Parliamentary questions

National Monuments

Maureen O'Sullivan

20. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the health and safety requirements that prevented the Lord Mayor of Dublin from visiting the site of the national monument in Moore Street, Dublin 1; and her views that the Lord Mayor should have been afforded the opportunity to visit this site. [19868/16]

Commemorative Events

Maureen O'Sullivan

27. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of her plans for a Famine memorial in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin 11; and her further plans to assign a fixed memorial day to commemorate the Great Famine, given that this tragedy has played a part in shaping Ireland and much of the world. [19869/16]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Maureen O'Sullivan

41. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the National Parks and Wildlife Service's reports of the injuries to and deaths of hares at live coursing meetings; and how she will address the illegal taking of hares for the hare trade. [19871/16]

Health Services

Maureen O'Sullivan

213. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the range and level of services and treatment in the County Dublin area for adults with dyspraxia. [20411/16]

Human Rights

Maureen O'Sullivan

334. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on growing calls for the independence of West Papua, especially given increasing and alarming human rights violations there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19233/16]

Departmental Reports

Maureen O'Sullivan

335. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the report on human rights and business. [19234/16]

International Agreements

Maureen O'Sullivan

336. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on recognising the sovereign state of Somaliland which has celebrated 25 years of independence and democracy; and if he will support an allocation through the European Development Fund to Somaliland for the Addis-Berbera corridor. [19235/16]

Human Rights

Maureen O'Sullivan

337. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the very dangerous situation of the Baha'is in Iran, especially given the unprecedented number of anti-Baha'is comments in official news media and Government sponsored website releases with some referring to the Bah'ai as the enemy and a polluted sect. [19236/16]

Foreign Conflicts

Maureen O'Sullivan

338. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the threats of violence against ASTRACATOL, Farmers Union, in Columbia by state-sponsored groups; and if he agrees that while the international community is praising the peace process between the government and FARC there also needs to be more scrutiny of human rights violations in the country, particularly against farmers and trade unions. [19237/16]

Foreign Conflicts

Maureen O'Sullivan

339. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the report, Taking Sides: The United Nations loss of impartiality, independence and neutrality in Syria, and its findings of how the United Nations' response to the crisis is completely inadequate; and if Syria and other crisis regions such as Palestine indicate that the United Nations has limited influence in war zones. [19238/16]

EU Migration Crisis

Maureen O'Sullivan

340. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to address the concerns that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is ill-equipped to deal with the refugee situation in Greece; and if there should be a stronger role for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs funding to be directed to smaller groups working directly with the refugees and also funding to be redirected to the Greek authorities whose health service and economy are under massive pressure because of the additional pressures on their services. [19239/16]

Student Data

Maureen O'Sullivan

127. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the basis of questions for foreign national students registering for schools here; and if he acknowledges that the sensitive nature of the questions would be better orientated to spoken language and language needs as opposed to ethnic background and cultural identity as illustrated in a circular (details supplied). [18237/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Maureen O'Sullivan

128. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills how he will address the issue of pay inequality for teachers; and if he will restore the qualification allowances. [18238/16]

School Patronage

Maureen O'Sullivan

129. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills how he will assist the integration of children of different religious beliefs in the same schools; and his views on the Oireachtas joint committee's concern that divestment of patronage seemed to lead to religious segregation rather than the more desirable integration which would result from children of all religious beliefs going to their local national school, regardless of the patronage of that school. [18239/16]

Departmental Staff

Maureen O'Sullivan

130. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills how a person was precluded from the competition for position of post-primary inspector (guidance) with an honours (2.1) in M.Ed in education, specialising in guidance. [18243/16]

School Curriculum

Maureen O'Sullivan

131. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills how he is addressing concerns of teachers that the new junior certificate curriculum will lead to a diminution of standards in learning and to subject contents that are not challenging. [18245/16]

Crime Prevention

Maureen O'Sullivan

77. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans in relation to the mini-CABS concept; the number of Garda Síochana divisional asset profilers in situ currently and how many successful convictions have been concluded as a direct result of the asset profilers; the number pending before the courts as a result of the asset profilers; and her plans for additional resources to specifically deal with drug related matters. [17591/16]

Drugs Crime

Maureen O'Sullivan

78. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to work with other jurisdictions on drug-related crime, with a particular emphasis on assets in foreign banks, financial institutions, property and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17592/16]

Immigration Policy

Maureen O'Sullivan

79. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the work of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (details supplied); if she considers a comparable immigration consultants regulatory framework to be desirable for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17593/16]

Credit Union Fund

Maureen O'Sullivan

109. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the specific actions taken by the Central Bank to articulate, express or give effect to its supportive attitude towards the implementation of section 44 of the Credit Union Act 1997 by credit unions; the number of instances known to the Central Bank where a section 44 fund has been established; if he envisages a role for his own office in encouraging the take-up of the enabling legislative provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17572/16]