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Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Protection (17 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I am sorry.

Topical Issue Debate: Coastal Protection (17 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: That is fiances for you.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a date for an oral hearing to hear an appeal on a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18 will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6803/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; her views on these concerns, in respect of the admissions policy for the new secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7087/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Administration (17 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local property tax allocation to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council; the amount by which this sum exceeds the general purposes grant of 2014; the amount of that excess, which can be used for discretionary purposes; the amount which is to be allocated from the excess to the housing and road areas, in order to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: GOAL Programmes in South Sudan: CEO of GOAL (18 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank our guests for their presentation. It is not that long since they came before us to discuss the Ebola virus and other matters. This committee discussed many humanitarian and other crises but when we hear the words "South Sudan" we feel a sense of hopelessness and despair with regard to a solution ever being found. All of the stories emanating from the country indicate there is...

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: You have those rights now.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sick Leave Entitlement (24 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way persons with a critical illness can avail of sick leave, if they have used up all of their sick leave entitlement in one year, but still need to access sick leave, to continue with their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7994/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sick Leave Entitlement (24 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way persons who return to work after a critical illness can avail of sick leave, if they have used up all of their sick leave entitlement in one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7995/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (24 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new housing assistance payment is expected to be introduced in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8057/15]

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I welcome that it is a reforming Bill updating family law and that it at last recognises in law and gives clarity and certainty to the status of family members, specifically parents with children, in the many different family formations. It gives that clarity and certainty in the context which prioritises the needs of the children....

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: One minute, Deputy.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: The next slot is a Sinn Féin one. Time is being shared between Deputy Martin Ferris and Deputy Michael Colreavy. Is it agreed that they will have ten minutes each? Agreed.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: The next speaker is Deputy Catherine Byrne, who is sharing time with Deputies Seán Kyne and James Bannon.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the Bill and support its provisions generally. I will deal first with the two clarifications provided for in section 3 in respect of qualification for carer's benefit, carer's allowance and the carer's respite care grant. These clarifications are necessary and should be welcomed, even though, on the face of it, it seems they might make eligibility more difficult. In reality, all...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (10 Mar 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the submission she has received from the Irish Association of Supported Employment; if she is in a position to respond favourably to a new funding arrangement based on an annual service agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10534/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (10 Mar 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the sick leave policy introduced for the public sector in March 2014, and for the education sector in September 2014, was backdated for four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10004/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (10 Mar 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 323. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 11 December 2014, when the introduction of online booking appointments for re-entry visas is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10253/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 415. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time to be seen at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin 2 for cataract removal is 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10296/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on EU Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Mar 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I echo the remarks by other Deputies about the blockade in Gaza. The problem in the Middle East is so intractable that it is easy to despair and for a certain ennui to set in. We should not be blind to the situation. I know the Minister was shocked when he visited Gaza at the nature and extent of the humanitarian crisis. The Minister of State,...