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Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (23 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. I am 100% behind our overseas development aid programme and would like to see it moving back towards the 0.7%, but there are concerns from NGOs and civil society organisations that instead of the funding going towards looking at, and tackling the root causes of, migration, the funding is actually going towards migration management and border security. There...

Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (23 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Consider the example of this funding going to the EU-Horn of Africa migration route, which is I believe €100 million going to Sudan. In Sudan there are gross violations of human rights. The Sudanese Government is involved in repression, it has used cluster bombs and it has attacked hospitals and schools. Sudan itself is also generating huge numbers of refugees and displaced people....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support continued improvement in United States-Cuba relations in the wake of the US presidential election and the concern that executive orders and progress made by President Obama will be reversed by President-elect Trump; and his plans on discussing the matter with his EU colleagues and to support increased trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the calls on Israel for an immediate moratorium on demolitions and confiscations; if he will request compensation for confiscated or demolished EU assets in area C of the West Bank; and his views on whether the European External Action Service should publish and disseminate the biannual EU representative in Jerusalem's, EUROP,...

Local Government Reform (Amendment) (Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I was elected to this House in June 2009. Some time after that, a Bill similar to this one in that it was about a directly elected lord mayor for Dublin was Government business when the Green Party was in coalition with Fianna Fáil. It reached quite an advanced stage at that point before everything fell apart. Ag an bpointe seo, admhaím go dtacaím leis an ngnó anocht...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with Dublin City Council, DCC, on the way the budget to deal with pyrite issues in a location (details supplied) has been used; if DCC has confirmed the budget has been well spent in addressing those issues; and if his attention has been drawn to the dissatisfaction of residents. [35816/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Elections (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 2 November 2016, his views on the designation of Phibsborough, as defined by the boundaries of the Phibsborough local area plan in October 2008 as a local electoral area for the purposes of the local elections scheduled to take place in 2019; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason national contributions to EU development co-operation have increased in the past two budgets; the parts of the EU development budget to which they are allocated; if these contributions will allow Ireland to influence EU policies in a more progressive way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36075/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland and the EU can assist with the worsening humanitarian crisis in north-east Nigeria, especially for children, in view of donor commitments not being fulfilled. [36076/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the building of 1,600 plus homes for Israeli settlers in the illegal settlement of Katzrin in the occupied Syrian Golan; and the dialogue he has had with his Israeli counterpart and at EU level regarding the disregard of international law that these settlements encompass. [36083/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the report, Business and Human Rights. [36084/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Research (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce cancer trial research units in hospitals to complement the current number of 14 located nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35708/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (22 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 554. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA has put forward any concerns to her that the CETA agreement will potentially lose US investment here as Ireland will no longer be needed as a gateway into the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35763/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (17 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his response to damning national and international reports on puppy breeding farms here; his plans to cease this barbaric treatment of animals and ensure enforcement of the regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (17 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation amending the Official Secrets Act 1963 in view of recently passed related legislation dealing with protected disclosures in the public interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35554/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (17 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sitting Members in the Houses of the Oireachtas are eligible to apply for the job-sharing scheme if they meet the eligibility criteria set out in chapter 5, section 4 of the terms and conditions of employment for registered teachers in recognised primary and post-primary schools published on 30 September 2016 in his Department's web book;...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the passion of the Deputies in the Independent Rural Group in respect of this particular issue. Gabhaim comhghairdeas leo toisc go bhfuil an díospóireacht againn anocht. I totally accept the value of post offices for rural Ireland and the value of one aspect in particular. I think of elderly people in rural Ireland, who are not IT-savvy and who are not doing...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether subjects such as social, personal and health education, SPHE, have a role to play, with particular reference to mindfulness in view of recent reports of an increase in substance abuse among students; and the current programmes in schools to deal specifically with substance abuse....

Other Questions: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My question relates to programmes such as SPHE, mindfulness and well-being and their role in considering substance misuse and abuse in second level schools.

Other Questions: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The Minister has given me the theory of what is supposed to be going on but the recent official report has shown the massive increase in substance misuse and abuse among teenagers, especially boys. So much is landed on schools, whatever the social issue, the idea seems to be that the schools will deal with it. The SPHE does depend on the will of the school no matter what the theory is....