We also have the point made by Deputy Ó Broin that the cost of houses is going up. The cost of rent is going sky high. That is not only about supply but about market and people making profits. It is a complex area where we need serious...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (3 Jul 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 284. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the future use of buildings and land on a site (details supplied); if the older buildings, some of which are unoccupied, are to be retained; if consideration has been given to transferring a portion of the site to the local authority for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28800/18]

Child Homelessness: Statements (28 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The homelessness figures for May, which have just been released by the Minister, are truly shocking. They show an increase in the number of adults, families and children without a home since last month. The figures show that there are almost 10,000 people homeless when the numbers of adults and dependants are added together. The most shocking aspect of this is that there are 137 newly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (28 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of Garda in the Limerick city district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Visiting Teacher Service (27 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to restoring the visiting teacher system for Traveller children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28271/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank all of the delegates for their presentations. Mr. Harris has said we need to "ensure that this is a universal experience" and pointed out that "inclusion should not be optional." I would be interested in hearing the views of others on that matter. I agree with Deputy Thomas Byrne that some schools seem to be reluctant. I do not think it is just about not having enough space....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (26 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 314. To ask the Minister for Health if appropriate staff will be allocated to alleviate pressure on beds which is the main cause of the trolley crisis in University Hospital Limerick in view of the inequality of whole-time equivalent front-line posts in the health service in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27466/18]

Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the job description of vacant homes officers in local authorities; if they are required to investigate and report on the reasons homes in their authority area are left vacant; if they have specific time allocated in their working week to work specifically on activity to bring homes back into use; and if he will make a...

Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The purpose of this question is to find out exactly what vacant homes officers are doing. Given the fact that there are now so many people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, coupled with the fact that there is such a shortage of available housing, it is a scandal that there are empty properties throughout the country which could be used as homes. Even if the numbers are nowhere...

Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am really trying to find out whether the people who have these jobs have other tasks to do. Is a specific amount of time devoted to proactively finding out the reasons properties are vacant, rather than just responding if somebody provides the information? Do they draft action plans? In the British system vacant homes officers have a very proactive role. They identify the reason a...

Other Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The numbers taking up the two schemes are disappointing. Does the Minister of State have plans to increase the uptake either by changing the schemes or introducing a stick-based approach? Are there plans to have a tax on homes that have been left vacant for a long period of time?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on providing for a legally enforceable right to adequate housing either through statute or by way of a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26828/18]