Results 861-880 of 4,073 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I wish to ask about cigar smoking. I know we exempted it in the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002. My understanding is that the UK will exempt cigars as well. The problem might arise that one would have one law in Northern Ireland and a different one in the South. Cigar smoking is favoured more by middle aged men.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am sorry. I am looking at Deputy Kelleher. He knows what I mean.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It does not get people started. It is not like lipstick.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Kelleher spoke about lipstick and cigarettes being for young women. Cigars do not entice people into smoking. It is more something men do after a meal rather than as a lifestyle. Could cigar smoking be exempt?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Why is the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide content not printed on the tobacco box? I would have thought that would put more people off smoking.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Will there be enough staff to ensure the law is being carried out appropriately in premises?

Teaching Council (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (18 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I congratulate and say, "Well done," to the Minister on lowering pupil-teacher ratios for small schools, which is a great initiative. We know that there is wonderful work being done in smaller schools and I am glad that the Minister has responded on that issue. The Teaching Council director Tomás Ó Ruairc said the council was responsible for the story book of teaching. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (18 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the Irish population's iodine deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7259/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (18 Feb 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland has yet to include iodine in table salt for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7260/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (3 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance if the value added tax on bottled water products, currently charged at the standard rate, will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8797/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason nicotine replacement patches are subject to the standard 23% rate of value added tax; if it will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8798/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make EpiPens more widely available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9246/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (3 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full teaching service records of visiting teachers, who are fully qualified teachers and registered with the Teaching Council as such, will be maintained for pension purposes through her Department and public sector contributory pensions, as heretofore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way a lost or stolen licence can be reported to the national driver licence service from abroad; the reason there is no telephone number to contact the service from abroad on its website; the procedure to be followed when a licence is lost or stolen when abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9127/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Professor Murray and the other speakers for their presentations. I would like them to spell out why they are here. Do they have a vested interest? Are they here as doctors? I have just had an opportunity, during the vote, to speak to some of our elected representatives, who tell me they do not agree with minimum unit pricing. They have not sat on this committee and have not heard...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (24 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 587. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a policy and action plan to tackle obesity; the type of consultation; who will be consulted; when a draft will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy positions in each hospital in the years 2000 to 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of whole-time equivalents on a permanent and temporary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11762/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy positions in each community care area in the years 2000 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number of whole-time equivalents on a permanent and temporary basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11763/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy staff to medical and nursing staff in the acute hospitals in the years 2000 to 2014 and to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Mar 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 665. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for the provision of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy services in cancer care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11765/15]