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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans her Department has to make the rent supplement scheme more attractive to landlords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16191/13]

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I also thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for all of his work. I am pleased the Minister for Health has agreed to accept this Bill and I welcome his assurance that the Government is committed to dealing with this issue sensitively so that it can be brought to an appropriate and fair conclusion for all women affected. I also welcome the women who have suffered surgical symphysiotomy to the...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Furthermore, if there is incompetence on the part of the medical profession or hospitals, they should also have recourse to the courts.

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to bear with me because I have brought up something new tonight.

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: That is fine, I will finish now by saying that both women are in their early 40s. As a result of spontaneous symphysiotomy they are on crutches and in wheelchairs and there are many others like them in the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank all of the witnesses for their presentations and say well done to Mr. Brolly for being a living donor. I was struck by Ms Quinn stating it was the ultimate gift she received. Ms O'Halloran stated her life is now her own. This goes back to what Deputy Conway stated, that we must measure it in our own lives. I have two boys and if they needed a donor I would want them to be able to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am trying to get my head around this issue. I read Mr. Murphy's submission, which indicated that anybody who indicates that the high organ donation and transplant system is not working is simply wrong and misinformed. He also spoke about an organ donor registry. Why would people register if they do not carry a card? Why is Mr. Murphy so convinced that if people do not have a card, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (18 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am aware that there are journalists present so I did not want to say I changed it every day. How will the system work as I find it a little confusing?

Maternity Protection (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: This Government will be remembered for its introduction of political gender quotas. It was a brave and historic move and was an acknowledgement of the need for greater female participation in politics. Members need not revisit the abysmal statistics regarding female representation, as they all know they are depressing. I thank Deputy Ó Fearghaíl for bringing forward this Bill....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that all students, who are deemed in need of a reader for the junior and leaving certificate by an educational psychologist, will have one assigned to them in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20311/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 324. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan may expect a decision on their invalidity pension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20308/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has not signed the Istanbul Convention to date; the plans afoot to sign the Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20310/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (1 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the respite care grant will be re-instated to 2012 entitlements in Budget 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20645/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childhood Obesity (1 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the budget his Department allocated for childhood obesity treatment in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20636/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Action Group on Obesity Membership (1 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the person who is representing paediatrics and child health on the Special Action Group on Obesity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20638/13]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Some sex workers are trafficked while others are not; some are coerced while others are not; some are minors and children but thankfully, most are not. A small group of women report that they entered the sex trade willingly and for them it was a lifestyle choice. I do not judge but I do find it hard to fathom. We have to acknowledge that some women, although a minority, actively choose to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused a reader for the Leaving Certificate Examination, having been assigned a reader for the Junior Certificate, and having successfully passed the educational psychologists needs assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21527/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that all students who have appealed their application for a reader for the Leaving Certificate, will receive a decision early to mid May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21528/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that all students who have appealed their application for a reader for the Junior Certificate, will receive a decision early to mid May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21529/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (7 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of comments made by individual teachers and schools that the number of successful applications for the appointment of a reader has been reduced, he will confirm the number of applications for readers, for the Junior Certificate, that were rejected in 2013, as a percentage of the number of students who applied; the way this...