Results 941-960 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 938. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed legislation on assisted human reproduction will be passed by the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25643/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Data (12 Jun 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites of each local authority listed on the vacant sites register in advance of the application of the levy in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24878/18]

Referendum of 25 May: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. For me, this was a hugely emotional decision and a coming full circle because the first campaign in which I was involved politically was in 1983, when we campaigned against the insertion of Article 40.3.3° into the Constitution. I was with a small band of brave people in Limerick at the time. Most of us were also involved in the...

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government pursuant to Standing Orders 84A and 141.

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I started that scheme.

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have always been believers.

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: There was no money.

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am presenting the Bill on behalf of the Labour Party and sharing time with Deputy Brendan Ryan. The Labour Party is bringing the Bill before the Dáil as the number of individuals and families being squeezed in the private rented sector grows daily, as their level of insecurity and fear of homelessness also grows. It comes in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Who makes the decisions on when to release information on foot of FOI requests? I ask this because on Friday evening last, while the country was voting in an historic referendum, the Taoiseach's Department released a long delayed batch of records for which journalists had been waiting for some time. These records related to the strategic communications unit advertorial controversy which the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Taoiseach referred to two areas on which I wish to ask questions, the primary one being housing. He referred to the budget and spending on housing. Could I ask him specifically about spending on social and affordable housing, and not allowing publicly owned land to be sold or used for private profit? Most house prices are now out of the affordability range for people, in particular in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are references in the programme for Government to increase diversity in education. The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill is in the House at the moment. Will the Taoiseach consider reconvening the Citizens' Assembly to deal with diversity in the education system and in particular the fact that patronage is so much controlled by one church, namely, the Catholic Church?

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: During the campaign to repeal the eighth amendment we heard hundreds of stories from women throughout the country, stories that in many cases that had never been told before. They shone a light on the lives of women in Ireland and the reality of people's lives. It was an unveiling of the wrongs done to women, as our colleague, Deputy Clare Daly, so eloquently put it yesterday in the...

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Taoiseach for the additional information he has given us and the fact that social workers have been assigned and that there will be no sudden telephone calls, which is really important. This will go on for quite some time and others will be identified as time passes. Will the Taoiseach give us a commitment that there will be ongoing and continuous funding and support? I...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protection) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Labour Party will support the Sinn Féin Bill. We support fully what it intends to achieve. While it is good that the Government is not opposing the Bill, I do not fully understand the issues raised by the Minister of State, including the definitions issue which Deputy O'Brien has addressed, but also the issue around constitutional property rights. If we have created rent pressure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a decision was made in relation to a school construction project (details supplied) to change the plan from a 2 phase to a 1 stage project; the reason the project is only now being devolved to the education and training board since the decision to have a single construction project was made in the last quarter of 2016; the progress...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (29 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 416. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 15 May 2018, if there is tagging or priority identification in relation to smear tests for women that have been called back for colposcopy due to of abnormalities or pre-cancer symptoms in a smear test and are therefore scheduled for more regular screening to ensure that they are given the detailed attention...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (24 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the second call for collaborative projects under the regional enterprise development fund will be issued; the amount that will be available for successful projects; if the criteria will be the same as for the first call; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22622/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (24 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mechanism by which her Department monitors the achievement of goals under the regional action plans for jobs; the progress on each of the goals in each region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22631/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance (24 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in achieving more gender balance in funded research under Science Foundation Ireland's Agenda 2020 strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22623/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (24 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had discussions with the Minister for Finance and-or on a European level on fair taxation of imported goods that are being purchased over the Internet by consumers in direct competition with retailers operating in cities and towns here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22624/18]