Results 921-940 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

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

Jan O'Sullivan: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new legislation or regulations to restrict short-term lettings will be introduced in order to prevent such use on a full-time basis of properties that would otherwise be available as homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26826/18]

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

Jan O'Sullivan: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties brought back into use under the repair and leasing scheme and the buy and renew scheme of pillar 5 of Rebuilding Ireland in each of the local authority areas by the most recent returns available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26827/18]

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after “ambulance services provided by DFB across Dublin.”: — implement in full the Report of the Expert Panel into Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Services in Dublin, published in December 2015.” The Labour Party fully supports the motion as proposed by Fianna Fáil. It is very welcome that there seems to be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (19 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish legislation in relation to the national claims information database in view of the introduction of the general data protection regulation, GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26452/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (19 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 350. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence Parts 2, 3 and 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; the timeframe for the commencement of these provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26440/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (19 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report of the Drogheda Boundary Commission review has been formally adopted; if Louth and Meath county councils have formally entered into a service-level agreement based on the recommendations of the review to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26441/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (14 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been progress on the payment of increments to section 39 funded organisations; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/18]

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I agree with what has been said already. I just want to stress again that parents have been welcoming things like flexitime and job sharing because so much juggling has to take place when one has children and two jobs in a family, or even one job as the case may be. This would facilitate parents. In terms of the problems for small and medium enterprises, SMEs, there is generally a fairly...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I express our support for the Bill. I know amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are not contentious but we will come to such amendments later. I reiterate the point just made by Deputy Shortall, which is that this is not either-or. This is about extending unpaid parental leave. I know from speaking to parents that this level of flexibility would be very helpful in their juggling of work and home life....

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I too commend Solidarity-People Before Profit on bringing forward this motion, which is well drafted and contains a lot of interesting detail. The Labour Party supports the motion. Almost every week when debating Private Members' motions, I and others have mentioned the land in State ownership on which social and affordable houses could be built immediately . I have often mentioned that...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Hospital Accommodation Provision (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I regret that the Minister, Deputy Harris, is not here but I thank the Minister of State for her reply. In the context of what she has just said about the fact that work that can be done in advance of this winter is to be identified, I urge that our region be prioritised in respect of both the modular unit and the opening of extra beds. It is quite clear we come out on top of the trolley...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Hospital Accommodation Provision (13 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Three of us from different parts of the mid-west region and of different political perspectives are raising this matter, which relates to the intolerable position faced by patients in the mid-west as a result of overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick. Looking at any statistics for the past month or year, the hospital has been at the top of the list regarding people waiting on trolleys....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. As the Chair said, there are some common threads. One is that the curriculum needs to be broadened and made more accurate, according to what some people have said. The other issue arising is the delivery of the curriculum, the status of teachers and the need to upskill. I think it was Ms McGowan who said there is no accredited qualification...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is clearly a deficit that we need to address. The real crux, though, is who delivers it. We have just had the issue of whether it should be external people. The three people here who deliver from the outside have good, positive, objective programmes. We do not, however, want to leave out schools. It needs to be inclusive because part of the problem is that it is very good in some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for both presentations. While I was not able to be at Ms Leilani Farha’s earlier presentations, I was conscious from the media how she highlighted this issue. Bringing it up to that level of public discourse has been important and crucial. I was able to attend two presentations on this issue by the Mercy Law Resource Centre before, as well as the one today. It...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential costs and considerations of setting up a student assistance fund specifically for the benefit of postgraduate students in view of the fact that they do not have access to the student assistance fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25353/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the catchment area for the new Harold's Cross secondary school will be extended to include the Dublin 8 and 12 areas in which there are two MDS primary schools; the rationale for not including these areas, which are in the immediate environment of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Data (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that will be provided for the second sexual abuse and violence in Ireland study; the communications he has had with other Departments from which funding for this study would be divided; the timeline for the completion of the study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24400/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 781. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the wait time for drugs to be approved for persons with MS; if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure new medicines are available to persons with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 775. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is in place for one full-time multiple sclerosis specialist nurse position in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25093/18]