Results 201-220 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (25 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister referred to international experts. Are specific countries role models for what she plans to do?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (25 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: This question was highlighted during the recent beef protests when a number of low-wage workers in beef processing plants, some of whom were from non-EU countries, found themselves losing their employment. The question is designed to get clarity on exactly what the rights of those workers are.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (25 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the matter of bogus self-employment, while I welcomed the Minister's announcement I wish to ensure that she will seek prosecutions of employers. Of the 100 prosecutions for welfare fraud last year, only one could be attributed to employers actively engaging in bogus self-employment. This is something we must address. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has campaigned on this issue, as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (25 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The purpose of these questions is to look further into the recently announced compliance and anti-fraud strategy which the Minister announced, particularly to see whether it is value for money and whether it is going to achieve anything, considering the public services card was also designed partly to identify fraud within the Department.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (25 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am disappointed that the Minister has not been able to give us some kind of costing because she was able to give us an estimate of savings, which she said were €530 million. I am not sure how she can estimate savings yet cannot estimate the cost to the Department. The previous strategy only saved an estimated €1 million so is that figure of €530 million an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Fraud (25 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am referring to simplification.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: We also support the Bill and its principle, although I have questions. My first response is to ask why it has taken so long. I was in the Department when we did the early work on the voluntary code. From my experience at that time, I know there was a strong request from the voluntary housing sector that they should have a Government structure and should be regulated, mainly because it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Administration (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the applications for home tuition for the current academic year have now been processed; if not, when it is expected that they will be completed; if he will ensure that application forms are available earlier in 2020 and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the negotiations to secure a permanent site for two secondary schools (details supplied). [38720/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a particular issue in the embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, that is causing difficulty in the processing of join family visa applications in view of the fact that there are serious delays in sending the applications to Dublin such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 248. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made in appointing a clinical lead for the national clinical dual diagnosis programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38234/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient detox beds for persons with a dual diagnosis; the HSE regions in which these beds are available; when such beds will be available for those that need them in all regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38235/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have appointed a HAP pathfinder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38454/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming before us. I agree with others that this is a very important issue that the committee has highlighted. There was very little public information on this practice and it was only when parents came across it with their children that they realised that it existed. It came to light when we looked at the transition of Traveller children from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Mr. Noel Kelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: To take up Deputy Thomas Byrne's point on cases where a parent does not agree with a decision on reduced timetables and it effectively becomes a suspension, there should be some intermediate step between this and a section 29 appeal. The decision should not have to go straight to a section 29 appeal where it would become confrontational. I do not know whether there is a role for education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: WorldSkills Competition 2019: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I join the Chairman in congratulating all the participants. It is an incredible achievement, and I know that Ireland has been really successful over the years. Well done to everybody involved. One thing I feel strongly about is the fact that opportunities for young people coming out of school do not have to be the standard go-to-college, get-a-degree opportunities. I commend SOLAS on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: WorldSkills Competition 2019: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Has the number increased in recent years? Is Ireland participating in a wider range now than previously?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (18 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes that will be retrofitted in 2019 in order to protect tenants from high energy costs and to address climate change; if he has a monitoring process in place to ensure that the work is done and the funding allocated to local authorities is spent in a timely manner; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (18 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategy in place to stem the increase in the number of children in homeless services in view of evidence of the negative affect on their lives; if he will introduce a time limit on their stay in homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37493/19]