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Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (8 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding his approach to the problem of cyber bullying; if he has made specific recommendations to schools on the way to deal with cyber bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32823/11]

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (8 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will implement an awards system for schools to help combat the problem of bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32824/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (9 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his approach to the current repressive policies against Tibet; if he will confirm if he will call for the introduction of international independent observers in Tibet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33659/11]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (9 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the humanitarian assistance scheme 2009, as administered through the community welfare service, will offer assistance to householders who were affected by the recent floods in the Blackrock-Monkstown area of County Dublin; if the scheme will be especially targeted at those whose houses were flooded in the past and who do not have...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (9 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Office of Public Works will provide a progress report with respect to the works being carried out on Maretimo Stream Blackrock, County Dublin; if contractors are currently behind schedule on the project; and, if that is the case, if he will confirm that the project will be fast tracked in view of...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (9 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; the reasons for such amendments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33687/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (10 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has yet received costings from the Revenue Commissioners regarding the exemption from benefit in kind tax for employer provided child-care which was abolished by the last Government; his views whether the costings justify the abolition of the exemption; if he will consider overturning the decision to abolish the exemption in view of the fact...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (16 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any emergency funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) which, although due shortly to start construction of a new school, is extremely concerned about the number of pressure cracks resulting from the deterioration in the structure of the current building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35204/11]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns among Protestant faith schools of the impact on their future sustainability of any increase in pupil-teacher ratios in view of the removal in 2009 of the funding which traditionally safeguarded their viability and the impact this had on pupil-teacher ratios in these Protestant faith...

Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Does the Deputy remember those Fianna Fáil briefings?

House Prices (23 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: I very much welcome the opportunity to raise this concern which I share with many others, namely, the proposal by NAMA to sell 750 houses at terms which give buyers, in effect, a 20% discount. I appreciate that the scheme is dressed up as one which offers insurance to buyers against a fall in the value of the property in the five-year period subsequent to the sale, but the reality is that by...

House Prices (23 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: I accept that the motivation behind this proposal is to find an ingenious way of getting the market going again, disposing of properties and recouping the taxpayers' outlay. I remind the Minister of State and the House that NAMA is the largest property owner in the world. While the initial sale is of a mere 750 houses it is to be extended to 5,000, and the potential damage of that number of...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on the dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, in the year to November 2011; the total budget set aside for the DTSS in 2011; the reasons for any differences between the two figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36519/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on the dental treatment services scheme between January and October 2011 and the same period in 2010; the number of eligible persons who availed of the DTSS between January and October 2011 and the same period in 2010; the total expenditure per person on the DTSS between January and October 2011 and the same period in 2010;...

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the revised capital expenditure programme published the week before last in the context of the upcoming budget. The fact that we must have a considerably downsized revised programme will be a source of disappointment for Members on all sides of the House and members of the public, particularly those whose jobs are very much bound up with a robust capital...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (24 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make changes to the operation of section 49 levies in view of the changed economic conditions. [36676/11]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputies, Deputy McDonald has the floor.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Minister.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputies, please. Deputy McDonald is entitled to make her points.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Olivia Mitchell: Minister, you will have an opportunity to reply at the end of the debate.