Results 961-980 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 153. To ask the Minister for Health when the doctor who carries out eye examinations at a clinic (details supplied) will be replaced in view of the fact waiting times are in excess of 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22863/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Appeals (23 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a significant backlog in the time taken for An Bord Pleanála to deal with appeals; the average waiting time before appeals are decided; if priority is given to applications that go directly to the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22856/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: We should suspend, a Cheann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the detail of the law regarding inheritance tax for siblings that are joint owners of a home in which they live together; if there have been recent changes to the tax imposed on a surviving sibling in the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21817/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been purchased for a new school (details supplied); if not, the progress that has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21816/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application for an extra teacher for a school (details supplied) which is expected to have the necessary number of students enrolled at the start of the school to require a fifth teacher; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21824/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; the estimated time of completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21827/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to raise the threshold for medical cards for persons over 70 years of age in the forthcoming budget in the context of restoring cuts implemented during the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21734/18]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 10 o’clock When I read last week in the report of the Business Committee that we were to have a debate on affordable housing, I was hoping we would have an interesting, constructive debate with specific proposals coming from the new Fianna Fáil spokesperson on housing. This is a very disappointing motion. We have had several very constructive debates in this House with...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: If the Deputy meant something different, he should have specified something different because this is entirely woolly and general. It is very disappointing. At the beginning of 2012, I moved into what was then called the Department of the Environment, Planning and Local Government. We had no money whatsoever following the collapse of the economy. The construction-led boom left houses...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----local authority units have been brought back into use because that is all we could afford. As soon as we could afford to start construction of local authority houses again, we began and the current Government has continued this, although I have many negative things to say about the speed at which that is happening. The affordable housing scheme was stood down because all houses were...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: It has to be genuinely affordable housing. One point I commend Deputy O'Brien on is his attempt to define affordable housing as being related to income. I agree that the previous scheme which Fianna Fáil presided over was simply a percentage less than the market price. We need to relate affordability to people's incomes because while the cost of housing and rent have gone up...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I think that is what he was saying, that it is alright to object to housing because there are no other facilities in the area.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is all I could understand from his contribution. I have refused to object to local housing developments where Fianna Fáil representatives have objected to them. Only if I can suggest an alternative will I object to anything that involves building houses for people who so badly need them. I hear a lot of talk about what should be done at a national level but I see a lot of action...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: We need to decide what we want. The cost-rental model is good. The Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance model in particular has been very positive. I urge the Minister to move as quickly as possible. I know Ó Cualann has gone to some other local authorities to speak about its model. It is very positive and provides affordable homes. We want to try to make constructive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I found part of Ms Cooney's presentation chilling, particularly on boys up to the age of 14 seeing pornography as normal sex and getting their messages in that way. I forget the percentage she said but it was a relatively high percentage. I want to ask a specific question following on from that. Would Ms Cooney suggest, as well as the other issues we will tease out with the others around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: My question was whether there should be actual teaching materials that operate online as opposed to just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: They should be the primary method.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for their very interesting presentations, which are very useful to the work of this committee. I particularly appreciate having Inclusion Ireland and BeLonGTo here. It will ensure that we will have more comprehensive proposals than we might otherwise have had. I was particularly interested to learn in the presentation by Inclusion Ireland that many special schools are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (15 May 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra assistance is available for poorer communities that wish to apply for the recently announced funding to install CCTV but cannot raise the matching funding required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21279/18]