Results 461-480 of 4,073 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: To the Minister, well done for doing so much work in two years. She has put the child and family agency together. Setting up a new child welfare structure is difficult. I spoke in the Dáil Chamber yesterday. I was lucky because it was almost empty. Deputy Conway was present. My interest is in the preschool quality agenda. Television programmes have revealed how some children have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome Ms Gibbons and thank her for her good presentation. I liked the fact that she did not use soundbites and demonstrated that she has a great understanding of children. She said she was not going to pay lip service, that her curriculum vitae clearly showed her experience and that she wants to hear children's voices. As she said, for too long children's voices were not evident in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I have a number of questions. The replacement programme of defibrillators was mentioned. I have a problem with the current scheme and some of my constituents have raised the matter with me. When an emergency arises nobody knows where to access a defibrillator. Even if it is in a town, GAA club or wherever its location is not public knowledge. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes, I heard that part.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am asking about defibrillators in the community not in the ambulance service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He did that before the last time I asked a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will be very brief. I asked a question about a defibrillator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He answered one question. I asked about community defibrillators and how the public can know where they are. I did not expect the answer I got. The question was about how people know where to get community defibrillators. It is simple.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am well able to read. This is the second time Mr. Tony O’Brien has given me a smart answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He could note what I have said. He does not have to ignore it.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 714. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the urban fox population has increased in the past few years, if it is an area of concern for health, what are other cities doing about the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36807/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 773. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by Inland Fisheries Ireland to close their Blackrock office and transfer Blackrock staff to IFI’s new HQ at CityWest and if he will provide a rationale or a business case behind this decision and if the closure of these offices in Blackrock will provide any savings...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 774. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by Inland Fisheries Ireland to close their Blackrock office and transfer Blackrock staff to IFI HQ and if he has satisfied himself that meaningful engagement with staff through the proper industrial relations channels has taken place in relation to this decision. [36800/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 775. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by Inland Fisheries Ireland to close its Blackrock office and transfer Blackrock staff to IFI HQ, Swords; if he is satisfied that his Department has benefitted from a cost benefit analysis in relation to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36801/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 841. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is an educational programme that dog wardens give communities over dangerous dogs, if it is time for a public awareness programme on the issue in view of the recent publicity over children being attacked by dangerous breeds of dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36806/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Ms Scott-Lennon for her comprehensive statement. As a woman, I am in a minority in the Dáil and am delighted to see a woman being proposed by the board as chairperson. Ms Scott-Lennon outlined her plans and vision for the future. I liked how she also referred to the challenges, for example, the recent challenges with passenger ferry facilities. The company must approach it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: How many people walk the pier annually? I know it is a major leisure facility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes, and it is free.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Ms Scott-Lennon and wish her all the best.

Topical Issue Debate: Teaching Council of Ireland (26 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss this important issue that is critical to Dún Laoghaire colleges of further education and other colleges of further education throughout the country. From 1 November next, to be paid from State funds, teachers employed in State-funded teaching positions must be registered with the Teaching Council. While implementation of this...