Results 2,461-2,480 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Written Answers — Horseracing Industry: Horseracing Industry (30 Jan 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 707: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received Horse Racing Ireland's new strategic plan; if so, if he will take action in relation to the development of the horse racing industry on foot of the proposals outlined in that plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1819/08]
- Written Answers — Horseracing Industry: Horseracing Industry (30 Jan 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 708: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage of total funding for the horse racing industry generated from off-course betting in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1821/08]
- Written Answers — Horseracing Industry: Horseracing Industry (30 Jan 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 709: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage of Horse Racing Ireland's funding that was derived from the Exchequer in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1822/08]
- Written Answers — Horseracing Industry: Horseracing Industry (30 Jan 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 710: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the percentage of the current sports budget allocated to Horse Racing Ireland in 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1823/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (30 Jan 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 940: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has made a decision on the tender report in relation to the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18; if not, when such a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1294/08]
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to reduce the legal blood alcohol level for drivers on a learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3489/08]
- Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is confident he will meet the June 2008 deadline to test all drivers and to reduce the waiting list for all drivers to 10 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3488/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her office will request an application for capital grant funding under the National Child Care Investment Programme 2006 to 2010 by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 and send it to Pobal for examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3122/08]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of the Pollock Report have been implemented, in particular the number of isolation rooms available to cystic fibrosis sufferers; her plans to make more rooms available; the number of dedicated nurses the Health Service Executive has employed; her plans to provide specialised home care staff for cystic fibrosis...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the extreme circumstances surrounding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16, she will intervene immediately to secure them a safe nursing home bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3661/08]
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Transport if in view of the close out grant of â¬5 million to Dublin City Council to pay for the Port Tunnel, he is in a position to indicate the total cost of the provision of the Port Tunnel to include all direct and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3662/08]
- Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 571: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will be made on the application by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 for the extension and refurbishment of the school which is urgently needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3660/08]
- Departmental Expenditure. (6 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: I believe the Taoiseach might have received direct representations from the trade union movement as regards the possibility of funding or co-funding for a commemorative film about James Connolly, in the context of the 1916 Rising. Is the Department of the Taoiseach in a position to provide help with the production of such a film?
- Job Creation. (7 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to ensure employment growth in the life sciences sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4213/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will address the anomaly whereby, if downsizing a property, an older person if permitted to retain â¬190,000 in cash before it effects their pension eligibility, whereas any income obtained through an equity release scheme results in loss of non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will ensure, in view of the difficulty in selling property, that elderly people do not lose their non-contributory pensions when they seek to release equity on their homes to supplement their income, as it appears such equity is calculated as means resulting in the loss of pension; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Film Industry Development. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures planned to encourage the revitalisation of the film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4989/08]
- Film Industry Development. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: I am sure other Members, including the Ceann Comhairle, will join me in congratulating Mr. Damian Foxhall, the first Irish co-skipper to win a round-the-world yacht race. That is a remarkable achievement. He is from the same maritime county as the Ceann Comhairle. It is a first and we should send our congratulations to him and his co-skipper. The Minister was heavily lobbied on the tax...
- Film Industry Development. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Will the Minister clarify what he said about direct grants in the 2009 budget? Is he talking about direct grants to international film producers rather than home-produced films?
- Film Industry Development. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: I hope we still have a film industry in 2009.