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Ireland’s increased securitisation and the high price we’re paying to get UN Security Council votes
Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan: In a month, the Taoiseach, Ministers and officials will head around the world...
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My Leaders’ Question on the implementation of the new drugs strategy
On Tuesday I questioned the Taoiseach about the huge number of drug-related deaths in Ireland, three and a hal...
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Report: Ireland faced with high income inequality and soaring wealth inequality
Before the Taoiseach jetted off to the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, I got the opportun...
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Inner City “Mulvey” report; Need for action not words
I questioned the Taoiseach about the Inner City report as compiled by Kieran Mulvey; the report fell short of...
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Leaders’ Question Discussed on Vincent Browne
Varied opinions on Vincent Browne last night by Pascal Donohoe, Pearse Doherty and Justine McCarthy on an issu...
Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan: Coming from a medical background, the Taoiseach will agree that we need sustainable models of medicine development and medicine procurement. We are seeing si... Read more
Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan: In a month, the Taoiseach, Ministers and officials will head around the world for St. Patrick’s Day. Over 300 venues around the world will be lit green... Read more
On Tuesday I questioned the Taoiseach about the huge number of drug-related deaths in Ireland, three and a half times more than the number of roads deaths each year and three times higher th... Read more
Before the Taoiseach jetted off to the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, I got the opportunity to raise The World Economic Forum has placed Ireland eighth in its inclusive... Read more
Inner City “Mulvey” report; Need for action not words
I questioned the Taoiseach about the Inner City report as compiled by Kieran Mulvey; the report fell short of expectations, as it was strong on what needs to be done but less so on how and w... Read more
I have written to over 100 members of the House of Representatives, Senators and Delegates in the US seeking assistance on their side of the Atlantic to the very serious matter I raised with... Read more
Varied opinions on Vincent Browne last night by Pascal Donohoe, Pearse Doherty and Justine McCarthy on an issue I raised in disillusionment given the amount of calls and emails I receive fro... Read more
87% increase in the number of homeless children (Video)
In Ireland in 2015, not one child should be homeless – yet one homeless group is working with 87% more homeless children than last year. Another organisation tells me that 70-plus chil... Read more
62% increase in the number of children in homeless services
Maureen O’Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) I wish to discuss the issue of children. We have had appalling examples of mistreatment of children in the past. We had the Magdalen la... Read more
The line from the Government is job, jobs, jobs from the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) . TTIP is about giving power to corporations and profit based organisations and wil... Read more