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Topical Issue Debate (24 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: The Deputy can request it but there can be no guarantee.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sovereign Debt (24 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance his position on UN Resolution No. 14 A/68/L.57/Rev.1 toward the establishment of a multilateral framework for sovereign debt restructuring processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36092/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: We have all read about ebola and listened to media reports on radio and television, but it is only when one hears the detail of the impact it is having on families and communities that it is brought home to one how heartbreaking the situation is. I found it particularly tragic that those suffering from curable diseases were being turned away from hospitals and not treated out of fear. Do...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to providing temporary cover for maternity leave of front line staff in the Health Service Executive's disability sector, particularly in the cases of early intervention services such as occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy for children as the delay without such intervention can have a very negative result on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (30 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of unsuccessful jobseeker applicants under 24 years of age whose application was unsuccessful due to the jobseeker's means assessment of parental income at the Nutgrove social protection office, Dublin 14; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37105/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (30 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 344. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to utilise the new facility purchased at Mount Carmel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36570/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (30 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 447. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the apparently inordinate number of documents that go missing while processing applications for medical cards within the Health Service Executive; if an International Organisation for Standardisation is used to measure the performance of processing of applications within the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (30 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider legislation similar to that in the United Kingdom limiting the height of trees in small suburban gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36474/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (30 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if under legislation Irish Water is permitted to store PPS numbers of children; and if so, if it can be passed on to a third party. [37119/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Postcode System Establishment (30 Sep 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of different proposals that were submitted as part of the tendering process for the postcode system subsequently awarded to Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37102/14]

Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I understand that Deputy Catherine Murphy is taking 20 minutes.

Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: Perfect.

Message from Select Committee (7 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: The Select Sub-Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 and has made no amendment thereto.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I understand Deputy Ó Cuív, who has 40 minutes, is taking 25 minutes and sharing with Deputies Cowen and Moynihan.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: Would Deputy Ó Cuív stick to agriculture?

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: The Deputy and Minister should not engage in debate because the Deputy only has three minutes left.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (7 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the €2 billion collected for the State from private pension savings of a relatively small number of persons if he will reverse the decision to extend the levy into 2015 in view of the huge impact it is having on the retirement income of older contributors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37953/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Postcode System Establishment (7 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the serious reservations of many potential users of the proposed post code and in view of its almost complete irrevocability once introduced, if he will consider postponing its introduction pending an examination of the extent to which it meets the criteria for a national post code as defined by the Joint...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Concern (8 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the delegation for its presentation. I agree about the destabilising effect this is likely to have. Apart from being a huge humanitarian crisis and a disaster for the people of Iraq and Syria, it is destabilising for the West as well. Even the International Monetary Fund, IMF, figures this morning specifically refer to the effect it is likely to have on growth throughout the world,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Concern (8 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: Is there anything Concern can do to make women and girls a priority? What is happening to them is appalling. These were people living in three-bedroom semi-detached houses only a few months ago and they now find themselves being married off in appalling circumstances and subjected to FMG and so forth by people they thought would liberate them. Obviously we agree that a political solution...