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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 378. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that can be taken to ensure the adoption of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51438/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Administration (4 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the decision to confine early intervention services for children aged between two and four years with a diagnosis of autism, including the home tuition scheme, to primary school teachers registered with the Teaching Council to the exclusion of psychologists with specific training and experience in working with early...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to thank the Minister for his presentation. No doubt he has been extremely busy in the past six months, just as busy as he was during our Presidency. There is no sign of a let up in the next six months. Most of the points have been made, but I want to go back to the Palestinian issue. Others have mentioned it and I am sure the Minister is aware of the tightening of the blockade...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Of what is he accusing us? What is the phrase?

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Okay.

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome this legislation. That so many defined benefit schemes are collapsing is a disaster of monumental proportions for many people and another aspect of the fallout from our economic woes. A failure to recognise or address the collapse of pensions schemes would be an even greater disaster for the many workers who, until recently, could assume their retirement income was assured....

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: For the information of Members, amendments Nos. 4 and 5 have been ruled out of order.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Is the Deputy pressing the amendment?

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Very briefly, as we have moved into Private Members' time.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I am sorry, but is the Deputy going to make a speech? We have gone into Private Members' time and I will need to stop the debate if the Deputy is going to speak for half a minute. The Bill can resume tomorrow.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: In that case, I will ask the Deputy to-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Targets (10 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason neither GNP nor GDP is used as a key denominator to measure State costs in order to receive more accurate readings on public spending key performance indicators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52924/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the restrictions on access to benefits and housing to be introduced in the UK, if similar measures will now be required here on 1 January when citizens of both Romania and Bulgaria will have completely free mobility throughout the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53177/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (10 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the changes to the allocation of funds proposed in the pensions Bill could be extended to include funds currently in wind-up but where the funds have not yet been distributed by the time of enactment. [52644/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (11 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action that he will take to help avert the looming humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to the closure of its only power point and increased tightening of the blockade of Gaza, making the area as described by UNRWA as quickly becoming uninhabitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53210/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licensing Laws (11 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his view on the suggestion that a condition of the granting of drink licences to pubs and restaurants would be the mandatory stocking of non-alcoholic beer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53178/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Report on Impact of Emigration on Youth: Discussion with National Youth Council of Ireland (11 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the delegation for the report which is thought-provoking for all of us. I had to smile at the notion of a ministry for the Diaspora. I remember the national outcry when the Department of Social Protection wrote to people telling them about jobs in some other country - I cannot remember which but perhaps it was Germany or somewhere else. There was an uproar that the Government was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address overcrowding and long waiting lists in a school (details supplied). [54183/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions: Discussion with International Criminal Court (17 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome Mrs. Bensouda and thank her for giving us her time this morning. I have just one area to question. At the G8 meeting earlier this year, the leaders confirmed that sexual crimes against women and girls were crimes against humanity. They affirmed their determination to pursue such crimes. More recently in London, a lot of other countries signed up and gave similar commitments, as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Dec 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in order to improve difficult cash flow problems being faced by primary schools, if the capitation grant and the ancillary services grants will be paid earlier in the school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54576/13]