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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 Apr 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been taken to continue to increase the pupil teacher ratio in fee paying schools until it reaches 28:1 being the option included in the McCarthy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19346/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (24 Apr 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19347/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL (24 Apr 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I reiterate the remarks of Deputy Brendan Smith. I really enjoyed the presentations which are very interesting. Like Deputy Smith, I had no idea that this work was under way down in Cork but I suppose there are a lot of things going on in Cork that we do not know about. I was struck by how practical the project is. My heart was beginning to race when that doll was not responding in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL (24 Apr 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: They may have mobile phones but the man was carrying it like it was a badge. The woman was carrying the week's fuel on her head.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I completely understand the motivation behind Senator Walsh's motion and I have great sympathy with it, but I would prefer Deputy Durkan's motion, which makes our point in the way we need to make it but does not unnecessarily jeopardise very fragile negotiations that are going on about inter-country adoption. I agree with Deputy Walsh that we should not allow ourselves to be intimidated and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade Treaty: Discussion (24 Apr 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Senator Walsh should make that argument somewhere else.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (25 Apr 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that persons (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive the refund owed to them by the Health Service Executive due to their overpayment of the monthly €120 prescribed by the drug payment scheme over the periods of March to December 2011 and January to August 2012, in view of the fact that at that time the guidelines for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (25 Apr 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost per patient for the supply of Kalydeco, the cystic fibrosis drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19529/13]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Basically this is a technical Bill. I had not intended to speak on it but having heard the inexplicable response of the Opposition, I felt compelled to do so. For whatever reason, whether the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 was flawed as a result of an oversight or some other reason, the courts ruled that a saver in that legislation to do with repossessions and which came under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Issues (1 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the portion of pension resulting from the payment of AVCs will be subject to the proposed public sector pension reduction;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20681/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Issues (1 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the proposed pension reduction legislation, a pension above the threshold, that is, €33,000, will be subject to the reduction on all of the pension or just on the portion in excess of the threshold €32,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20682/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion with American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: My question is also a tax question and has been raised by Deputy Smith. Before the last American presidential election, there was much talk about Irish corporation tax. The US President referred to bringing jobs back to America because it was losing revenue and jobs as a result of several countries - Ireland was named as one of the countries - through which American multinationals were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: It is the amendment to it that we need, as I do not know what that is.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (7 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 385. To ask the Minister for Health f direction can be given to pharmacists or doctors to preclude substitution of the anti-epileptic drugs under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 when it is enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21197/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Legislation (9 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if in the proposed public sector pensions reduction legislation a specific amendment will be included to exclude pension benefits resulting from contributions made on a purely commercial basis as for instance in the case where a former worker moves from the private sector to the public sector and transfers the private fund to the...

Order of Business (14 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about promised legislation. In respect of the protection of life during pregnancy Bill, has a decision been made yet or is it envisaged that Committee Stage will be held in plenary session in this Chamber or in the committee rooms? I am mindful that there is widespread interest in it. It is a sensitive issue and I imagine there will be a demand from many...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (14 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I might come back to the Minister of State for the rest.

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I must stop the Deputy there.

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I really must stop the Deputy there.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (21 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: The Deputy should conclude.