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Thu, 19 May 2016
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National Educational Psychological Service
Maureen O'Sullivan
24. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has ensured additional counselling and other resources for those students seriously affected by recent gangland crime and murder in the North Inner City of Dublin. [10759/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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National Drugs Strategy
Maureen O'Sullivan
90. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to engage with the current review of the national drugs strategy. [10858/16]
Wed, 18 May 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
Maureen O'Sullivan
91. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commit to a timeframe to end the pay inequality that teachers endure; when he hopes to establish the public service pay commission and potentially end the situation whereby appointed teachers after 2012 are receiving significantly less pay for equal work and given the healthier outlook of the economy if this will be a priority for him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10859/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Ministerial Meetings
Maureen O'Sullivan
15. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to meet with representatives from the community sector to discuss meaningful actions to address serious violence and drug dealing in the north inner city area of Dublin. [10145/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Criminal Assets Bureau
Maureen O'Sullivan
27. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to roll out a locally organised criminal assets bureau as piloted in Store Street in Dublin 2 in February 2016; and if expanding and fast-tracking this process will be an important step in targeting the unexplained wealth of middle and lower level drug dealers and protecting public safety in the areas affected most by criminality, given the recent spate in gangland violence. [10144/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Community Policing
Maureen O'Sullivan
130. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to strengthen and reinforce community policing by An Garda Síochána as the core approach of all police work, based on visibility on the ground and relationship-building with the local community. [10316/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Misuse of Drugs
Maureen O'Sullivan
131. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her role in tackling the endemic and intergenerational disadvantage that allows the drugs trade to flourish, and in the review of the national drugs strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10317/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Direct Provision System
Maureen O'Sullivan
134. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how she will implement the key recommendations of the report of the working group on the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers, in June 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10404/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Credit Union Fund
Maureen O'Sullivan
239. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance to direct the Central Bank to develop a framework with the credit union movement to realise the potential of section 44 of the Credit Union Act 1997 for social housing initiatives at local level and for social, cultural and charitable purposes at community level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10662/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Dormant Accounts Fund
Maureen O'Sullivan
240. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance to outline his views on expanding the reach of the Dormant Accounts Acts to include the credit union movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Road Traffic Legislation
Maureen O'Sullivan
1121. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to update road traffic laws and regulations to restrict the sale of vehicles parked on public roads and to prevent car dealers from occupying valuable residential parking space in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9645/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Redundancy Payments
Maureen O'Sullivan
69. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to report on the management of the redundancy scheme fund for the period 1967 to 2015, during which time it was known as the redundancy fund, 1967 to 1984, the redundancy and employer’s insolvency fund, 1984 to 1991, and the redundancy and employer’s insolvency fund and which merged with other funds within the social insurance fund, 1991 to date; and if the fund was in surplus on 31 December 2013. [8350/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Redundancy Payments
Maureen O'Sullivan
70. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the characteristics of the redundancy scheme fund for 1967 to 2016 to date including the income into the fund, the costs borne by the fund, the year-end surplus and deficit and the cumulative reserve built up over the years; and if she has used the cumulative reserves for the purposes set out in the redundancy and the employer insolvency legislation. [8351/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Redundancy Payments
Maureen O'Sullivan
71. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has managed the redundancy scheme fund in an accountable and transparent manner; if this is subject to independent third-party scrutiny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8352/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Redundancy Payments
Maureen O'Sullivan
72. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to consider the operation of the redundancy scheme fund as a vital measure in providing mitigation by way of rebates on the statutory payment made to employees for enterprises, especially small and medium sized enterprises, as providers of employment and as revenue collectors for the Exchequer, as a vital component of the economy and as creators of wealth. [8353/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Redundancy Payments
Maureen O'Sullivan
73. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her assessment of the redundancy scheme fund as a governance stabilising measure for the employment market, especially in the small and medium enterprise sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8354/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Redundancy Payments
Maureen O'Sullivan
74. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has acted effectively as trustee of the redundancy scheme fund and managed its funds and surpluses properly and prudently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8355/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Magdalen Laundries
Maureen O'Sullivan
222. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who have applied for the Magdalen ex gratia scheme; the number of women in receipt of benefits from the scheme overall; and the number of women who have applied for the scheme from the United States of America and Canada and who are in receipt of benefits. [8361/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Drug Treatment Programmes
Maureen O'Sullivan
317. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the policies and programmes on prevention and education relating to drugs and alcohol for young persons; if there is dedicated staff in his Department and the Health Service Executive on this matter; and if there have been evaluations of these programmes. [8356/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Magdalen Laundries
Maureen O'Sullivan
318. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health in relation to the Magdalen ex gratia scheme, if the recommended reimbursement guidelines for United States of America residents were approved by the Minister for State, Deputy Lynch, in December 2015; and the number of women availing of the guidelines. [8358/16]