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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the group known as the hooded men. Will the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade meet with them as soon as possible to discuss ways in which the Government can progress measures to ensure they finally achieve justice?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for his positive answer. He referred to the original details such as inhumane and degrading treatment. What emerged in early 2013, through declassified documents which the British Government had tried to hide from European Court of Human Rights, was that there was an existence of the interrogation centre in Ballykelly. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. They will welcome that because they have been asking to meet somebody at the highest level, either the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade or the Taoiseach, for some time. It is a matter of courtesy and respect for what they have suffered. It strikes me that there seems to be more effort and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will join the calls for an immediate halt to the use of violent tactics by the state in Honduras; and if he will condemn the human rights abuses that are being committed. [53161/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Prison Accommodation Standards (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the person or bodies he is engaging with on the ongoing issues of prisoners in Maghaberry Prison, Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland supports the current efforts to reconcile the political parties in Palestine and be a voice in ensuring respect for the results of democratic elections when they occur. [53160/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, further to Prime Minister Netanyahu's appearance at the Foreign Ministers' meeting on 11 December 2017 and his intention to justify illegal settlements in Palestine, he will condemn this illegal activity, in view of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. [53162/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Migration Crisis (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the EU trust fund is addressing the root causes of migration in view of the fact Ireland has doubled its contributions. [53159/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Data (13 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds available and the locations of each for those wanting to detox from tablets such as Z-drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53375/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (12 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he has had raising the issue of the Israeli settlement in the Golan at the EU Foreign Affairs Council, including the lack of EU funds available to NGOs in the area and the lack of meaningful statements from the EU regarding the situation in that area. [53172/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make amendments to inheritance tax rules to allow single persons with no children to nominate a beneficiary that would receive the same favourable tax incentives as immediate family members under present rules; his views on whether the inheritance tax rules are discriminating against childless persons that are not married, cohabiting, LGBTs in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Negotiations (12 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an exemption in the Brexit agreement regarding transport of approved rescue dogs from both jurisdictions; and if this could be facilitated between Ireland and the UK. [53173/17]

Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Deputy Joan Collins.

Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Paradise Papers is a strange name when we consider what they are. They are providing new revelations about tax dodging by companies and individuals across the world. This is coming at a time when an EU parliamentary committee has been investigating the Panama Papers. It looks as if there could be a permanent job for such a committee. The Paradise Papers continue the story of tax...

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I listened to the Minister but the members of the union see this section very differently. They see it as causing undue discomfort and upset to them. This comes from branches of the trade union right across the country. When I hear moderate members of trade unions calling this section reckless and infuriating, that makes me sit up and listen to what they are saying. They say that it could...

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is the section which is causing most disturbance among teachers because it will freeze increments and also be discriminatory against certain teachers. It will affect the pensions of some who are already at a disadvantage and thus affect the future of the profession. It is being seen as an assault on unions, normal industrial relations and the principles of trade unionism. It...

Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Minister came into the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence yesterday and outlined all of the reasons Ireland should join PESCO. Many of us made the point about the haste in which this is happening. I compare and contrast it with when the foreign affairs committee was considering our Irish Aid policy some time ago. There were public consultations, submissions and...

Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the increase in student accommodation is addressing the homelessness situation and the housing lists, particularly in Dublin. [52064/17]

Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The question relates to student accommodation. I would like to know the correlation between the increase in student accommodation and how it is affecting or addressing the homelessness situation and housing lists, particularly in Dublin.

Other Questions: Student Accommodation (7 Dec 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We have had this discussion before, and I understand the point the Minister of State made then and makes now that this is an important and a distinct category and that under-provision of student accommodation has meant demands on the private rented sector. However, the point I made then and which I make again now is that we have this urgency and this efficiency in getting student...