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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Dr. Ganatra referred to recent research. It may be a document I have read. I would like to ask about comparisons and where Ireland sits with other countries in the rest of Europe and the world in providing access to abortion services, particularly in the context of safe and unsafe abortions to which Dr. Ganatra referred in reply to Deputy Bernard J. Durkan. The research I have read...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Do I have time left?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will take it so, because I have a question on the practicalities and it is for the WHO. It is on issues that might arise regarding bringing in a legal and regulatory regime. Dr. Aiken dealt with some of this. It is about the practicalities of training, facilities and integrating the system into the current health system. Is that a big issue? How would it be dealt with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: All of the witnesses have said it is important to have contraception side by side.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have two questions, which are follow-ups from answers the witnesses gave to previous speakers. We are all aware of the costs of travelling and the fact that they are prohibitive for some women. If I understood Professor Malone correctly, he said that in some cases where there was a fatal foetal abnormality, the cost factor in terms of autopsies and further testing might deter a woman from...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: We do not oppose everything announced in yesterday's budget. We argued for some measures, including reduced class size, the increase in the national training fund levy, increased welfare payments and additional gardaí. The Government will have the Labour Party's support for these measures. However, some of the choices the Government made yesterday were deeply flawed. Using...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is a disappointing response considering that the Taoiseach's party signed up to Sláintecare and that included signing up to the costings. The principle is not much good to those who are waiting for access to health care. In our alternative budget, we costed the various elements that were supposed to be introduced in 2018. The Government's allocation of €25 million for...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is much more than what the Government has provided.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (11 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a local authority that is within a rent pressure zone is entitled to increase the rates for the rented portion of a home that has been purchased under the shared ownership scheme at an amount that is above the 4% per year limit for RPZs; if he will request local authorities to limit increases to 4% or less; and if he will...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----and the second preschool year was introduced. This is a tiny sum and it will not address the low wages of people working in the child care sector. In our alternative budget, we allocated a sum of money to reduce the cost on parents but we also included a significant sum to increase the pay of workers in the sector to a living wage. These people are dedicated to their work but are...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the two previous speakers outlined, this is a threadbare budget. It is incredible that so little is being provided for the two crucial areas of health care and housing. As Deputy Kelly noted, the Minister did not even refer to Sláintecare, yet health care is a crucial issue. I could use all of the words in the GUBU acronym to describe the decision but it is unbelievable that on...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Similarly, I cannot understand how so-called left-wing Independent Ministers signed off on it. They were seated to my right during the Minister's speech, which is probably appropriate, and shouting "hear, hear" when he was announcing the housing measures.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: No, it was both the Minister of State and his ministerial colleague, Deputy Halligan. They called out "hear, hear" when the Minister announced the small additional allocation for the housing assistance payment, which will go into the pockets of private landlords. With money scarce, a sum of €149 million could be used to fund public housing but will instead go into the pockets of...

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: We will not be opposing this Bill on Second Stage. We all want to work constructively on the under use of existing buildings when we have a housing crisis. The conciliatory and carefully scripted response of the Minister might not have been the same had the Bill come from any other party or group within the House. Confidence and supply can be a useful thing at times.

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: The concept of a one-stop-shop is very positive. We need it in other areas apart from this one of living over the shop which this Bill deals with because many would say that one of the delays in regard to planning is in the pre-planning meetings. There has to be a meeting with the different parts of the council such as transport, roads, water, etc. and it would be better to bring the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I want to comment briefly on the previous speaker's comments. While we all want to respect each other's views, the statement that abortion will be used as a method of contraception needs to be counteracted. I do not believe that is true. We are not really here to express opinions, we are here to ask questions. I want to follow up with Ms Logan on her statement to the effect that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Should Article 43.3.3° be replaced or deleted?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (3 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to include funding for the Drogheda northern port access route in the forthcoming capital plan review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41341/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (3 Oct 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is reviewing the operation of the secondary toll on the M1 at Drogheda; if he has had formal engagement with the toll operator in this regard; the nature and timeframe of the toll operator's contract; the cost to the State; if the secondary toll at Drogheda is to be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41342/17]

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will begin by thanking Deputy Cowen for the wonderful moral lecture about the fine qualities of courage, leadership, responsibility and so on. Quite frankly, what we have here is a complete fudge between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, none of that fine sentiment on which he lectured us-----