Results 1-6 of 6 for diaspora speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (12 Dec 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the merits of having a more advanced announcement of the national Famine memorial day and location in order to allow many of the diaspora who are citizens of other states as a direct result of the impact of the Great Famine to travel to the commemoration and book in advance; if she will progress a specific famine museum; and if...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...panels must give advice in terms of the banished babies and the unmarried mothers who emigrated to the US in order that they are part of the collaborative forum and the selection committee. That diaspora survivor community has to be included. There is a need for space for the survivors from institutions not covered by the commission's 17 institutions, and that means including St....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (30 Nov 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...situation. Here a number of governments were involved - our Government, the British Government and the United States Government. They took a very personal involvement in it. In addition our diaspora in the United States were influential. The United States will not be an ally to the Palestinians in this case. Is there an alternative that can be that driver in the way that the United...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Is the funding of community organisations centrally organised or allocated, or is it at the discretion of our embassies where we have significant Irish communities? At what stage is the diaspora policy? With regard to the ongoing work concerning people who have been in institutions in this country, including Magdalen laundries, can Irish men and women living abroad be included in the...

Seanad Reform Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...Bills from Senators Zappone, Quinn and Crown. One point they have in common is widening the electorate of the Seanad, whether to Dáil electors, Irish citizens in Northern Ireland or members of the diaspora, holders of Irish passports. At one of the sessions of the Constitutional Convention, we discussed the diaspora voting in presidential elections. Part of the convention involved...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to Magdalen Laundry survivors, if he will publicise at home and abroad to diaspora communities of survivors' entitlements to register with the Magdalen Fund/Commission in order to maximise the number of potential applicants' awareness of the scheme; the consequences there are for a survivor who does not register with the Magdalen...