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

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have concluded and I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine the speed limits around school areas and how they are enforced and monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28055/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population Data (7 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 40. To ask the Taoiseach if there are plans for the Central Statistics Office to update its census questions in order to collect accurate and specific information regarding persons who experience a combination of vision and hearing loss with an intellectual, physical, or other disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27006/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Database (7 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 298. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update the national physical and sensory disability database in order to record information on persons who are over 66 years of age, as currently the database does not record information for such persons, even though 60% to 70% of the deaf and blind population are estimated to be over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases (7 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the way he ensures information regarding different genetic rare disorders and other conditions that result in deafblindness are available to persons who are deafblind and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27005/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 375. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regulate the assessment of needs for those with deafblindness in order that it is conducted by a person who has received training in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27416/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 376. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the different services and service providers available to persons who are deafblind are co-ordinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27417/15]

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: We have heard a lengthy, exaggerated and scaremongering attempt to focus the tenets of this Bill purely on Irish Water. It is not just about Irish Water, though. It is about compliancy and fairness. The Opposition is trying to skew the Bill's benefits, which many of Opposition members' constituents will welcome. I know of several small businesses and self-employed people in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Minister for his report. I wish to refer to page 3, which refers to the draft child care (preschool) regulations, which will strengthen the regulatory inspection powers of Tusla in regard to early years services. Preschool providers and other child care providers have complained to us about difficulties that arise for them in regard to two different groups coming in to them, an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes, thank you. Finally, I say, "well done Minister" on the work he is doing. I am glad he paid tribute to the young people who died in Berkeley. Young people also were seriously injured, many of whom live in my constituency, and I ask that members think of them.

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jul 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is typical of the Opposition to have a debate about an issue for which it has no solution. It can wax lyrical but it has no solution. As always, it never ceases to amaze me the way the Opposition can grandstand and spout about what we in Government are doing wrong, yet it has nothing to offer. Sinn Féin wants to abolish water and property charges and introduce a wealth tax. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 464. To ask the Minister for Health when appointments for operations will be provided to persons on the waiting list for Cappagh Hospital in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26275/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (30 Jun 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 465. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be facilitated in relation to a medical procedure in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26276/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason employer contributions to a provider are now deemed to be benefit-in-kind when the purpose of personal retirement savings accounts was to obtain a tax relief in payroll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25585/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare workers qualified in early childhood care and education to Further Education and Training Awards Council Levels 5, 6 and 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 161. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements under way to procure legal services for the Health Service Executive and for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, when its current legal services contract expires at the end of February 2016; the timeframe and proposed model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25455/15]

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the significant role of credit unions throughout Ireland. What Fianna Fáil has put forward is a motion that in reality has no clear policy, unless "clear policy" means going back to the days of unsustainable lending and borrowing. Credit unions provide a unique and local service that we are all familiar with, and the Government certainly recognises...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I wish to be excused. I am not crying; I am suffering from hay fever.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 Jun 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the sale and purchase of alternative homes before the age of 66 does not disregard the amount of €190,500 for a means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24889/15]