496. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he condemns the treatment of the Palestinian poet Mr. Ashraf Fayadh at the hands of the Saudi Arabian Government on the charge of abandoning his Muslim faith, a crime which warrants a death penalty in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make representations to the Saudi Arabian authorities on this issue. [45192/15]
495. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he condemns the Israeli raid on the Aida refugee camp outside Bethlehem and the perceived total overreaction of Israeli forces to stone throwing; if he accepts this reaction by Israeli forces will further deter moderate Palestinians from peaceful dialogue; and if he will condemn this action. [45190/15]
494. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the air strikes in Syria; if he has voiced his position at European Union level; and if he will outline Ireland's position on the future of President Assad of Syria in any peace talks on the future of Syria. [45189/15]
192. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the ongoing negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the worries of many non-governmental organisations and trade unionists that it will provide further means for large corporations to abuse, intimidate and overlook small, locally-based farmers, particularly in reference to Colombia. [45191/15]
37. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the significant numbers of tyres collected by the local authorities in Dublin in the weeks before Hallowe'en 2015 have not been properly disposed of; and if current plans for the tyre industry will address this issue. [44116/15]
47. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills how she is responding to foreign students who, in some cases, experience language difficulties when dealing with the educational system. [43876/15]
19. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for school-based prevention and education programmes on addiction; the programmes available at primary and at second level; the time provision for such programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43875/15]
658. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a designated Famine commemoration day is merited given the scale of the tragedy itself and its effect on Ireland and the world, if and when she will make a definite decision on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43788/15]
657. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the low earnings of those in the arts sector and that they do not have recourse to collective bargaining; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43787/15]
588. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the prescribed solution of a full producer-responsibility initiative, with the suggested loss of jobs, distortion of trade and imposition of a new tax on the consumer, given that the tyre industry claims that the tyre working group process was flawed. [44167/15]
587. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has discussed its grievances on the workings of the tyre working group and some of the practices and recommendations that have resulted from its deliberations, with the Independent Tyres Wholesalers and Retailers Association. [44166/15]
513. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary level and secondary level students in Dublin north-east and Dublin north-west inner city seeking special needs assessments by school in tabular form, and the number of these assessments completed and the allocation of resources as a result of submitted needs assessments by school. [43920/15]
192. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of refurbishing the near empty building of Carrisbrook House, given that it is almost totally vacant and of national and historical importance, given the site's role in the 1916 Rising, if he will make this site available to the local authority as housing for persons in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44165/15]
81. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the tendering process for restoration contracts for Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street in Dublin 1; the estimated cost of the restoration and who costed it; and if proposals will be made available to relatives and interested parties. [43482/15]
19. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will re-introduce funding for the young people's facilities and services fund; his views on the substantial benefits this will have for young persons in their formative years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42688/15]
7. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports Tusla has in place for children and parents living in emergency accommodation; if specific supports are needed given the extraordinarily difficult circumstances children in emergency accommodation face in trying to attend school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42687/15]
472. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if a waiting time, in many cases in excess of 14 months, is too long for public patients waiting to see a gynaecologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42957/15]
471. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons diagnosed with long-term degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's who do not qualify for a medical card; if there are significant financial demands on persons who are often on very modest incomes but are just above the threshold for a medical card; if State assistance is required for persons in this predicament. [42956/15]
470. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the short-term plans in place to relieve the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments; if he will reform the nature of these departments, for instance, by allocating intellectual disability nurses for patients presenting with mental health problems, with a separate triage for those presenting with alcohol and addiction issues; if staff are under increasing pressure due to poor management of departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42955/15]
469. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the BreastCheck cut-off age from 65 to 70 years of age and increase health advertising on its importance, given the ageing population and the reduction in the number of women taking the check during the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42954/15]
468. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to meeting the group Regret to address its members' concerns about their daughters' health in relation to the human papilloma virus vaccine; given that he has previously expressed his confidence in the vaccine, if he will address the parents' concerns that the one common denominator in the emergence of some very serious health issues is the vaccine; if he will offer care plans or compensation given the hardships faced by these families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42953/15]
467. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health given the report published by Action Ireland sampling 700 schoolchildren from Dublin, Galway and Cork, and the findings that girls are now more likely to consume alcohol than boys, if he will commit to a multi-pronged approach, along with the Department of Education and Skills, to tackle the problem of under-age drinking; if he will follow the example of Finland and regulate online marketing aimed at this demographic, to improve general health of young persons and Ireland's bad relationship with alcohol. [42952/15]
374. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress of the school completion programme; if he will implement the changes recommended by the Economic and Social Research Institute report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42753/15]
373. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will commit to re-establishing child contact centres to facilitate safe and supervised accessed visits between children and perpetrators of domestic violence in line with court orders, as advocated by Women's Aid; if the existing system can lead to ongoing abuse for parents who are victims of domestic violence during home access visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42752/15]
329. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current allocation of gardaí for the area covered by Cabra Garda Síochána station; if she will address the need for additional resources for this area as this station supplies gardaí for Áras an Uachtaráin, the American ambassador's residence and Farmleigh House, and for events taking place in the Phoenix Park in County Dublin; and her views on the current numbers and the need for additional resources given the extent of the roles of gardaí in this station. [42758/15]
236. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on lease private security, pest control and other services relating to the maintenance of Carrisbrook House at 122 Northumberland Road in Dublin D04 A295, a development which originally obtained planning permission around the time of the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising to replace a Victorian house and adjoining terrace that played a part in the Rising; if current and projected future expenditure in respect of Carrisbrook House represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42757/15]
91. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the practice of doubling and trebling the number of prisoners in prison cells is draconian; if there should be one prison bed per prison cell, given that many prisoners in custody have mental health issues and problems with anger management and given that cell sharing is proving very problematic for prison staff and prisoners. [42289/15]
35. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns that many people are advertising their services as dog trainers with no certification or qualification in the handling and training of dogs, and in many cases are paying no taxation, as they are not licensed; his plans to regulate specifically for dog training schools, and for persons who are profiting from dog owners with no regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41388/15]
24. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will condemn the legal and illegal treatment of hares, in the name of sport; if a debate is required on this draconian cruel form of entertainment; if there are real opportunities to stop animal cruelty while retaining jobs, through humane versions of coursing. [39538/15]
584. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of a national walking policy based on the recommendation in Smarter Travel: A Sustainable Transport Future A New Transport Policy for Ireland 2009 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41570/15]
553. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of instances in which the improvements works in lieu of local authority housing scheme (DoEH&LG Circular N7/02) was applied across each of the local authorities in 2014, in tabular form; the aggregate number of instances in which the scheme had been applied, across all local authorities as a bloc, in each year since 2002; if he is satisfied, on the basis of date or other reports supplied to him, that the local authorities apply the terms of the scheme consistently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41660/15]
545. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government a list of lands that have been acquired by State agencies under his control, such as the Housing Agency, from local authorities under the land aggregation scheme, by postal address, amount of lands acquired, loan payments entered into, reasons for acquisition, and future use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41571/15]
535. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the review of An Bord Pleanála will be published; his views on the length of time it takes An Bord Pleanála to reach decisions; and his plans to address this. [41333/15]
378. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 12 May 2015, the mechanism the Health Service Executive has in place to allow the person in question to state serious grievances against the treatment received while in its care; if he will direct the executive to allow this person to meet suitable persons to seek answers to questions and review the recordings this person has as evidence of mistreatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41331/15]
316. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question No. 165 of 13 October 2015, if she has responded to requests from the family of a person (details supplied) regarding a further widening of the investigation, given the emergence of new information in correspondence to her on 24 September 2015; when she will respond to the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41339/15]
315. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if court day procedures are conducted in a sensitive manner from the point of view of victims and relatives of victims; if the practice of victims and their families often standing a few metres away from the alleged perpetrators of crimes in the foyer of the court building will be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41338/15]
314. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the practice of concurrent sentencing for very serious crimes is proving difficult for families of victims; if she has consulted with the Victims' Rights Alliance when drawing up legislation dealing with sentencing and bail conditions; and if including the opinions of victim advocate groups in legislation would facilitate a more transparent system. [41337/15]
313. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase custody capacity in line with the introduction of the Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015, and the possible increase in demand for custody space in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41335/15]
286. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence the degree of utilisation, and his future plans, for St. Bricin’s military hospital and the associated lands within this important eight acre site in Dublin’s north inner city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41603/15]
259. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to SI No. 128 of 2014, why he is continuing to allow the docking of the tails of hunting dogs, a mutilation considered so unethical that the Veterinary Council of Ireland prohibits vets from performing it. [41548/15]
216. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if hares were sick or dying at Cashel Coursing Club in County Tipperary, resulting in the cancellation of meetings on 10 and 11 October 2015; if post mortems were carried out, and further to the official coursing club website stating unsuitable ground, if he will provide details of the unsuitable ground conditions. [39537/15]
630. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to add an outer orbital motorway route to complement the M50 along the South Drogheda, Navan, Newbridge corridor, to the capital investment plan; his views on the need for a new outer orbital motorway for the significant populations of Dublin and east Leinster, and to alleviate pressure on the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40542/15]
276. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 8 July 2015, if he will confirm that Horse Racing Ireland took the claims of grievance seriously and that it investigated the allegations in a fair way; if it had any dialogue with the Turf Club regarding the very serious allegations made by the person concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40243/15]
133. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that a system which prohibits a cohabiting unemployed parent from claiming a jobseeker's benefit based on the income of the other parent is a contributing factor to social protection fraud in some cases, whereby parents in relationships can, on occasion, claim to be separated in order to receive benefit under the one-parent family payment scheme and the jobseeker's scheme; and the action she has taken to ensure that honest persons are not a loss while unemployed. [40251/15]
132. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 3 November 2015, if she is aware of any individual problems persons have been facing in social protection offices when trying to provide proof of actively seeking employment; her views that the current system is very loose; and that a fairer system needs to be put in place to differentiate between persons who are desperately trying to find employment and those who are not, for the benefit of the applicant and the deciding officer in social protection offices. [40250/15]
131. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection on the need to increase the basic social protection rate to combat the increase in inflation since January 2011; that the failure to make progress on restoring the buying power of minimum social protection payments in budget 2016 is a concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40249/15]
111. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach the number of persons who have left the labour force in the past four quarters, and how this has affected unemployment rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39934/15]
43. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans, if any, to mark the role played in the Easter Rising 1916 by the original Carrisbrook House on 122 Northumberland Road in Dublin, D04 A295; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39536/15]
5. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person who costed and valued the sale of the NAMA-owned properties on the Moore Street battle site in Dublin 1; if there was a survey with a report available; if there will be a tendering process for contractors involved in the restoration; and when a timeframe will be drawn up for the works. [39631/15]
3. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will exercise the power conferred on her under the national monument certification process to undertake the preservation of 10 Moore Street in Dublin 1, identified by the National Museum as the point of entry into the terrace by the Irish garrison from the General Post Office, the location of the first council of war after the evacuation of the General Post Office, and where five signatories spent their last night before their surrender and execution, and those other buildings on the terrace identified in both the Frank Myles and Shaffrey reports. [39630/15]