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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Report on Pension Charges (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the Report on Pensions Charges in Ireland 2012 and the submissions received from the industry in response to the report, if further policy or regulatory action is proposed for the pension system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Report on Pension Charges (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012, if she plans to correct the considerable variation in the range of charges being imposed on consumers, especially smaller occupational pension schemes and individual pension arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47365/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Report on Pension Charges (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recommendation of the Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012, if approaches are being developed to improve consumer, employer and trustee awareness and knowledge of pension charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47366/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recommendation of the report on pension charges in Ireland 2012 and the OECD Review of the Irish Pension System, if she plans to put in place a universal pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47367/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the six-month backlog to have the trailer adjustment work undertaken, if he will extend the implementation date by six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47337/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Human Rights Council: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank Mr. Wrafter for his comprehensive speech, which has left us with very few questions to ask. I would like to comment on what Deputy Smith said about coming to the end of the millennium goals and the post-2015 situation. I was pleased to hear Mr. Wrafter say that as a human right, gender equality is fundamental to development. In establishing the previous millennium goals lip...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade Treaty: Motion (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I would like to offer my support for the motion. Enough questions have been asked for me to be fully informed once they have been responded to.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (7 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the financial position of Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47118/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travel Tax (7 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the response of the airline industry to the abolition of the travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47117/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (12 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to allocate additional resources to deal with the growing problem of the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47914/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (12 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if the installation of a rainwater harvesting system qualifies for the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48274/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Employee Shareholding Scheme (12 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if in view of the failure of the company’s efforts to set up a grey market for company shares, if he is in a position to respond to the former ESB staff requests that the State should buy back the ESOP shares or any portion of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47905/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (12 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 280. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change current building guidelines to encourage the use of rainwater harvesting in new developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48102/13]

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: For as long as I have been involved in politics we have been talking about political reform, and recently I have heard people talk about so-called real political reform. I believe this Bill is genuinely reforming from a structural and administrative perspective and from a functional perspective. Local authority members are getting more powers, which will challenge them but will forge a real...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (14 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Bord na Móna and Coillte are not included under the Freedom of Information legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48579/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the rejection by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of the Department's planning application for permission to construct the Ballinteer Educate Together School within the St. Tiernan's Community school site, his plans to provide a permanent site for the school within the timeframe previously envisaged; and if he will make a...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: It is an image I prefer.

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: That weekend back in 2010, when it was finally revealed to us that we would need a bailout, was a dark time for Ireland. I do not think anybody who grasped what it meant was not stricken, or even heartbroken, by the news. Leaving aside the already shocking impact on our incomes, our savings and our pensions, or any consideration of who was to blame - some would say we are all responsible...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a temporary site has been sought for the Gaelcholáiste to serve the general Ballinteer-Stepaside area that will commence operation in 2014 under the patronage of An Foras Pátrúnachta na Scoileanna Lán Ghaeilge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49745/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce his decision on the patronage of the new English medium post-primary school due to open in 2016 in Stepaside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49746/13]