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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority Inspections (25 Mar 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 749. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is anticipated that the Private Security Authority will announce a timeframe for the licensing of CCTV monitoring centres and the introduction of the new standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13226/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Current Situation and Future of Cyprus: Ambassador of Republic of Cyprus (26 Mar 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the ambassador and thank him for his presentation. It is good to hear that talks are going on. That must be seen as a positive thing. I do not have many questions because the ambassador covered many of the things in which I was interested. I was particularly interested in the problem presented by membership of the European Union. I was interested to see that one of the...

Report on the Contribution of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Economic Recovery: Statements (28 Mar 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this report and to affirm the efforts of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in selling Ireland. The key task facing this Government when we came to office was to try to put people back to work and, in this endeavour, every public servant, Department and agency have had to put their shoulder to the wheel. The Department of Foreign Affairs and...

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: Amendment No. 2 is in the names of Deputies Naughten, Timmins, Terence Flanagan, Creighton and Mathews. Deputy Creighton is absent with a good excuse.

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I will say that in a moment.

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: Amendment No. 2 arises out of committee proceedings. Amendment No. 4 is related, therefore, amendments Nos. 2 and 4 may be discussed together by agreement.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (1 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the annual payment to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council from Irish Water as determined in the service level agreement between them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15065/14]

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. The debate is very timely. I am sure I am no different from other Deputies who probably find that housing is not just the single biggest issue coming to them in representations but larger than all other issues combined. The Dublin market has always been different from the rest of the country but it is diverging even more now....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to increase the number of ASD places in mainstream secondary schools in Dublin south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15722/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executives’s Progressing Disability Service for Children and Young People programme in Dublin south; when the new network disability teams will be in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15702/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of children attending ASD units in Dublin south who are not receiving clinical services; the number of children attending ASD units in Dublin south on waiting lists for clinical services; the estimated waiting time for access to clinical services in Dublin south; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the matter of children attending ASD units in Dublin south who are not receiving clinical therapies such as psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language supports, due to long waiting lists for services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15704/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure invasive ventilation is made available to a motor neurone sufferer (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16559/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (16 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are no school places available in a local Gaelscoil due to the effects of a sibling policy being in place, if his Department will consider introducing a school bus or a travel grant to enable students to travel to an alternative Gaelscoil further away but within the catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18107/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 717. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in (details supplied) in Dublin South will receive orthotic footwear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18565/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (1 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advertising spend by each of the agencies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19794/14]

Europe Week: Statements (6 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: The next speaker is from the Technical Group. I understand Deputy Mick Wallace is sharing time with Deputy Thomas Pringle. Is that correct?

Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Services (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to raise the issue of disability services, residential and respite care services in particular. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, for attending in person to respond. All the talk is about medical cards but qualification for residential respite care has never depended on a medical card. It has never been the constraint. There have been...

Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Services (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I appreciate that it is realised major and radical change is needed in services, including the referral service. Ultimately, there must be services to which people can be referred. It is important to prioritise this issue. Just to highlight the extent of how challenging and difficult it can be for families, in one case that was reported to me, the mother of a very disturbed teenage boy with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I also wish to apologise in advance as I will have to leave a little early. I am speaking in the House shortly. I thank the witnesses for their very graphic description of what is going on in Angola. One could be talking about almost any country in central or southern Africa, as the same problems of rich countries and poor people arise. People should be prospering in rich countries but...