Maureen O'Sullivan TD

My speech at the commemoration of the First Dáil

The press in 1919 wrote of the tomfoolery of the Sinn Féin parliament in Dublin, the “stage play at the...
Minister For Housing’s first year: Child Homelessness increases a further 35%

Over 85,000 people are on the social housing waiting list, a small improvement on last year but the numbers of...
There’s no place for a Special Criminal Court in a small, modern and democratic country

We know the reason for the original Special Criminal Court, which came out of the 1939 Act, was to protect Ire...
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...
Community Employment Crisis

A Dáil motion on Tuesday called for “industrial action to be avoided as it will have a very negative imp...
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Motion

Recently I spoke on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Motion. The purpo...
Many people still facing eviction for precarious reasons

It is a shame that the weather seems to be one of the few factors that gets the Government to acknowledge the...

Vast new student accommodations yet housing lists not budging

Posted date: December 02, 2017in: Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Local & National, SliderNo Comments

With 14 homeless people having past away on the streets since August and the harsh weather we are now experiencing I got the opportunity to ask the Minister For Housing how he managed to bui... Read more

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I really doubt the funding provided to address the housing crisis will have an impact

Posted date: November 14, 2017in: Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Local & National, SliderNo Comments

My contribution Re: Housing Crisis to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Paschal Donohoe; Given the scale of the challenge I really doubt the funding provided to address the hou... Read more

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Ireland the puppy farm capital of Europe – This country’s deplorable Animal Welfare record goes on..

Posted date: June 10, 2017in: Animal Welfare, Local & National, Parliamentary Questions, SliderNo Comments

The Dog Breeding Establishments Act is not working and, consequently, there is absolutely scandalous treatment of dogs, very particularly of puppies in the so-called puppy farms, and I want... Read more

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Inner City “Mulvey” report; Need for action not words

Posted date: June 04, 2017in: Community, Community Development, Leaders’ Questions, Local & National, SliderNo Comments

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

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Caranua: Treating survivors of institutional abuse with respect and dignity must always be a primary objective

Posted date: June 04, 2017in: Abuse, Local & National, Magdalene Laundries, Mother & Baby Homes, SliderNo Comments

I want to focus on my engagement with a particular group, that is, the mixed race Irish and their involvement with Caranua. They tell me a number of them were not even made aware of the redr... Read more

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Practical measures to combat housing/homeless crisis in short supply

Posted date: May 04, 2017in: Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Local & National, Parliamentary Questions, SliderNo Comments

There is a lot of rhetoric about the plans to tackle the homeless and housing crisis but yet practical measures that would ease the crisis, importantly in the short and medium term are in sh... Read more

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