Results 721-740 of 4,073 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I would like this clarified because I have received other information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Section 38 and Section 39 Agencies: Health Service Executive (22 Jul 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I acknowledge what Ms McGuinness said about St. James's Hospital. A number of months ago at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts, there was a disagreement about whether consultants at St. Vincent's Hospital were working within their contracts in the context of private versus public hospitals. Ms McGuinness gave an example to show that she is happy that the internal audits were...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 433. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if listing fees are allowed under the Irish Competition Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32957/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 719. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if payments can be claimed-applied retrospectively in cases where early childhood care and education scheme payments are made to a provider but then inadvertently stopped before the child becomes ineligible on age grounds and if the child is attending a preschool that is registered with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 720. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child is moved from one child care provider to another, the way his Department ensures early childhood care and education scheme payments continue, assuming the child is in the correct age cohort and the school is registered with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33242/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 796. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33076/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 797. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of the Huntingdon’s Disease Association of Ireland whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33078/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 798. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of the Irish Deaf Society whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33080/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 845. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the upgrading of the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dun Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33254/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1034. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card was removed from persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34018/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the reason all 11 neurological organisations which applied for funding in the allocations for the 2014-16 round of schemes to support national organisations were all turned down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33074/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain how he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland, whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33075/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain how he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of the Huntingdon’s Disease Association, whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33077/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain how he plans to minimise the impact on the thousands of persons who use the services of the Irish Deaf Society, whose funding has been cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33079/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding cases where payments are made to a provider but then inadvertently withdrawn before the child becomes ineligible on age grounds; if the payments may be claimed or applied retrospectively, if the child is attending a preschool that is registered with the scheme; if a child is moved from one child care provider to...

Topical Issues: Pensions Levy (7 Oct 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On 14 October the much anticipated budget for 2015 will be announced and rumours are rife about what will be cut. I voice the concerns of around 420,000 people who will learn next Tuesday whether their hard-earned savings will be taken from them again. I refer to those who contributed to a defined benefit pension scheme and who, since 2011, have been subject to a pension levy of 0.6%. A...

Topical Issues: Pensions Levy (7 Oct 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I fully understand the pension levy has been put to good use. I ask the Minister State to ensure that ordinary decent people who saved for their pensions are not levied again next year. They did the right thing; they paid from the 1980s until now, when they want to enjoy their retirement. We gave a commitment with regard to a timescale. I...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (7 Oct 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when there will be a person allocated to work on the back log in disability as a person (details supplied) has been waiting for their full payment from 22 May 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37669/14]

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

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out his plans for reviewing and ultimately abolishing the 0.6% pensions levy per annum on certain private pension funds as part of budget 2015, introduced under The Finance (No. 2) Act 2011 and set to apply for a four-year period from 2011 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38299/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: School Milk Scheme (7 Oct 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason schools are paying the extra cost of receiving milk in a 330 ml carton instead of in a 250 ml carton as entitled under the school milk scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38006/14]