Results 3,481-3,500 of 4,073 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Data (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of lecture contact hours first year business students receive in University College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13132/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Data (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of lecture contact hours first year engineering students receive in University College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13133/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Data (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of lecture contact hours first year pre-med students receive in University College Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13134/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 968. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the shortcomings of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, which was enacted in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13662/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 969. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the reason the number of inter-country adoptions has dramatically decreased since the enactment of the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption in Ireland in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13663/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 970. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recourse parents have after their three year pre-Hague Declaration has become invalid and similarly for parents with post-Hague Declarations that cannot adopt from countries like Russia and Ethiopia which are not compliant with the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation; and if she will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 971. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Adoption Authority Ireland are adequately trained to deal with and respond to distressed calls from parents who are unable to adopt due to the barriers now put in place from the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13665/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1114. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State agencies that currently deliver suicide prevention, counselling and other related suicide programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13673/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1115. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for setting up suicide prevention, counselling and other related suicide programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13674/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1116. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to organisations providing suicide prevention, counselling and other related suicide programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13675/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (25 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 1117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State agencies that currently deliver suicide prevention programmes which are classified as section 38 or 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Dr. Brophy mentioned women and I ask him to clarify that point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Members heard earlier that older and middle-aged woman were taking their lives to a greater extent. I do not know whether they are drinking in the clubs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: This morning, the point was specifically made in respect of women.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the witnesses for the very good work they do. If somebody comes to my constituency office seeking advice on where to go, where do I send the person? This has happened in the past. I accompanied someone to a mental health hospital and I was very disappointed and concerned because on every evening I went to see the person different personnel were working there. There were also...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Will Dr. Cullinane respond to my question about pressure being applied regarding life insurance and mortgage protection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Suicide in Ireland: Discussion (13 Mar 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank all those involved in the Gilroy report. It is most illuminating and very well put together. I am unsure whether I should direct my questions to Senator John Gilroy or the witnesses but perhaps they can offer some comments. One of my questions relates to suicide numbers. I realise we have discussed the recession and population growth. I wonder about cyberbullying and homophobic...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Languages Programme (25 Feb 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider Chinese as a language subject for the leaving certificate as Chinese is the most important language subject for employment today and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9555/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on including computer programming as a leaving certificate subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9556/14]
- Organ Donation: Motion (21 Feb 2014)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: This is a very comprehensive report on organ donation. As a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, I thank those who presented or gave written submissions on this topic. I pay tribute to the patients who gave a real insight into the effects of debilitating illness before organ donation and their feelings of well-being after transplant operations. Many of them...