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Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: If he bothers.

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: If it were not so serious, it would be laughable to listen to one Government speaker after another ask us to put party politics behind us and to support their budget. They did not give us any information. When my colleague Deputy Bruton wrote to the Minister asking for information in order that we could make helpful suggestions on the budget, he did not even get the courtesy of a reply,...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals from a group (details supplied) in respect of VAT changes to a margins system with compensation for future inability to claim back VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11044/09]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (24 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the funding available to support the Cultural Tourism Initiative in 2009; the way this funding will be distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10953/09]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (24 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if there is a sports tourism initiative in place; if so, the level of funding that has been set aside to develop this aspect of the tourism market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10954/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 795: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a civil servant retiring at 60 years of age after 41 years' service must sign on monthly to maintain their spouses' pension entitlements should they predecease them; her views on whether this requirement impinges significantly on the retired person's freedom of movement and is unnecessarily bureaucratic; and if she...

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Intelligent but unintelligible.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: It is the Taoiseach's fixation not ours.

Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: How will we know?

Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: What about the redundancies?

Industrial Development Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: I, too, welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Albeit fairly technical, the Bill deals with the system of supports and incentives that have been fundamental to our industrial development over the years and that, hopefully, will be in the future. I agree with my colleague, Deputy Varadkar, that there is and always will be a certain tension between the need for oversight by Government,...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (31 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason applications for redundancy rebate payments due to employers back to October 2008 are still not paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13326/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if moneys will be made available to restore the support services grant to fee-paying Protestant schools considering many of these schools face closure in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13386/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 526: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will restore the support services grant to fee-paying Protestant schools considering many of these schools face closure in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/09]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Mar 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the impact the removal of the support services grant from fee-paying Protestant schools is having on parents who can no longer afford to send their children to a school with a suitable ethos and the effect it is having on schools themselves with many facing closure in the next decade; and if he...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (7 Apr 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 393: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will meet with the recognised bodies involved in dance to discuss the role in secondary education of this art form; if he will respond positively at least to the request to meet with those interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14592/09]

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Well done, lads.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed) (8 Apr 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: I propose to share time with Deputies Timmins, Enright and Coveney. Speaking about the objectives of the budget yesterday, the Minister indicated that one such objective was to impress the international markets and persuade them that he was doing something. While he has certainly done something, the real test is whether he had done the right thing. I fear he has not done so. For instance,...

Cystic Fibrosis: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion for obvious reasons, but also because it typifies the lack of coherence and planning that goes into so many of our health services. One would think that where we have a predisposition to a disease we would have developed some expertise in the management and treatment of it. As a nation we have a genetic predisposition to cystic fibrosis and...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2009: Motion (9 Apr 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: We have discussed this matter at some length in the past ten days or so, but I must reiterate Fine Gael's support for the extension of this fund to allow the industry to continue to develop and to bring pride and excellence to Ireland. There is a mistaken impression out there - one must wonder about the source of this, and it may be a deliberate attempt to mislead by vested interests - that...