Results 421-440 of 4,073 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (22 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed Education (Admission to School) Bill 2013 proposes to enact legislation that will prevent Gaelscoileanna from having an admissions policy that gives priority to children being raised through Irish; if he considers that this legislation will have an adverse effect on the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Fianna Fáil closed down the country.

Topical Issue Debate: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Deputy Ross for sharing time. Parents and pupils living in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire have a serious problem because they do not have the choices enjoyed by parents throughout the country when it comes to sending their children to voluntary secondary schools, community schools or VEC schools. Due to a historical overhang and through no fault of their own, many parents...

Topical Issue Debate: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will be very brief. The points I tried to make were that the parents in my constituency do not have a choice. They all scramble to try to get their children into the State-funded schools and if this is not possible, they have nowhere else to go. I am not exaggerating when I say that we have only four to five State-funded schools in the area. Our pupils have nowhere to go. The Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance if the scheme for drawing down 30% of AVCs is operational; the rate of tax that is payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27825/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the health screening tender process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27566/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1044. To ask the Minister for Health the person that needs to be contacted in relation to the tendering process for health screening of staff in Government Buildings; when the screening is due; if there is a specific person in each Department that needs to be contacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27939/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Recruitment and Conditions of Employment for Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Mr. O'Brien for the presentation. I ask the witnesses to focus on many of the points raised by Senator Colm Burke. First, I am the mother of a non-consultant hospital doctor, NCHD. He entered that career full of hope, having wanted to be a doctor since he was eight years old. However, both he and his colleagues are really frustrated and their morale is really low. While Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Recruitment and Conditions of Employment for Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I ask why we are not bringing more medical students into the system and why junior doctors cannot be given a two-year rather than a one-year stint in the hospitals. Mr. O'Brien said in his concluding remarks that doctors need certainty but I can assure him that they do not have certainty. As Senator Colm Burke said, they are doing interviews every six months. I cannot think of any other...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: What about the woman?

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Incidence (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I recently visited the family courts in Dolphin House where I witnessed at first hand the archaic buildings, lack of basic facilities and long queue of people seeking to access the courts. Women who are already in extremely stressful situations are being forced to make sensitive decisions about their lives and those of their children in corners, hallways and empty doorways because there are...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Incidence (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I was delighted to hear the Minister’s plans for this area and that he agrees the family court system needs a radical overhaul. Behind each of the figures released today by Women's Aid is a woman or a child living in fear of being beaten, ridiculed, abused and emotionally battered. While the Government has plans to hold a referendum to provide a unified system of family courts, there...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On a quieter note, Deputy Doherty seems to have overlooked the fact that this property tax was voted for in here, in this Chamber, democratically only a few months ago. Why is the Deputy wasting our time putting forward such a Bill at all? It would be great-----

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will answer that point shortly. It would be great if we could get on with more pertinent matters such as-----

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: -----how the taxes are returned to the constituencies. Dún Laoghaire constituency had one of the highest compliance rates for the household charge at 89%. By comparison, Donegal, represented by Deputy Doherty, had the lowest rate of compliance, at 65.8%. It is unthinkable for my constituents to be forced to subsidise Deputy Doherty's flock.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will be insisting that 79% to 80% of the constituency's moneys be returned to Dún Laoghaire, to match the compliance rate. The distribution of local authority funds must be fair and proportionate to revenues collected. I will not countenance some counties paying for everything while others pay for nothing. As my constituents in Dún Laoghaire are paying huge property taxes-----

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: -----I will be seeking a further lowering of parking charges and commercial rates as a result of this money reverting back to the constituency. At a small-business meeting in Dún Laoghaire last week, the resounding cry from the SME representatives and traders present was that commercial rates were killing their business. This cannot continue. If Dún Laoghaire pays the most, then...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans if any the Office of Public Works has for a Garda station (details supplied) in County Dublin. [28323/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (12 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans if any the Office of Public Works has for a Garda station (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28324/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (13 Jun 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive an additional teacher in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28425/13]