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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (12 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 299. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of representations from a company (details supplied) in County Cork, his plans to allow for a revaluation of commercial property rates in the council areas of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18443/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Banking Sector (13 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: The Deputy should not refer to people who are not here in a disparaging manner.

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (13 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: That is appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Persecution of Christians: Discussion (13 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I do not have any questions. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They have not told us anything we did not know but it is very depressing to hear so many of them making the same presentation. I am sure that all of us feel that we are already doing what the witnesses are asking us to do, to the utmost extent of our ability. Nothing is new in what the witnesses have said but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Persecution of Christians: Discussion (13 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: As everybody probably knows, today there are EU proposals in respect of migration generally to be announced. I understand there are two strands, with one dealing with migrants generally. One recommendation relates to the presentations and requests for action in that it is that the EU would respond to the immediate emergency in Syria and Iraq. Many of the people fleeing almost ipso...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (14 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse that is open in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16, who was unsuccessful in an appeal for an examination reader for the Leaving Certificate examination, but who has an ongoing medical need for such examination support. [18970/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (19 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputy Seán Crowe is not present, so his question lapses.

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (19 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputy Crowe is not present so we will proceed to Question No. 17.

Other Questions: Diplomatic Relations (19 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: As Deputy Paul Murphy is not present, we will proceed to Question No. 19.

Topical Issue Matters (19 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Willie Penrose - the need for approval for a secondary school for Kinnegad, County Westmeath; (2) Deputy John Paul Phelan - plans to broaden the use of the licence fee to include funding the development of current affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a temporary premises is being sought by her Department to facilitate the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin, a special needs school in Dublin Rathdown. [19442/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (26 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 919. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding is in place to continue the deaf advisory service of the Irish Deaf Society when the current programme runs out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20689/15]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Joan Collins, Thomas Pringle, Clare Daly and Paul Murphy are sharing the Technical Group slot and will have six minutes each.

Direct Provision Report: Motion (12 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the report from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. I thank the committee for the report and congratulate it on the speed of its work. The report is comprehensive and all of us agree it is necessary. Dealing with asylum has been a vexed issue for Ireland because we have experienced dramatic fluctuations in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14, who has given up a part-time job because her one parent family payments are under review. [23969/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 9 June 2015, if he is aware that previous outsourcing two years ago has resulted in the redundancy of all those Allied Irish Banks staff, except three or four persons, and that it is this experience that is causing concern regarding the latest outsourcing proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is any indication that the European Union will move to recognise the Palestinian state; if such a move, either by Ireland or the European Union, would be helpful in achieving peace; if any consensus is emerging at European Union level as to the way the peace talks could be restarted; the way the Palestinian question could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Berkeley: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I do not believe that has been confirmed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Berkeley: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Chairman for putting this on the agenda today. We all want to share in offering our condolences to the families of all 13 who were on the balcony. The parents of all the families of those children who were killed must be inconsolable today. One can only imagine the desolation on waking up the morning after the tragedy and realising the unimaginable has happened to one's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals and Targets: Irish Aid (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: We can be proud that Ireland has played a role in getting us to where we are, particularly in getting the sustainable development goals accepted. There is general satisfaction that they are much stronger than what went before. The goals and targets are there and, hopefully, the indicators will be there before we wrap up in September. Addis Ababa is crucial in delivering what is necessary...