Results 3,281-3,300 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Tourism Industry. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: I am not sure what Deputy Durkan had in mind when he tabled these questions but I think they are interesting as tourism has changed dramatically in recent months, given rising fuel prices, market fluctuations, currency fluctuations and changes in interest rates. Projections for this year have changed, as have marketing plans. At times of economic uncertainty discretionary money, such as...
- Tourism Industry. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Central Dublin is lacking a big hotel with enough beds to meet demand and this matter has been raised before in the context of the conference centre, which, hopefully, will be ready in the next couple of years. My daughter lives in London and she recently told me that her boyfriend's firm brought 300 young lawyers to Dublin for a bonding exercise, which is something big firms do nowadays....
- Tourism Industry. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: There are enough rooms to cater for large groups but the only single hotel that can do so is Citywest Hotel and it, effectively, is not in Dublin.
- Tourism Industry. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: They are all small hotels.
- Arts Council. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: I have raised this issue before as have many others and I do not wish to labour the point. The Arts Council cannot plan if it does not have multi-annual funding. If the Arts Council cannot make plans then the groups it funds cannot make plans. The Minister and everybody else will know that any business unable to make plans will be inefficient. The money which the Minister gives the Arts...
- Arts Council. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister seems to be missing the point. It is not that it would be more comfortable but rather it would be efficient. People are questioning why we proceed with building new arts facilities around the country â although everybody wants their own arts facility â when we are unable to provide performances in the existing facilities. Neither can the existing facilities make plans for...
- Arts Council. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: I am quite aware of what is meant by current money and capital money. When money is not available for the day-to-day running of the existing facilities why then produce new facilities?
- Arts Council. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: I think this is rubbish.
- Museum Projects. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: The question is incorrectly worded. However, this does not take away from the major point. Money from the NDP is earmarked for the Irish Museum of Modern Art. My question is when will this come on stream? When will decisions be made on the real need of the Irish Museum of Modern Art for additional facilities? How will the decision be made on how to proceed? The building in Royal Hospital...
- Museum Projects. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Yes, I realise that.
- Museum Projects. (12 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: It is one of our cultural institutions and a major visitor attraction and the approach to it is in an appalling condition and the builder or someone was allowed to destroy the street approach. It has no public lighting or footpath. Any visitor getting off a train or the Luas to visit it will be appalled. It should not be allowed.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will address the anomaly whereby, if downsizing a property, an older person if permitted to retain â¬190,000 in cash before it effects their pension eligibility, whereas any income obtained through an equity release scheme results in loss of non-contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/08]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will ensure, in view of the difficulty in selling property, that elderly people do not lose their non-contributory pensions when they seek to release equity on their homes to supplement their income, as it appears such equity is calculated as means resulting in the loss of pension; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Job Creation. (7 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to ensure employment growth in the life sciences sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4213/08]
- Departmental Expenditure. (6 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: I believe the Taoiseach might have received direct representations from the trade union movement as regards the possibility of funding or co-funding for a commemorative film about James Connolly, in the context of the 1916 Rising. Is the Department of the Taoiseach in a position to provide help with the production of such a film?
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to reduce the legal blood alcohol level for drivers on a learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3489/08]
- Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is confident he will meet the June 2008 deadline to test all drivers and to reduce the waiting list for all drivers to 10 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3488/08]
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when her office will request an application for capital grant funding under the National Child Care Investment Programme 2006 to 2010 by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 and send it to Pobal for examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3122/08]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of the Pollock Report have been implemented, in particular the number of isolation rooms available to cystic fibrosis sufferers; her plans to make more rooms available; the number of dedicated nurses the Health Service Executive has employed; her plans to provide specialised home care staff for cystic fibrosis...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Feb 2008)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the extreme circumstances surrounding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16, she will intervene immediately to secure them a safe nursing home bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3661/08]