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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in the implementation of the active mobility project in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40307/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an appropriate allocation of probationary gardaí to the Limerick division in the next round of allocations in view of demands on the force in policing urban and rural crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40308/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 296. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE, through the National Office for Suicide Prevention, will continue to provide core funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40274/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents are choosing to keep their children in the community child care subvention scheme even though they qualify for ECCE in view of the fact that it is more advantageous from a parent's perspective; her plans to address the loss of grant support under ECCE that results to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the identities of the security companies contracted by her Department and its agencies to provide security services; if all such companies are in compliance with the new employment regulation order rate for the security industry which has been in force since 1 June 2017; the steps her Department has taken to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been transferred to a organisation (details supplied) can transfer back to the Department placement system in order to pursue a training course relevant to their job prospects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40310/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to local authorities for the mobility scheme for council tenants in 2017 in tabular form; his plans to increase funding in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40151/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (26 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of each of the 3,322 housing units that were approved for construction in 2015 and 2016 as listed in appendix 2 of his Department's housing action report of April 2016, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40671/17]

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to have a debate on this very important matter and commend Deputy Brian Stanley for bringing forward this legislation. The context is very important. As the Minister of State indicated, the targeted review of the 2006 guidelines has been under way since 2013. I was in the Department as a Minister of State when we started this work, which is an indication that we...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the urgent need for more social housing, some of the larger voluntary housing associations have been making a very strong case that if they could show they were regulated they could borrow money to build substantial numbers of social houses. It is a year and a half since there was pre-legislative scrutiny on the Bill to regulate the voluntary housing sector and the approved...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I too commend Solidarity-People Before Profit for bringing the Bill before the House. The Labour Party will support it. I am on the side of those who say that enshrining such rights in the Constitution will make a difference. It will not solve all the problems but I believe it will make a difference, and I am not alone in that. Other Members have referred to the eighth report of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I commend Ms Justice Laffoy, the members of the Citizens' Assembly and the secretariat on what was, as Ms Justice Laffoy said, a very robust exercise in deliberative democracy. It falls to us now to ensure that we also deal with the issue in a comprehensive, inclusive and respectful way. I just wanted to make that point. I note that the exercise was evidence-based. We need to inform...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Engagement with Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, Citizens' Assembly (20 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: No, but it does show that the committee needs to pursue this further. Was there any other advice Ms Justice Laffoy wished to give?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for an ophthalmologist who has resigned to be replaced in a health centre (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children are left indefinitely waiting for a service while the post is vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (20 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 801. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed changes to the mortgage to rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (11 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultation process in place and the timeframe for implementation of the EU (Disclosure of non financial and diversity Information by certain large undertakings and groups) Regulations 2017; if the Government has draft proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Innovation Partnerships (11 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to Ireland joining the European Southern Observatory; if there are plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (11 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans and the timeframe for flood defences in the St. Mary's area of Limerick city (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (11 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new system for English language schools which cater for students outside the European Union has been put in place; if not, when it is expected to be activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Language Schools Accreditation (11 Sep 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the registration of English language schools which cater for students outside the European Union; the way in which a new school can register in the meantime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36801/17]