Parliamentary questions

Dormant Accounts Fund

Maureen O'Sullivan

110. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 17 May 2016, if he will request the Central Bank to carry out an analysis of the benefits or possible disadvantages to the credit union movement, and to the community generally, of adding dormant credit union accounts to the dormant accounts fund, as has been recommended by the Dormant Accounts Board. [17573/16]

Family Income Supplement Appeals

Maureen O'Sullivan

136. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the family income supplement appeals office is adequately staffed given that it is not uncommon for appeals to take a number of months (details supplied); if he will provide more resources to enable it to respond to applicants within a reasonable time given the importance of this payment to parents trying to excel in employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16352/16]

School Patronage

Maureen O'Sullivan

185. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of taking over the patronage of the primary school system, based on the cost per pupil of running the model schools. [15383/16]

Greyhound Industry

Maureen O'Sullivan

56. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to intervene in the crisis surrounding Irish greyhounds being transported to China; and if he accepts that he has a specific role to play in prohibiting Irish greyhounds from being transported to countries where they face cruelty and abuse, given his funding of Bord na gCon. [14518/16]

Animal Welfare

Maureen O'Sullivan

73. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 22 March 2016, his views on seized horses and that one horse died while in his custody while legal proceedings continued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14519/16]

Greyhound Industry

Maureen O'Sullivan

556. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any contact from persons both here and internationally surrounding the exporting of greyhounds to China; and his position on the matter. [14698/16]

Horse Racing Industry

Maureen O'Sullivan

557. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to investigate a report sent to him by a person (details supplied) regarding a very serious allegation of wrongdoing; and his views on the matter with particular relevance to section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act. [14699/16]

Inland Fisheries Stocks

Maureen O'Sullivan

592. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount Inland Fisheries Ireland spent on the pike culling and removal of pike in loughs Corrib, Mask, Conn, Cullin, Sheelin, Arrow and Carra since 1996; his views on if this has been a worthy process with particular emphasis on the loss of revenue to hoteliers and accommodation along said waterways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14700/16]

Public Sector Pay

Maureen O'Sullivan

542. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform why public service pay restrictions that were imposed during times of economic necessity can be maintained, given that gross domestic product figures indicate that Ireland is no longer in recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12544/16]

Public Sector Pay

Maureen O'Sullivan

543. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public service pay commission will consider loss of earnings and allowances for public service workers; if he supports various unions and groups that state that a two-tier pay system is unfair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12545/16]

Trade Agreements

Maureen O'Sullivan

895. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given the commitments to strengthening the functioning of democratic institutions in Africa and to policy coherence for development, as a principle of the Lisbon treaty, if she will explain why European Union trade agreements are being stringent regarding deadlines for ratification; her views on claims that this can be seen to be unhelpful for the parliamentary ratification process in African countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12955/16]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings

Maureen O'Sullivan

7. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for making progress on unresolved issues regarding the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; if he will request his British counterparts to release all outstanding documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11897/16]

Syrian Conflict

Maureen O'Sullivan

16. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the hunger sieges taking place in Syria, given that Ireland is supportive of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in Turkey this week; and his views on many non-governmental organisations being critical of the summit because of the failure of the international community to uphold basic international humanitarian law and refugee rights. [11898/16]

Health Services Provision

Maureen O'Sullivan

215. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to address immediately the lack of a care plan for a person (details supplied). [12462/16]

Credit Union Data

Maureen O'Sullivan

97. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the nature and extent of the tax expenditures in favour of credit unions which his Department's tax strategy group recommended be continued in March 2011 (details supplied); if his Department has reviewed the matter since then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11192/16]

Local Authority Housing

Maureen O'Sullivan

210. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has assessed the effect on subsequent local authority housing output of the disposal by the State of the proceeds of certain mortgage loans associated with the local loans fund, which was established in 1935, to provide capital funding for local authority housing under the Securitisation (Proceeds of Certain Mortgages) Act, 1995; if he will enter into a comparable arrangement in order to increase local authority supply; the role of the Local Loans Fund Act 1935 in housing provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11194/16]

Redundancy Payments

Maureen O'Sullivan

271. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 28 January 2016, to review the decision announced in budget 2013 to abolish the redundancy rebate, given that its abolition not only affected profitable foreign owned companies, which seems to have been the intention, but has had a disproportionate negative effect on indigenous small and medium sized enterprises, many of which had contributed to the fund for decades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11193/16]

Human Rights

Maureen O'Sullivan

357. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is doing enough to combat the refugee crisis in Syria and, although Irish Aid has distributed humanitarian aid, if more vocal and progressive action is needed at EU level and at international level to combat some of the dreadful atrocities being committed in Syria, which in turn are contributing to the refugee crisis and to people deciding to flee their homeland. [11881/16]

Northern Ireland

Maureen O'Sullivan

358. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions on the outstanding issues in Maghaberry Prison in County Antrim and the implementation of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11882/16]

Schools Health and Safety

Maureen O'Sullivan

15. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if educational programmes relating to drugs and alcohol addiction awareness in primary and secondary level schools are effective in addressing these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10758/16]