Results 3,401-3,420 of 4,073 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (7 May 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 183. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason a medical card is automatically cancelled when under review if the requested information is not returned by a certain date without informing the applicant of such cancellation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20381/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason autism assistance dogs do not qualify for tax relief in the way that blindness assistance dogs do; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18897/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special needs assistants will be trained up in the PEC and ABA learning system for children with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18888/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to introducing teaching assistants into the classroom in addition to special needs assistants, who could possibly be trained in the PEC and ABA programmes under the new jobs pathways scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the picture exchange communication system, which has been proven to be very beneficial for children with autism could be more widely used and included in the training of teachers in colleges of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18891/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and which leaving certificate subjects were last revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18892/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to ensure no future mistakes will occur on leaving certificate papers which has previously happened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18894/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who have participated in the professional diploma in mathematics for teaching announced by his Department in May 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18923/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of participating teachers who have completed the professional diploma in mathematics for teaching successfully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18924/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers teaching maths in classrooms as a result of the professional diploma in mathematics for teaching successfully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18925/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the three years' funding expires for the professional diploma in mathematics for teaching successfully, if it will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18926/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 525. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify the UN Convention for the Rights of People with Disabilities; the progress being made in accelerating this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18885/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 709. To ask the Minister for Health the reason income is calculated at 2.3% on savings of more than €72,000 for a couple for the purposes of applying for a medical card in view of the fact that Government bond yield is 1.23%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19191/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 779. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug myleran is not covered by the drugs payment scheme; if there is any likelihood of it being so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18884/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 780. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given towards establishing market regulations for foods high in sugar and fat. [18886/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 781. To ask the Minister for Health if all blood donors are tested before donating blood and if so, the reason men who have sex with men cannot donate once tested and cleared like other blood donors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18887/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 782. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to ensure child speech and language therapists are replaced during maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (30 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 783. To ask the Minister for Health if speech and language therapy for children can be delivered in schools and not health centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18896/14]

Order of Business (17 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (17 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will reiterate my colleague, Senator van Turnhout's comments on yesterday's launch. It was good to see the Minister, as the first Minister for children, with the Taoiseach and Tánaiste. The document puts children first. We discussed it for years but did nothing. Speaking as a former school principal, if a complaint was received, the principal was in a grey area and did not really...