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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (18 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The graduation of third level students.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (18 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Paul Murphy incited them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Operations (18 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Joe Higgins should support the rule of law.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Meetings (18 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 8 o’clock My parents are in their 80s. They live at home. They would not want it any other way and nor would I. I believe that living at home is every elderly person's first preference. It is where they feel safe, where they know best and where they feel happiest. They continue their independence, they are close to their family and they remain a part of their community. I...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome the Bill and I am delighted that it will be enacted. I congratulate the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs who, as Minister for Health, worked on legislation to combat cigarette smoking, as well as the plain packaging of cigarettes. As he sits at the Cabinet table, I wish to raise the issue of e-cigarettes. What can we do to ensure advertisements for e-cigarettes are not...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Children's Health (Tobacco Smoke in Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The advertising of e-cigarettes is very dangerous. It will happen across the water and what happens there trickles down to here. This committee will make sure it does not happen.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (11 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 116. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on extending BreastCheck since confirming it will be extended on 14 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42736/14]

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There is no denying the impact the financial crisis has had on Irish workers and families. We have slowly worked our way towards fiscal health as individuals, families and a nation. In the efforts to recover from the global financial crisis most of us were asked to shoulder a heavy burden. Many people recognise that burden as a reality in society. However, the self-employed, in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Post Office Network (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 236. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has engaged with and-or met with An Post to discuss the impact of the introduction of electronic payments and how An Post can possibly adapt its service offering to her Department in the future, given that it is the Government’s stated objective to protect the post office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 799. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been granted a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a hospital operation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42133/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the sale of fizzy drinks in schools is not banned; the steps being taken to regulate the consumption of these unhealthy drinks during school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42032/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 972. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if motor tax services can be introduced across the post office network as it would make the service more widely available and accessible nationwide, help protect the post office network and ensure it stays at the heart of the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42145/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1059. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the reason brown waste collection bins are charged for while green bins are free although brown bin waste is also recycled material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42030/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1095. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driving licence renewal services can be introduced across the post office network as it would make the service more widely available and accessible nationwide, help protect the post office network and ensure it stays at the heart of the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42146/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: General Register Office (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1148. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when records withdrawn from a website (detials supplied) will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41912/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Mental Health Services: Mental Health Reform (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My query relates to the question asked by Senator Crown about waiting times. I am aware of a lady who tried to take her life. When she contacted the hospital where she was to see a psychiatrist, she was told it would take eight weeks. Her family was obviously very upset. In spite of that, the doctors in the hospital were able to ring her and tell her to come in as they had a bed for her....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 172. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is no emergency number for Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40728/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way a customer contacts Irish Water in the case of an emergency as a person (details supplied) in County Dublin had no water and could not contact Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40730/14]