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Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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School Patronage
Maureen O'Sullivan
702. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the recommendations in the report by the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism; if there is a roadmap for furthering the recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6818/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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National Monuments
Maureen O'Sullivan
873. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that the National Famine Memorial Day commemoration stone will finally be placed at the Custom House in Dublin 1. [6819/16]
Thu, 14 Apr 2016
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National Monuments
Maureen O'Sullivan
874. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to support the proposal to place the An Gorta Mór memorial in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin 9 and to consider the design plan as proposed by the Committee for the Commemoration of Irish Famine Victims which will include the 32 counties of Ireland. [6820/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
Maureen O'Sullivan
17. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on the discrimination felt by many previously self-employed persons in full-time education seeking the back to education allowance; if the criteria for qualifying for this benefit need to be examined, for instance in the case of self-employed persons who begin a degree while self-employed and who then see their business fail and who are not entitled to any payment, although then technically unemployed; if the criteria should be applied to the current circumstances of applicants, as opposed to their employment position when beginning their studies, especially given that many degree programmes can be in excess of four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4841/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Equine Data
Maureen O'Sullivan
160. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in place regarding the seizure of animals when in co-operation with An Garda Síochána his Department officials make seizures of horses; his views that at the particular seizure of 29 horses as part of Operation Storm on 27 February 2016, there was a serious breach in guidelines and regulations by the non-segregated transport of sexually mature males and females, breeding stallions not being kept separate while being transported and animals of significantly different sizes not being transported separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4820/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Maureen O'Sullivan
268. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the numbers of mixed-race Irish babies and children in the 16 mother and baby homes including St. Patrick's, Navan Road, Dublin 7; if St. Patrick's was the designated holding centre for all mixed-race Irish babies and children from across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4812/16]
Tue, 22 Mar 2016
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
Maureen O'Sullivan
314. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to examine the long-term illness list and the introduction of a case-by-case examination, as certain persons (details supplied) have complicated medical conditions that the criteria seems to overlook which has huge effects on lifestyle and mobility; if standardised criteria is not always the fairest way to allocate resources. [4844/16]