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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Do not propose that motion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Is that the website the nurses can use?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I wanted to express my faith in Deputy Buttimer as Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He has done a great job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Delays in the Registration of Nurses and Midwives: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I hope my colleagues agree. It is unfair-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Does Professor O'Shea want to finish?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: We might have a few votes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the delegations for their presentations. I really liked their empathy towards the patients in question and the language they used. They spoke about personalised treatment and it being inclusive to the person and their family. Often when we get these documents, one often just gets budgets and statistics. The pilot project in Tipperary sounds fantastic. Dún Laoghaire has a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 502. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to legislate to ensure that qualified audiologists fit and prescribe hearing aids, given that, at present, it is open to persons to set up anywhere and sell hearing aids, often costing up to €4,000 to €6,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29854/15]

Social Services and Support: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am pleased to contribute to tonight's motion as it gives us all the opportunity rightly to acknowledge the immense contribution our elderly citizens have made to this country. Their contribution to the State cannot be overlooked or underestimated. They have helped drag us through not one but two terribly difficult recessions. They have watched the face of Ireland change from a small...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Bus Services (14 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Last week, on Monday, 6 July, Dublin Bus met with councillors from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to propose changes to the current network of services in the south-east area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. What has ensued since is a case of misinformation, speculation and conjecture because of the lack of hard concrete information. This has caused much upset and anxiety in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Bus Services (14 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am glad to hear Dublin Bus will be consulting customers and other interested parties. However, I want this to be a genuine conversation, not a one-way street. I am perturbed the details of the proposals are not up on the Dublin Bus website, even though a public meeting will be held tonight on them. It is difficult for people to know what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the witnesses for their excellent presentations. We have reached a crossroads now, and I have said that previously here. Are we going to rush something through and try to please everyone or are we going to put the basic steps in place? We have been throwing money at this sector. A total of €1.13 billion has been spent in the sector in the period from 2000 to 2010. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (14 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the senior management of Allied Irish Banks to reconsider the decision to outsource bank jobs [28684/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (14 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to help gifted children in primary and secondary schools excel, and if necessary skip academic years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28235/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if gifted children may apply to sit their junior certificate and leaving certificate earlier than usual, if they prove ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28236/15]

Rural Coastal Communities Report: Motion (10 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will be brief. As a Galway girl and a farmer's daughter from the small village of Milltown in north Galway who spent many summer holidays in Connemara, Westport and the Aran Islands, I feel it is important to speak on the Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities. It must be said that this report is not just of importance to the people and communities of rural...

Criminal Law (Child Grooming) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: As a mother, a daughter and a former school principal, I wholeheartedly welcome this Bill. However, I am saddened that this is the reality we live in, a reality in which we have to protect our innocent children from sexual exploitation and depraved individuals. This Bill responds to the concerns not only of the United Nations committee but of Irish parents who need to be sure in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Legal Highs: Discussion (9 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I read the submission from the witnesses. I am someone who protested outside a head shop in Dun Laoghaire until it had to close down due to the level of bad publicity we brought to it. I am also very aware that a beautiful young girl died recently in my constituency, while a number of others were rushed to hospital, after taking something like this outside a nightclub in Dublin city centre....