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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: What about staff training?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (15 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill, which I welcome wholeheartedly. I also thank him for the work he has done on the legislation. The legislation is directed at people using sunbeds who are under 18 years of age, but I worry about people who are over that age. I also worry about people around 18 years of age who work in sunbed salons but do not understand how dangerous sunbeds...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: What about one woman's offence?

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Whom is the Deputy quoting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Chronic Pain Management: Discussion (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I express my thanks to Dr. Camillus Power who has put a lot of effort into dealing with issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Chronic Pain Management: Discussion (10 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the expert witnesses for their comprehensive presentations. I would like to respond briefly to Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, who wanted to know about the pain experienced by a person with chronic pain. I happened by chance to attend the society's annual general meeting, which was held, as I recall, in the Convention Centre last year, and it is a day I will never...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assist parents who are now left with the task of obtaining a new school place for their children due to the sudden announcement on 12 March 2014 of the closure of CBC Monkstown Junior School; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16364/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships at level five and six that are available here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16365/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if research or consideration has been given towards establishing a guild system of apprenticeships similar to that of the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16366/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on granting an offshore licence for refurbishment works on Dun Laoghaire baths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions for providing defibrillators in public premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16354/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of defibrillators currently available nationwide for use by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16355/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 616. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the severe and often tragic outcome of anaphylactic shock, if he plans to make the necessary provisions of EpiPens in public premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16356/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, has closed the living kidney donor list to new patients, while a theatre that was opened to facilitate more transplants is not being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16361/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Cigarettes (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 619. To ask the Minister for Health if electronic cigarettes will be banned from all educational campuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 708. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date on the Sandycove to Sutton project in County Dublin; when it is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16301/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (3 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yesterday, The Irish Times printed an essay, I Wish, I Wish, I Wish, which a little nine-year-old girl called Rachel from Meath wrote about her brother, Matthew. She said she wished her brother could be healed of autism. April is autism awareness month and I am speaking in the House today to celebrate uniqueness while also raising awareness of the challenges faced by those with the...

Topical Issue Debate: Autism Support Services (3 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I agree with much of what the Minister has said and I realise it sounds like Utopia, but actually this is not what is happening in practice. As a former school principal, I can assure the Minister of State that parents are upset when they even think their child has autism. They cannot get a diagnosis or early intervention. I recognise that if the child gets into a special education school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health (3 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Could the volume in this room be turned up, please? Sometimes, it is difficult to hear different speakers.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Apr 2014)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Deputy is wrong.