Results 641-660 of 4,073 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on granting an offshore licence for refurbishment works on Dun Laoghaire baths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions for providing defibrillators in public premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16354/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of defibrillators currently available nationwide for use by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16355/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 616. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the severe and often tragic outcome of anaphylactic shock, if he plans to make the necessary provisions of EpiPens in public premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16356/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, has closed the living kidney donor list to new patients, while a theatre that was opened to facilitate more transplants is not being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16361/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Cigarettes (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 619. To ask the Minister for Health if electronic cigarettes will be banned from all educational campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 708. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date on the Sandycove to Sutton project in County Dublin; when it is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16301/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Chronic Pain Management: Discussion (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the expert witnesses for their comprehensive presentations. I would like to respond briefly to Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, who wanted to know about the pain experienced by a person with chronic pain. I happened by chance to attend the society's annual general meeting, which was held, as I recall, in the Convention Centre last year, and it is a day I will never...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Chronic Pain Management: Discussion (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I express my thanks to Dr. Camillus Power who has put a lot of effort into dealing with issue.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: What about one woman's offence?

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Whom is the Deputy quoting?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill, which I welcome wholeheartedly. I also thank him for the work he has done on the legislation. The legislation is directed at people using sunbeds who are under 18 years of age, but I worry about people who are over that age. I also worry about people around 18 years of age who work in sunbed salons but do not understand how dangerous sunbeds...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: What about staff training?

Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will reiterate my colleague, Senator van Turnhout's comments on yesterday's launch. It was good to see the Minister, as the first Minister for children, with the Taoiseach and Tánaiste. The document puts children first. We discussed it for years but did nothing. Speaking as a former school principal, if a complaint was received, the principal was in a grey area and did not really...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason autism assistance dogs do not qualify for tax relief in the way that blindness assistance dogs do; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18897/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants will be trained up in the PEC and ABA learning system for children with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18888/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to introducing teaching assistants into the classroom in addition to special needs assistants, who could possibly be trained in the PEC and ABA programmes under the new jobs pathways scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the picture exchange communication system, which has been proven to be very beneficial for children with autism could be more widely used and included in the training of teachers in colleges of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18891/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and which leaving certificate subjects were last revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18892/14]