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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 774. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by Inland Fisheries Ireland to close their Blackrock office and transfer Blackrock staff to IFI HQ and if he has satisfied himself that meaningful engagement with staff through the proper industrial relations channels has taken place in relation to this decision. [36800/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 775. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the proposal by Inland Fisheries Ireland to close its Blackrock office and transfer Blackrock staff to IFI HQ, Swords; if he is satisfied that his Department has benefitted from a cost benefit analysis in relation to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36801/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 841. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is an educational programme that dog wardens give communities over dangerous dogs, if it is time for a public awareness programme on the issue in view of the recent publicity over children being attacked by dangerous breeds of dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36806/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will be very brief. I asked a question about a defibrillator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He answered one question. I asked about community defibrillators and how the public can know where they are. I did not expect the answer I got. The question was about how people know where to get community defibrillators. It is simple.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am well able to read. This is the second time Mr. Tony O’Brien has given me a smart answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He could note what I have said. He does not have to ignore it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes, I heard that part.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am asking about defibrillators in the community not in the ambulance service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He did that before the last time I asked a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Meeting with Department of Health and HSE: Discussion on Health Issues (25 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I have a number of questions. The replacement programme of defibrillators was mentioned. I have a problem with the current scheme and some of my constituents have raised the matter with me. When an emergency arises nobody knows where to access a defibrillator. Even if it is in a town, GAA club or wherever its location is not public knowledge. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (23 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome Ms Gibbons and thank her for her good presentation. I liked the fact that she did not use soundbites and demonstrated that she has a great understanding of children. She said she was not going to pay lip service, that her curriculum vitae clearly showed her experience and that she wants to hear children's voices. As she said, for too long children's voices were not evident in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Discussion with Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: To the Minister, well done for doing so much work in two years. She has put the child and family agency together. Setting up a new child welfare structure is difficult. I spoke in the Dáil Chamber yesterday. I was lucky because it was almost empty. Deputy Conway was present. My interest is in the preschool quality agenda. Television programmes have revealed how some children have...

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Deputy Ciara Conway for sharing time and allowing me to speak first. It is with enthusiasm that I address the proposed restructuring of children's services through the establishment of the country's first child and family agency. I have been present in the Chamber on many occasions when the Fianna Fáil Party asked the Minister to publish this Bill. I genuinely thank her for...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Dolphin House, one of Ireland's busiest and most heavily burdened family courts, is an archaic building without the most basic facilities. In comparison, the criminal courts are housed in state-of-the-art buildings, the facilities in which far outshine those available in the family courts. Consultation rooms in Dolphin House are limited and hallways and doorways become places for...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Jackson Burnett once said, "Justice isn't about fixing the past; it's about healing the past's future". Every justice system is built on ideals. It seeks to remedy wrongs and protect the most vulnerable in society. Unfortunately, no system is perfect. The failings of the system are not the creation of any one individual and do not reflect the well-intentioned individuals within the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Transgender Health Issues: Discussion (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Would its board of directors have some kind of an ethos?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Transgender Health Issues: Discussion (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank our guests for their moving presentation, which I have just read. I missed a little of Ms Lacey's part. This week, the select committee is debating the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013. There seem to be such absolutes in Ireland. One is absolutely male, absolutely female or absolutely pregnant and would never think of suicide. I thank our guests for shining a light...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail, in tabular form, the moneys expended by his Department in relation to a number of schools (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in terms of teacher salaries, capital funding and any other grant in each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of teachers including support teachers paid by the State in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Enrolment Policy (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his policy in respect of gaelscoileanna; his views as to whether special provisions should be in place to facilitate pupils who have attended gaelscoileanna at primary level to access places in gaelscoileanna at second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32698/13]