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Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: It is not in order, but I will allow a brief comment.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I ask Deputy Tóibín to be brief because I want to move on to the amendments that are in order.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I remind the Deputy Tóibín that the amendments in question have been ruled out of order. I cannot change the rules. Notwithstanding what the Deputy might have been told, the amendments are not in order. I am sorry. I will move on.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (12 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: As several amendments have been ruled out of order, I will explain why for the information of Members. Some are amendments which do not arise from Committee Stage proceedings. In order to arise from Committee Stage proceedings, an amendment must arise, for example, from actual amendments offered or as a result of undertakings given by the Minister, either to meet some points raised or to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (12 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the unfair treatment of the secondary carer, who is the sole financial supporter of the primary carer and their children, being unable to receive the single person child carer credit when the primary carer is not in employment but simply refuses to relinquish the credit to the secondary carer; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I shall begin by congratulating the Minister on his promotion and thank him for his presentation. I assure the Chairman that I shall be as quick as I can. I join with the Minister in congratulating our embassy staff who are working on the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone along with the NGOs and volunteers who have gone to the region. As he said, they have undertaken challenging and dangerous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (11 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 389. To ask the Minister for Health the way the income assessment for medical cards is calculated; if the weekly income is calculated by dividing the monthly income by four; his views on whether this leads to a miscalculation over the course of the year as this method of calculation would lead to 48 weeks in the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43072/14]

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: It is hard to believe that only three weeks ago on the eve of the budget the newspapers were full of concern that there might be a giveaway budget that could jeopardise the national recovery or that not enough would be given away. In the event, every single taxpayer and welfare recipient will be better off as a result of this budget, albeit by a modest amount. It is not the amount that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: Freight Transport Association Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: My last question is whether any of the witnesses met Capita. The reply to my parliamentary question states it was explained to the witnesses why it was not feasible. I wonder why it is not feasible in Ireland when it is feasible everywhere else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: Freight Transport Association Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Chairman for allowing me to sit in on this committee as I am not a member and for giving me the opportunity to say something. Although I am not a member of the committee and I am far from an expert on this area, I have been tracking the sequence of events that led to the choosing of Eircode for a number of years. I have spoken to many people who have concerns about it. It seems...

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Minister of State. The next Topical Issue is to be raised by Deputy Dan Neville on the need for a bypass at Adare, County Limerick. Is the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, taking this matter?

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputy Kathleen Lynch is a senior Minister.

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: The next issue will be raised by Deputies Mattie McGrath, John O'Mahony and Denis Naughten.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 743. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the growing waiting lists for the allocation of funding for the fair deal scheme and the financial hardship it is causing families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41811/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Trinity College, Dublin is extending four-year degree courses to five years, describing the last year as a postgraduate year even though said year is necessary for accreditation with professional bodies; if the Student Universal Support Ireland grant will take this change into consideration and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Colombia: ICTU (22 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I have not visited Colombia, but I have read about the sad events there. The conflict in Colombia has been ongoing for 60 years and the country is highly militarised and unstable and guerrilla groups continue to operate. One of our guests indicated that it was one of the most dangerous places in which to be a trade unionist. With the possible exception of Congo, it is definitely the most...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: That is enough.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (22 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if the DIRT refund for first time buyers is restricted to DIRT paid post 14 October 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/14]

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: The next slot belongs to the Technical Group and the next speaker is Deputy Finian McGrath who I understand wishes to share time with Deputy Catherine Murphy and Deputy Shane Ross. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: The Deputy should not take his colleagues' time to do so.