Results 1,441-1,460 of 5,534 for speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Animal Welfare (27 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service is using Larsen traps, which have been banned in many EU countries and banned here under the Wildlife Act 1976. [40694/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (27 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 163. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the length of public waiting lists for non-essential surgeries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (27 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 164. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation regarding the implementation of a soft opt-out organ donation system; his further views on whether it is a matter of urgency in view of the death rates on organ transplant waiting lists; and if the public consultation process on same as committed to can be expedited [40985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (27 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health his views on Naltrexone implants as a possible treatment for those persons that suffer from opiate addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Intestate Estates (26 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the most recent transfer from the intestate estate funds deposit account to the Dormant Accounts Fund took place; the amount involved; the period to which the transfer referred; when the next transfer is anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40438/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (26 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she will take to ensure that the regulations for coursing clubs, including the condition that no hare will be coursed more than once per day, will be upheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40707/17]

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Before the current crisis, the Rohingya were recognised as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. I had a question on this for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade some years ago when the persecution first came to light. Since it was not dealt with adequately then, space was made for it to be exacerbated. We are seeing that now. What is alarming is the way the...

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar; and his further views on the way Ireland can assist in addressing the inhumane treatment of the Rohingya. [39821/17]

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the report on human rights and business will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39824/17]

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: With the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence, I would like to speak on the previous question because I met that group and was with it for a few days. Other members of the group, some of them young students, who were interrogated by the immigration authorities in Tel Aviv airport were traumatised by the way the immigration authorities spoke to them. My question is to establish when the report on...

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This has been a long time coming. It was announced in October 2013 and I have tabled several questions on it in the meantime. The answer is always that the process is under way. The working outline was produced in 2015 and last year it was said it would appear in the first quarter of 2017. I hope it happens as the Minister of State says it will. We know it is important because it will...

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The EU Commission and the UN Human Rights Council have called on states to develop national action plans to implement the guiding principles. Some of the plans produced by other countries have been weak, some have been aspirational and some have been voluntary rather than binding. I ask that ours will not be weak, aspirational or voluntary. It was recognised in the working outline how...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the use of detention centres in Libya to address the migrant issue. [40014/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to the detention centres in Libya. I seek the Minister of State's views on these centres being used to address the migrant issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There is an irony in depending on the Libyan authorities to sort this out because the situation in Libya is one of turmoil and of chaos. I tabled a Topical Issue matter on this a few months ago and the then Minister said the EU would closely monitor the migrant issue because it recognised the difficulties on the ground. Months later, the horror continues, as documented in a recent report by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I question the UNHCR funding because reports are saying that due to difficulties with access and restrictions on personnel on the ground, officials are not in a position to implement and to monitor and, therefore, the funding is not having an impact. There is also a need for monitoring of the training of the coast guard personnel in order that we know exactly what work they are doing because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Fáilte romhat anseo inniu. I acknowledge the work that has been done by our officials, Departments and various bodies to prepare for the unknown while working in a vacuum. At the founding of the EU its principles were peace, harmony and economic and social development for everybody but those principles are being undermined by the way Europe responded to the migrant crisis and by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Fáilte romhat anseo inniu. I acknowledge the work that has been done by our officials, Departments and various bodies to prepare for the unknown while working in a vacuum. At the founding of the EU its principles were peace, harmony and economic and social development for everybody but those principles are being undermined by the way Europe responded to the migrant crisis and by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Fáilte romhat anseo inniu. I acknowledge the work that has been done by our officials, Departments and various bodies to prepare for the unknown while working in a vacuum. At the founding of the EU its principles were peace, harmony and economic and social development for everybody but those principles are being undermined by the way Europe responded to the migrant crisis and by the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Controls (21 Sep 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address the issue of Irish passport holders who have been convicted of a sex crime travelling to countries in which child prostitution and sex tourism is widespread; and if he will consult with the Minister for Justice and Equality on the way in which actions such as passport limitations might be taken. [39822/17]