Results 741-760 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Operation of Caranua: Department of Education and Skills (15 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the witnesses. I begin by responding to some of Mr. Costello's points. I note the Department acknowledges the problems, which is important, and my colleagues have asked a number of specific questions about the problems. Mr. Costello said there was a commitment to call people back within 24 hours and subsequently to repeat the phone calls. Does that actually happen? I was told...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Administration (15 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the regulations governing SUSI grants in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47551/18]

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I hope this process is not the same as Brexit and that there will be more information available to the people of Cork than there was to people in Britain during the referendum. I am not from Cork, but I have some experience of this issue with Limerick having gone through a process, albeit it was a little bit different than the Cork process and more like what is planned for Galway. This is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the steering group tasked with recommending ways to improve fish passage at Parteen and Ardnacrusha on the River Shannon, which was announced by the Minister of State at his Department and the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, is accepting submissions from the public; if...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: My question is around an issue of concern whereby salmon stocks are under threat right the way up the Shannon basin. A steering group was recently announced and the Minister of State, Deputy English, was one of the two Ministers of State who announced it. I am looking for more information because this is an issue I have been raising in other areas, particularly with the other Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for the response. He said various statutory stakeholders would be involved but the people I really want involved are the people involved in fishing. I have seen a proposal from the Kingfisher Angling club in Castleconnell, County Limerick. It was once renowned as an area for fishing but the stocks have reduced significantly, as they have in other parts, all...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like clarity on whether the other Department is the lead Department and to what extent the Minister of State, Deputy English's Department has direct involvement. I want to reiterate that, from the statistics I have been given, €1 billion of income and 12,000 jobs come directly from angling. I want to stress again that this is vital for anglers, both those in Ireland and those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fisheries Protection (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: If the anglers federation is not on the group, it should be.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to taking action against local authorities that do not spend their allocated funding for Traveller specific accommodation in a given year in order to address the substandard accommodation in which many Traveller families are living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46900/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites on the register of each local authority that will be subject to the vacant sites levy due to be applied in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46928/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (14 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to accelerate the opening up of vacant council properties to address the acute homelessness problem in cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46927/18]

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: Obviously, there is the voids scheme. I will write to the Minister on this matter because it does not make any sense to me that the council is saying that the property in question is in a queue now for when it gets around to doing it up.

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are families on waiting lists that would love to move into the house in question. There is something very wrong in the current situation. We have been debating these issues more or less every week and we will debate them again tomorrow. This is urgent and serious. We need much more action than we are getting.

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Healy for bringing forward the Bill. It is very important that an emergency be declared in the light of the current level of homelessness, the rental increases outlined in the daft.ie report in recent days and the slow pace of housing construction, particularly social and affordable housing. It is an emergency. Nearly 4,000 children are homeless. If that is not an emergency,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (13 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is in place and if the recruitment process has commenced for the position of a multiple sclerosis clinical nurse specialist in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46623/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (13 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 416. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expedite the availability of new medicines to persons with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46985/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (7 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the OPW’s decision to dispose of sites zoned for development on Church Avenue, Dublin 9, and Herbert Lane, Dublin 2, instead of reserving them for affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Eligibility (7 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons who have been granted temporary permission to remain here for four months on stamp 1 conditions to enable an employer apply for an employment permit on their behalf are eligible to apply for this employment permit despite the fact that they are employed in a category that is deemed ineligible for employment...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling the motion. The wastewater area has been somewhat neglected, with water supply getting more attention. The wastewater issue is important, particularly in rural Ireland but also in urban Ireland. My party will support the motion, although I note the Minister has responded on significant funding that is committed, and we should acknowledge...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (6 Nov 2018)

Jan O'Sullivan: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a building (details supplied) is owned by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45286/18]