Results 2,021-2,040 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Irish Horse and Greyhound Racing Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: We just got it today. The last time we raised this issue, the Minister stated that he wanted to bring in what he called a gambling architecture for the State. That sounds great, but it is a tall order, given the different players in the market from the small bookies to the big on-line players. We are at it for a couple of years, so is there any point in looking at an interim solution...
- Irish Horse and Greyhound Racing Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: It was ever thus.
- Film Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the positive approach the Minister is taking to this issue. The boundary between ordinary digital animation film and gaming is gradually disappearing. While gaming is a complete mystery to me, the marriage of creativity and high technology involved in it makes it a perfect outlet for young Irish people. I have been informed that the education side of the gaming sector needs to be...
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress that has been made in the assessment of the General Post Office complex as a feasible location for the redeveloped national theatre; the timescale that is envisaged for the assessment of this alternative site; when a report will be submitted to him on the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I raised this matter relatively recently but it was the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, who responded to the question and I wanted to discuss it with the Minister again. I have no problem with relocating the Abbey Theatre to the GPO. It is probably a very good location but why is it moving from Abbey Street? We are losing the eponymous value of having the Abbey Theatre in Abbey Street....
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Is there any property available in any area?
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: It was â¬220,000.
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Is An Post open to the idea of moving out of that site? Also, a site like that in the middle of O'Connell Street should not be used just for night time events. It must have a day time purpose-----
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: -----such as matinees and so on but it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that we could have a post office on the site as well.
- Abbey Theatre. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Is An Post happy to vacate or-----
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I am sure the Minister is sick of hearing me talk about the airport departure tax, which I have referred to at every available opportunity since its introduction. On each occasion I raise it with the Minister, he tells me that people he has spoken to abroad and in Ireland are of the view that it is not having an impact on tourism. That is because the impact is on the airlines. The tax is...
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I accept there has been a retrenchment worldwide but the reality is that we are suffering more than most and it is more important to us than most because we are an island. Talking to the Minister for Transport occasionally is not enough. The Minister, Deputy Cullen, will have to drive this issue with the Minister for Finance. Apart from the damage it is doing to the airlines, it is sending...
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: That was a good excuse some years ago but the reality now is that it is Irish people who are emigrating to China, India and elsewhere rather than vice versa, so that should not be our major concern. I know the Minister does not have responsibility for visas but he must drive this as Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform has no interest in...
- Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: It is the standards which apply on the Government side that are under discussion.
- Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: What is the Minister's point?
- Confidence in Minister for Defence: Motion (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Deputy O'Dea swore an oath.
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the discussions he has had with the Department of Finance and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the difficulties facing the hotel sector; the representations he has received from the hotel industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8343/10]
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Minister. I wish to take him up on one of his points, as the others might arise in later questions. Previously, I raised with him the difficulties being experienced by some hotels in getting credit whereas those that owed the most, those that were virtually owned by banks, were having no trouble in getting credit. Indeed, money was being poured into them. I wrote to the...
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Hotels that should have gone to the wall are receiving credit from banks on the back of taxpayers' money. It is unethical and was not envisaged when we put money into the banks. Neither was it envisaged for NAMA. Could the Minister help in any way? If this situation is allowed to drift, we will have fewer hotels, as those in question will fail regardless. The spread of hotels across the...
- Tourism Industry. (17 Feb 2010)
Olivia Mitchell: Could the Minister ask the Competition Authority or, in the context of reckless trading, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to examine this issue? Could he ask the Financial Regulator to examine it in terms of the banks giving their large debtors and clients an unfair advantage? There seem to be many ways to approach the issue, but it should be stamped out right now. If it...