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Government Borrowing (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On a point of order------

Government Borrowing (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I want to make a point. We have been going through questions here - Questions Nos. 21 and 22. We went along to Question No. 27. We are repeating ourselves. We are hearing the same thing. Then we jumped to Question No. 30. I have colleagues sitting here dying to get in on Question No. 29.

Government Borrowing (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Ask a question.

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed extension of the breast cancer screening programme to women aged 65-69 years, as committed to in the programme for Government, will be rolled out on a nationwide basis or on an incremental basis across the various regions. [14206/11]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Remuneration: Financial Institutions Remuneration (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his investigation into the practise of purchasing company cars for management personnel in credit institutions which are in receipt of State funding, as part of his review of pay and conditions in such institutions. [18120/11]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the possibility of increasing the fine to be imposed on credit institution employees found to have committed the offence of mismanagement of that institution, by failing to run the institution according to sound administrative and accounting principals, as per Regulations 16 and 33 of the European Communities (Licensing and...

Written Answers — Medical Internships: Medical Internships (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the internship for junior doctors to two years as per the requirement in the UK where junior doctors must work foundation years one and two before completing their internship, in order to help combat the shortage of junior doctors here [18119/11]

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: To respond to Deputy Finian McGrath, I heard-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I wish to make a point.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yesterday, text messages were being sent in here calling Deputies murderers and traitors. It is an absolute disgrace.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: They were put up to it by other parties.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: People from other parties.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome this opportunity to speak on this important legislation. The establishment of this new division of the register of medical practitioners to be called the supervised division with the intention of smoothing the way for the recruitment of non-consultant hospital doctors from abroad is timely and, indeed, necessary considering the current difficulties relating to the recruitment of...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the length of time in which the offence of mismanagement of a credit union can be investigated, which currently stands at two years from the date on which the offence was committed. [19337/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the withdrawal of a special needs assistant in respect of a child (details supplied) in view of the exceptional circumstances of the case. [19271/11]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to ban unpasteurised milk; if he will consider the option of regulating the industry in place of an outright ban and if he will consider holding a public consultation on the matter. [19240/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update regarding the amount of revenue realised since the exemption from benefit-in-kind tax for employer-provided child care was abolished by the last Government; if he will consider overturning the decision to abolish the exemption in view of the fact that attempts are being made to encourage persons back into the...

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am a qualified primary teacher and a former primary school principal. Outside the Oireachtas today, some of my colleagues and I and the Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, met a group formed in 2010 which represents parents of children with special needs. I would like to reiterate here what some of those parents said to us today. They marched on the streets and then came to meet...

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (14 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which deals with the winding up of the Residential Institutions Redress Board. Section 8 of the Act allowed the board to take late applications for redress and implied it was wholly appropriate that this be the case. There was, no doubt, hesitancy on the part of some victims to come forward to discuss the unspeakable and evil abuse they...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (21 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Housing Act to specifically name domestic violence as anti-social behaviour in order that local authorities can exclude and evict perpetrators when they present a risk to their immediate family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22544/11]