Results 481-500 of 1,937 for speaker:Denise Mitchell

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave Expenditure (29 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing maternity, paternity and adoptive benefit by €10, €25 and €50 per week in tabular form; and the cost of extending maternity benefit by 26 weeks. [23660/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave Expenditure (29 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of introducing six weeks of parental benefit at €240 per week, which could be taken by either parent at the end of the 26 weeks of maternity benefit. [23661/18]

Homeless Prevention Bill 2018: First Stage (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Homeless Prevention Bill. I am sure all across this city and in towns across the State, there are many families who have received the news that they have dreaded, that their tenancy is being terminated, will not be renewed, and that they are being evicted. For many, with the rising costs of rents and the lack of accommodation, this means that they...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2018: First Stage (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome this Labour Party Bill. Sinn Féin has been saying for a long time that real rent certainty is needed in this State which requires linking rent increases to the consumer price index, CPI. I particularly welcome section 4 of the Bill which deals with deposits. We are hearing so many stories of landlords demanding not one but two or even three months' rent as a deposit. Almost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I remember studying home economics a long time ago. How many hours a week is spent on teaching home economics? What proportion of the time is spent on sewing, cooking, etc? Are the witnesses aware of studies on the link between studying home economics and improved nutrition for individuals? Will the introduction of home economics, as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: A class period lasts 40 minutes. What is taught during that time? Is sewing still part of the curriculum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I have some questions for the witnesses from St. Angela's College. I note they have recommended that modules on basic food preparation and cooking skills should be made available to families. How would such a scheme operate in practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I have a few brief questions. I will start with Mr. Moyles. Can Mr. Moyles indicate whether the county management was on board with his idea originally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: What sort of resistance was Mr. Moyles up against?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Well done. Is Mr. Moyles aware of any other no-fry zone committees being set up throughout the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Well done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I hope we will see other councils make a similar move in their development plan. I wish to address questions to the dieticians. It seems to be very common that people are weaning children on to solid foods far too early. I would like the dieticians to take the opportunity of this platform to explain the reason that children will develop.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I think that is so important. I remember when I had my own daughter in 2005, there was a big drive on then to get mothers to breastfeed and there were supports in the hospitals. I wonder whether there are support groups in the maternity hospitals, such as breastfeeding clinics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I will be brief. I wish to raise the issue of marketing and packaging of products for young children. If one has to go to a shopping centre and bring the children, it is painful because everything is bright colours and novelty shapes. Do the witnesses have recommendations on the packaging of products aimed at children? Is it achievable in an Irish context?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (12 Jun 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 797. To ask the Minister for Health when a monitoring body will be set up to monitor the voluntary codes of practice on the marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages; the timeframe for the designation of the body; and the timeframe for the development of guidelines for implementation of the code. [25168/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme (12 Jun 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 1136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated additional cost in 2018 of increasing the universal minimum subsidy across the affordable childcare scheme, assuming the minimum targeted subsidy is increased in tandem in 50 cent intervals up to an additional €4.50 reaching €5 per hour, assuming a start date of September; the estimated cost for a full year;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Jun 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 1137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a second entry point for the ECCE scheme in order to ensure that children that turn two years of age at the beginning of a year and are therefore too young for the September entry point do not have to wait until the following year to avail of the free preschool year. [24435/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (12 Jun 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 1148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost to roll out the routine delivery of Aistear across the childminding sector including those childminders not registered with Tusla. [25166/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 1149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if non-contact time payments will be available in 2018; and if so, when services can apply for same. [25167/18]