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Wed, 30 Jan 2013
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National Monuments
Maureen O'Sullivan
18. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he intends honouring his undertaking to preserve the 1916 National Monument in its entirety under preservation order No. 1 of 2007. [4261/13]
Wed, 30 Jan 2013
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NAMA Portfolio Value
Maureen O'Sullivan
72. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will have cause to have laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas a schedule of all artworks to have come into the possession of the National Asset Management Agency since the establishment of the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4718/13]
Wed, 30 Jan 2013
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Control of Dogs
Maureen O'Sullivan
171. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent attack on, and mauling of, a family pet by hounds of a County Carlow based hunt and in view of the clear and present danger posed by hunting dogs to domestic animals, livestock, pets and so on, if he will ban all hunting of wild animals with packs of dogs in the countryside. [4725/13]
Wed, 30 Jan 2013
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Mental Health Services Report
Maureen O'Sullivan
197. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when he will re-establish an independent monitoring group to oversee the implementation of A Vision for Change in view of the recent seven year anniversary of the document, published to help develop mental health services; the priorities that are in place to ensure the continued development of mental health services away from institutional style care towards community-centred care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4792/13]
Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
Maureen O'Sullivan
512. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release funding to Dublin City Council which will be used for extensions/adaptions for people with disabilities. [3779/13]
Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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Motor Tax Collection
Maureen O'Sullivan
516. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of income from road tax which went to local authorities in 2012, specifically to Dublin City Council for local road maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3930/13]
Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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Inter-Country Adoptions
Maureen O'Sullivan
639. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to immediately start quick re-assessments of couples in possession of a pre-Hague declaration, Article 63 declarations, in view of the fact that it takes more than eight months in some cases to move from assessment to declaration and some applicants only have 10 months left to the expiration of 370 declaration; if she will instruct the Adoption Authority of Ireland not to stop issuing the Article 17 for adoptions from Thailand in view of the fact that there are still 10 families left on the waiting list for Thailand adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4324/13]
Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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Health Services Staff
Maureen O'Sullivan
685. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing situation regarding non consultant hospital doctors and junior doctors who are working shifts of 36 hours or more and where some doctors are working more than 70 hours a week in total and are suffering from mental and physical health problems as a result which is also jeopardising the quality of care of hospital patients; the action he will take in response to the Health Service Executive's non-compliance with the EU Working Time Directive transposed into the Statutory Instrument No. 494 of 2004 which states the maximum number of hours of work per week should not exceed 48 hours from 1 August 2009 onwards and 11 hours of rest is mandatory every 24 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4113/13]
Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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Child Care Services Provision
Maureen O'Sullivan
693. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for the care of a severely disturbed violent youth (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [4196/13]
Tue, 29 Jan 2013
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Vaccination Programme
Maureen O'Sullivan
728. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the HPV vaccine to Irish schoolboys in the same way as they are being offered this vaccine free in other countries to help prevent passing on the HPV virus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4397/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Human Rights Issues
Maureen O'Sullivan
197. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he had, or intends to have, discussions with the Burmese Ambassador in relation to human rights abuses of the Rohingya people in Burma and if he will pursue this matter in his role on the Human Rights Council. [3007/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Commemorative Events
Maureen O'Sullivan
414. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that have been made to mark, on 13 November 2013, the centenary of the decision, taken at a meeting at Wynn's Hotel, Dublin 1, to establish the Irish Volunteers, fore-runner of the Irish National Army and of the present day Oglaigh na hÉireann / Defence Forces Ireland; if in particular the contribution of Bulmer Hobson, the Volunteers' first Secretary General / Quartermaster General and future historian of the volunteers, will be appropriately acknowledged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3101/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Commemorative Events
Maureen O'Sullivan
415. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the fact that the Republic declared on Easter Monday 1916 was declared by the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the plans he has to research and publish information, in the context of the Bureau of Military History, or otherwise, on the membership of the Irish Republican Brotherhood over the decade from the decision in August 1914 to stage a rising up to the dissolution of the IRB in March 1924; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3102/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Live Exports
Maureen O'Sullivan
561. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the transport of live animals to African and Middle Eastern countries is conforming to the guidelines of the International Animal Health Organisation; the type of inspection of the ships that will be undertaken; his views on standards of slaughter houses in these countries; his view on whether in exporting live animals we are exporting jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2964/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Road Network
Maureen O'Sullivan
697. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages being in a position to produce the funding that he had intended giving towards the dual carriageway between Ballygawley and Newbuildings, funding of some €400 million; if he envisages contributing towards a proposed affordable upgrade of the existing road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2963/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Archaeological Sites
Maureen O'Sullivan
127. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he will release the archaeological report/assessment on the Moore Street battlefield site Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2153/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Waste Management Regulations
Maureen O'Sullivan
136. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in developing new regulatory structures for waste management; if he has further details regarding the introduction of on the spot fines for incidents of fly tipping or small scale illegal dumping. [2154/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Copyright Infringement
Maureen O'Sullivan
95. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that the integrity of the National Anthem will be preserved as copyright will end in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57867/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Commemorative Events
Maureen O'Sullivan
559. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding he envisages for his Department for Commemoration events 2013-2016; his plans for making funding available for local commemorative initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1038/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Legal Matters
Maureen O'Sullivan
742. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether An Garda Síochána is discharging its duty to take proper heed or proper notice of concerns expressed in the courts as to the abuse of the summary summons or special summons process by the filing of affidavits containing untrue or unfounded averments of fact and law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57919/12]