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Written Answers — Laboratory Services: Laboratory Services (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify remarks made by her in Dáil Éireann on 8 December 2009 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2569/10]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I assure Deputy Cuffe that my colleagues in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and South Dublin County Council do not need lectures on sustainable development. They recognise, as do many, that if further development is required in our lifetime it must be in support of existing communities, putting in the infrastructure they need....

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: Notwithstanding the need for belated reform, I was shocked by the content of the legislation because of its command and control nature in what is proposed as a new planning and development framework. I do not deny for a minute the need for a new framework, the need to learn from mistakes of the past, to prevent the recurrence of the abuses of the past, to equip the planning authorities to...

Industrial Action. (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Minister for his reply and I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving us the opportunity to raise this issue. This morning the Taoiseach referred to the strike as an inconvenience to travellers. I do not think he was trying to belittle the effect, but it does not even begin to describe the enormity of the damage that this has already done to this country's reputation, tourism and...

Industrial Action. (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: The question was not answered.

Industrial Action. (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: I wanted an answer to the first question about an alternative way of manning the air traffic control towers either by the Air Corps or other expertise if this strike continues. Has the Minister considered the feasibility of that?

Industrial Action. (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: We were closed for business.

Industrial Action. (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Minister for responding. I understand he is reluctant to intervene at this stage and obviously the best way to proceed is through negotiation, but this weapon can never be used again and air traffic controllers have to know that they are important but replaceable.

Industrial Action. (20 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: Question : To ask the Minister for Transport what steps he has taken to avert the threatened action by air traffic controllers planned for today, 20 January 2010.

Written Answers — Job Facilitators: Job Facilitators (19 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional supports given to job facilitators to deal with the increased demand for access to support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1726/10]

Written Answers — Firearms Licences: Firearms Licences (19 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the inconsistency across Garda administrative units in the issuing of firearms licences for sporting purposes; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that international competitors and instructors (details supplied) are being refused licenses for pistols needed for...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 744: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many welfare recipients were surprised to find that they were not due their weekly welfare benefit during Christmas week in 2009 in view of the fact that the previous week's double pay could easily have been misconstrued as the Christmas bonus; if her further attention has been...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 754: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the 2010 budget reduction of 4% to social welfare is deducted on a "gross" or "net" basis, in view of the fact that in some situations (details supplied) the 4% reduction can in effect translate to more than an 8% reduction proportionally for those recipients who receive only a reduced weekly social welfare payment; and if...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to raise the following matter of urgent public importance, namely, the threatened air traffic controller strike, which would be significantly damaging to the already ailing tourism industry and to Ireland's reputation as a country open for business, and the need to avert this protest before it causes further disruption in international travel plans.

Order of Business (19 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: They have been washed away.

Order of Business (19 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: Or without a roof.

Order of Business (19 Jan 2010)

Olivia Mitchell: It is a matter for the Government.

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (17 Dec 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for the proposed national sports campus; the progress made to date in terms of planning and design; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47547/09]

Priority Questions (17 Dec 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: I would like to be associated with the remarks in respect of Ciarán Mac Mathúna and Liam Clancy.

Tourism Industry. (17 Dec 2009)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action he has taken to implement the survival actions outlined by the tourism renewal group to ensure the endurance of the tourism industry in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47909/09]