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Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Question No. 60 is in the name of Deputy Kirk. I understand this question was dealt with partly under Priority Questions.

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: It is the same reply.

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: It is dealt with already.

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: We will move on to Question No. 61 in the name of Deputy Mac Lochlainn.

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: The time for this question has expired. We will come to this issue again under Other Questions. Perhaps Deputy Ellis can come in then.

Topical Issue Matters (16 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Michael Healy-Rae - the issue of off-licences and the cheap sale of alcohol which affects vintners and off-licence proprietors themselves; (2) Deputy Gerald Nash - the need for improved services for young people with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency Objectives, Foreign Affairs Council and Membership of Human Rights Council: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Tánaiste for his wide-ranging presentation. There is a lot of material for questions but I will confine myself to one which interests me. The Tánaiste mentioned that the July Council is expected to adopt conclusions on EU water diplomacy. He also said that the conclusions would acknowledge the potential security risk associated with competition for water resources....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of draft legislation regarding the international education mark; if this legislation will cover third party study abroad providers including those that do not provide English language courses or grant degrees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38005/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed legislation regarding the international education mark will allow study abroad providers tied to non-Irish universities to obtain the international education mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38006/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of registering for the international education mark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38007/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (25 Sep 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce an e-vetting system; the speed with which it will cut the waiting times for persons on a community employment scheme awaiting Garda clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40072/13]

Other Questions: Public Transport Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals for the tendering out of public service obligation bus services as proposed by the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40786/13]

Other Questions: Public Transport Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I congratulate the Minister on grasping the nettle on this proposal to open up the bus market. It has been in the pot for a very long time and I am very pleased to see it come to the boil at last, albeit in a more limited way than I would like. For that reason I regret it is happening when the market is contracting. It would have been so much easier if this had happened ten years ago when...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current financial position within the CIÉ transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40787/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (2 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pay of a person (details supplied) whose membership of the Teaching Council lapsed over the summer due to a change of address, will be restored to include payment from the start of the teaching year after Garda vetting is processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41380/13]

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this very welcome Bill, which builds on the success we have seen in recent years in reducing road fatalities. I echo the remarks of the Minister and others in acknowledging the work done by Mr. Noel Brett, the first CEO of the Road Safety Authority, who is moving on to a job which I suspect will be no less challenging, which will be to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance if additional AVCs are subject to the private pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Yield (8 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 139. To ask the Minister for Finance the total income to the State from the private pension levy in each year of operation to date including the estimated value for the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the negotiations to conclude the acquisition of a site for the 1,000-pupil secondary school planned to serve the wider Stepaside-Leopardstown area, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42293/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (8 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 439. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of concerns surrounding the recent discovery of a body in the Dublin mountains, if he will reassure the public that in missing persons cases where the person concerned has suffered from depression or mental illness that no less rigour or resources are devoted to the search by the gardaí and that this would include checks of...