Results 1,241-1,260 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Mr. O'Neill was very clear and comprehensive. He presented in such a way that I, as someone with no economic or business background, could understand clearly. He summed it up when he said it is a circle that cannot be squared. I have other questions. The witness mentioned the reality of the anti-UK sentiment in Brussels and across the EU. How confident is he that Ireland will not be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (1 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with Dublin City Council regarding the best use of the lands at a location (details supplied). [4987/18]

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I note the core purpose of the Bill is about consolidating and reforming the criminal law concerning harmful communications. One of the difficulties with legislation is to trying keep up with the continual developments in technology. I acknowledge the work that went into the Bill, including the definitions relating to communication, stalking, harassment, intimate images and prohibited...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (31 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that under the Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2016 SENOs will be allowed to exercise their new authority immediately, specifically before the end of the 2017/2018 academic year to ensure students have an appropriate place for September 2018. [4943/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (31 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (detailed supplied) and the enrolment limitations for students in the 2018/2019 academic year due to the lack of learning support rooms; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties this is causing parents who wish their children to be educated under the educate together ethos with little alternative in the area;...

Other Questions: Tax Agreements (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland will not support an international tax body under the auspices of the United Nations which has been identified as the better procedure in the interests of tax justice. [4140/18]

Other Questions: Tax Agreements (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the reason the Government will not support an international tax body under the auspices of the United Nations which has been identified as the better procedure in the interests of tax justice.

Other Questions: Tax Agreements (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. This question follows on from my contribution during Leaders' Questions last week which the Minister attended on the issue of tax justice. I asked about the way in which tax injustice was contributing to inequality in our society and other countries. The Minister was at Davos at the summit which was about the fractured world in which we were living. Central to the...

Other Questions: Tax Agreements (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is very good to be open to discussion with organisations. I imagine they will want to continue on the work from the spillover analysis because, as I said last week, there is evidence that international tax advisers are advising their clients on opportunities to use Ireland as a conduit in precisely the ways in which the spillover analysis of two years ago stated could not possibly be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 12 December 2017, his views on the recent cases of persons openly and publicly utilising marriage equality legislation for the expressed purpose of benefitting from the same threshold as enjoyed by those in group A and B before paying capital acquisitions tax; his further views on whether a wider review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Costs (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the growing frustration of motorists who, despite the working group on motor insurance, have seen premiums continue to rise, particularly for older persons. [4149/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions recently with a group (details supplied) regarding continued difficulties faced by persons in Dublin 3 obtaining home insurance due to the fact they live in areas of flooding but parts of which were never flooded; and the locations in which extensive flood prevention works have been carried out. [4150/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (30 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on Ireland spending considerably less per capita on infrastructure than other European countries; his plans to place more emphasis on productive spending on services and infrastructure rather than tax cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4151/18]

Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I find it strange that there are so many aspects relating to alcohol we could and should be discussing but this Bill has been allocated almost three hours in the House, along with the time spent on its drafting and its discussion in the Seanad. The big concern regards alcohol not being on sale in public houses on Good Friday or off-licences being open. Who is it intended that the Bill will...

Other Questions: EU Agreements (25 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement and the ratification of same. [3670/18]

Other Questions: EU Agreements (25 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the EU Union-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, on which the EU has been working for some years. Where does Ireland and the EU stand on ratifying the agreement?

Other Questions: EU Agreements (25 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement is good because Cuba could certainly do with having a positive relationship with the European Union. We are all aware of the difficult position Cuba finds itself in as a result of its relationship with the large neighbour on its doorstep. The embargo imposed by the United States for many years affects the lives of ordinary Cubans and...

Other Questions: EU Agreements (25 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Cuba receives a bad press on the basis of its relationship with the United States. However, on humanitarian issues, it is often the first country to become involved when countries experience great humanitarian need. It never receives any recognition for this. Cuba was the first country to send humanitarian aid to Sierra Leone and Haiti. It also does much work training young men and women...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (25 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on producing a new roster for election monitoring with an open transparent scoring form that will be available to those that were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3667/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (25 Jan 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the engagement of the Foreign Affairs Council regarding the continuing humanitarian crisis in Yemen caused by extreme violence; and his plans to engage with those that oppose the death sentence facing a person (details supplied). [3666/18]