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Confidence in Government: Motion (resumed) (10 Jun 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, toisc gur thug tú spás cainte dom inniu. I am sharing my time with Deputies Behan and Finian McGrath. I truly wish I was not standing here today because the reason I am doing so is the untimely and sad death of my good friend and colleague, Tony Gregory. Tony was dedicated to the people he represented in Dublin Central and he brought that dedication...

Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion (Resumed) (11 Jun 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I commend the Taoiseach on his speech today and hope the recommendations in it, those in the report and the recommendations of the victims are followed. How could our institutions - the State, the various Departments, the legal system, gardaí, judges and other institutions such as the religious orders - have failed so appallingly? As a teacher of history, I have taught about the Reign of...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will stop the proposed closure of 16 respite beds in Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. [25891/09]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (7 Jul 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he will make a decision in relation to releasing funding approved to a centre (details supplied) in County Cavan under the capital sports programme 2006. [27263/09]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (8 Jul 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the timeframe for the closing of a Garda station (details supplied) in Dublin 1; the extent of the refurbishment; and if he will guarantee the continued existence of this Garda station in Dublin 1. [28295/09]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Jul 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the dangers attached to the use of the drug (details supplied). [28887/09]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (9 Jul 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the dangers attached to the use of the drug (details supplied). [28888/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Sean O'Casey gave us the lines "the whole world's in a terrible state of chassis". This sums up Ireland, in that we are in a state of chassis. Why? It is due to reckless lending on the part of banks and developers chasing profits and increased turnover. It is due to the minimal and at times non-existent State regulation of the banking and financial sectors. It is due to what can only be...

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (23 Sep 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the programme of measures agreed with the European Commission to allow the withdrawal of the case against Ireland for failing to meet a 1999 European country judgment (details supplied), which determined that Ireland was allowing the destruction of bog ecosystems and the...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (23 Sep 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the protected habitats cladium fen, alkaline fen, tufa springs and the protected species Vertigo geyeri, V moulinsiana, and V angustior at a location (details supplied) in County Kildare. [32686/09]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (23 Sep 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimates of the funds required to ensure the favourable conservation status of the protected species and habitats as a result of the placing of the Kildare bypass in a cutting. [32687/09]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (23 Sep 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 4 July 2007, the position regarding the ratification of the 1998 Aarhus Convention in view of the fact that Ireland remains the only member of the European Union not to have ratified this treaty ensuring citizens of their fundamental rights of participation and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 Sep 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will close the loophole which permits a local authority to screen projects for Environmental Impact Assessment post-ante construction when screenings for Environmental Impact Assessments must always be ex-ante construction. [32689/09]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (23 Sep 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide an explanation of the proposal here to create marine protection areas with a timeframe to ensure that fish in Irish waters do not fall below biological safe limits. [32683/09]

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (23 Sep 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in publishing the assessment of inshore fisheries here due for publication in 2008; and if he will provide a date for its release to the public. [32684/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (6 Oct 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has made a decision on the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes proposals relating to eligibility for community employment schemes; if she will take into consideration that the proposed change will lead to the closure of the special status drug community employment...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (6 Oct 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the Hague Convention is expected to be ratified; the reason the Adoption Board is not checking the law compatibility of other Hague compliant countries prior to application for entry in the adoption register; and if she will make a statement on the countries which will be available to adopters here once the Hague convention is...

Written Answers — Community Care: Community Care (6 Oct 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will validate the continued investment (details supplied) in inpatient treatment despite the fact that community care has been her policy since 1984. [33892/09]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (6 Oct 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 795: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he will take in relation to the selling of a substance called snow, a legal substance being sold as bath salts but which is being compared to cocaine. [33262/09]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (6 Oct 2009)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Question 1265: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide the number of students in the second level education system in the 2009-10 school year; the number of students enrolled in the second level education (details supplied) system during the 2008/2009 school year. [34184/09]