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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (23 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure compliance in the more rural parts of south Dublin with the Noxious Weed Act 1936 in view of the fact that there are reports of a proliferation of ragwort in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (23 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure compliance in the more rural parts of south Dublin with the Noxious Weed Act 1936 in view of the fact that there are reports of a proliferation of ragwort in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/12]

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: No.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Amendments Nos. 2 to 6, inclusive, in the name of Deputy Niall Collins, are out of order because they involve a potential charge on the Revenue.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: The Deputy may make a very brief comment. No debate is allowed on amendments that are deemed out of order.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Thank you, Deputy. We must proceed with the other amendments.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 are alternates and may be discussed together.

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Report Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Yes.

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: I understand Deputy Mattie McGrath wishes to share time with Deputies Boyd Barrett, Healy, Finian McGrath, Pringle, Maureen O'Sullivan and Healy-Rae. The Deputy has 12 minutes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of hospitals operated or funded by the Health Service Executive who have service level agreements in place with third party commercial entities to undertake the collection of cord blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47625/12]

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: I very much appreciate the opportunity to speak on this motion. Like Deputy Keating I find myself in agreement with some of that. Last week I was gob-smacked to hear the level of pensions being paid to the CEOs in the covered banks. I presume similar pro rata pensions are paid to other senior managers in those banks. It would be very difficult to articulate the incredulity and outrage...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance the action that can be taken to curtail pensions paid to some of the former top managers in the covered banks; the way these pensions are funded; if he will assure taxpayers that recapitalisation moneys do not and will not underpin these pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49404/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 16 October 2012, if legislation or new procedures are in place to ensure adequate monitoring and early action by the Central Bank of Ireland to prevent in the future the losses which occurred in the case of Custom House Capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49405/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance if following media coverage (details supplied) of the activities of debt management companies, legislation to control same or bring such companies under Central Bank regulation is being considered,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49406/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the upcoming budget the case of buy to let landlords in circumstances where the formula used to subtract losses from 25% of interest paid to the bank Budget 2011 may result in taxable gain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49543/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49720/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constituency Nomenclature (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider retaining the long standing constituency name Dublin South as it has a resonance for its citizens which is completely lacking in the replacement name Dublin-Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49408/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Health if proposals regarding supports for those suffering from Narcolepsy following vaccination are to hand; and when they will be communicated to sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49407/12]

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: This debate takes place in the aftermath of a case that, from what we know of it, is shocking beyond words. I preface my remarks by saying we do not yet have an independent account of what actually happened. Nevertheless, from the debate that has ensued since that tragic death in Galway, we now know one thing for sure that we did not know before. We know there is, indeed, a grey area....

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: It is the Deputy's lingo.