Parliamentary questions

Waste Management

Maureen O'Sullivan

854. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is examining ways to make landlords more accountable for the dumping of rubbish from their premises; the legal barriers to making private landlords accountable for household waste; the way in which he intends to promote tenant responsibility in terms of dumping now that domestic waste collection has been tendered to a private company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17514/13]

Departmental Legal Cases

Maureen O'Sullivan

862. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 12 March 2013 and Supreme Court Justice Hardiman's statement in a case (details supplied), if he sees that State litigation conducted in this way is at the public's expense; the cost benefit analysis procedures in place to determine the efficacy of his Department's litigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16757/13]

Crime Investigation

Maureen O'Sullivan

890. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in the five years since the murder of a person (details supplied) the reason there has been no contact with the family by the Gardaí or Spanish police to discuss with them the way the investigation is progressing; the way in which an Irish newspaper had access to the police files for an article they published recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16425/13]

Magdalen Laundries

Maureen O'Sullivan

902. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to ensure the Magdalen Fund/Commission is a transparent process; if it will have an appeals process with independent monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16631/13]

Magdalen Laundries

Maureen O'Sullivan

903. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if Justice Quirke will be commissioned to implement the process that he recommends after the three month review work of the Magdalen Fund/Commission. [16632/13]

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Maureen O'Sullivan

934. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken in relation to the complaints made to him regarding conditions at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if there are unannounced inspections at centres of Direct Provision; the extent of individual audits at each centre on income and expenditure to ensure the Exchequer funding is being spent as it should; his views on whether there is an adequate, impartial and fair appeals system for residents; and if he is satisfied that proper management procedures are in place at each centre. [17145/13]

Fisheries Protection

Maureen O'Sullivan

980. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure, during the Irish Presidency of the EU that there will be no fishing agreement signed between Morocco and the EU in view of the situation in Western Sahara and the issue of territorial sovereignty. [17231/13]

Live Exports

Maureen O'Sullivan

1058. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received a report on the last consignment of the shipping of cattle from Ireland to Libya detailing the condition of the cattle when they landed, injuries, deaths and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17221/13]

Animal Welfare

Maureen O'Sullivan

1068. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the reported growth of terriermen traffic between the UK and Ireland as stated in correspondence (details supplied); the actions that he intends taking in response to this letter; if he will cease the exchange of terriorwork between the two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17490/13]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Maureen O'Sullivan

1176. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the date on which he will meet with the Irish Thalidomide Survivors' Society to discuss the needs of the 32 survivors for an open care package as in other countries; and if he will consider the German model of care and address the individual specific needs of the survivors. [16406/13]

Alternative Energy Projects

Maureen O'Sullivan

3. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the European Commission's proposal to limit the use of crop based biofuels in transport by 2020 to 5%; if he will include this issue on the agenda of the upcoming Hunger Summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15510/13]

Gambling Legislation

Maureen O'Sullivan

248. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the methods that will be used to identify and protect minors in relation to gambling issues; the number of Gardai inspections that have taken place since the establishment of the casino gaming controls section of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15463/13]

Teachers' Remuneration

Maureen O'Sullivan

261. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in spite of written confirmation that a person (details supplied) will be paid on the old scale and will not be considered a new entrant, the person was told by his Department on a 25 January 2013, 0008/2013, circular that they will be paid as a new entrant; if he will confirm that the person is in fact to be paid on the old scale; the action he will take regarding newly qualified teachers in equally ambiguous situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15087/13]

National Monuments

Maureen O'Sullivan

349. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to meet the relatives of the leaders and insurgents of the Easter Rising 1916. [14811/13]

National Monuments

Maureen O'Sullivan

352. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will forward the Frank Myles Battlefield Report and the National Museum Report and Recommendations on Moore Street to the Save Moore Street group of relatives of the 1916 leaders and insurgents as promised at a 2012 meeting with the group. [14629/13]

Garda Resources

Maureen O'Sullivan

406. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the conditions of the Garda Terrace in Phoenix Park, Dublin; if he is currently responding to residents' requests to be re-housed due to the continuing degradation of conditions with the accommodation; if he is treating this with the utmost urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15085/13]

Prison Accommodation

Maureen O'Sullivan

412. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cells in each institution here; the number that accommodate two, three, four or more prisoners; the current levels of overcrowding within each prison with reference to the safe levels of custody on each prison as identified by the Inspector of Prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14687/13]

Prisoner Numbers

Maureen O'Sullivan

413. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are at present in custody; the number required to slop out; the number required to use normal toilet facilities in the presence of others; the number that are sole occupants of a cell that has a normal flush toilet installed or have access at all times to normal private toilet facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14688/13]

Homeless Persons Supports

Maureen O'Sullivan

536. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the residential accommodation and services provided by the Health Service Executive in Dublin 1 and Dublin 7; the staffing levels; the type of accommodation and services; the numbers availing of the accommodation and service; and if there are similar statistics available for other areas in Dublin. [14861/13]

Animal Experimentation

Maureen O'Sullivan

566. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 636 of 12 March 2013, which does not include a reference to any specific enforcement activities undertaken by the Irish Medicines Board or his Department to ensure compliance with the EU marketing ban on animal tested cosmetics, the number of cosmetic products that have been surveyed by the IMB in conjunction with Environmental Health Services to ensure their compliance with cosmetics regulations, in particular the prohibitions on the marketing of animal tested cosmetics in regulation 9 of S.I. No. 870 of 2004, since 11 March 2009; the number of reports of EU cosmetics surveillance programmes that have been brought to the Government or IMBs attention since 11 March 2009; the number of cosmetics products to which they refer; if he will describe the detailed protocol for any active surveillance programmes to be performed by the IMB or in conjunction with other agencies to ensure compliance with the full marketing ban on animal tested cosmetics that came into force on 11 March 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15084/13]