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- Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Cognisance must be taken not alone of the EU-IMF programme but also the Croke Park agreement. The previous Administration tied the hands of this Government and the Minister for Education and Skills in many regards. Some 80% of the education budget is spent on the salaries, allowances and pensions of teachers, special needs assistants, administrators, principals, deputy principals and...
- Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Having worked as a classroom primary teacher and as a primary principal, and having had a close association with second level schools in my area, I know first-hand that our schools are caring institutions. Every teacher, regardless of the subject they teach, has a duty of care for their pupils. Again, I know first-hand that all teachers take genuine interest in their students' welfare and...
- Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Education is a key that unlocks a child's potential and it is incumbent on the Government, the Department of Education and Skills, teachers, teachers' unions and parents to ensure this is done in the best possible way. Education is about the child, the child is central to the debate and what is best for the child must be the focus at all times. The education debate should not be about jobs...
- Suspension of Member (15 Nov 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Suspension of Member (15 Nov 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputies opposite should be aware I have waited 40 minutes to raise this matter.
- Sale of Booterstown Marsh (15 Nov 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I raise the sale by NAMA of land known as the Ash Castle site on the border between Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Dublin City County Council. The site is adjacent to Booterstown Marsh which is a nature reserve. I refer the Minister of State to page 8 of the properties subject to the enforcement action of NAMA on the NAMA website. However, if the Minister checks the NAMA...
- Sale of Booterstown Marsh (15 Nov 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer. Page 8 of the NAMA document listing properties subject to enforcement action states that Booterstown Marsh is not for sale at present. Many people in the Booterstown and Blackrock areas have been informed that the site in question has been sold subject to planning permission being secured. I am deeply concerned that the site was...
- Ministerial Staff (25 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The answer is "No".
- Ministerial Staff (25 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: We are wasting time.
- Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: That is because the Deputy was talking.
- Topical Issue Matters (20 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I wish to raise an issue.
- Topical Issue Matters (20 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On a point of order.
- Topical Issue Matters (20 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I think the Leas-Cheann Comhairle can take a point of order.
- Topical Issue Matters (20 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is a topical issue and I want to correct the record of this House.
- Topical Issue Matters (20 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Okay.
- Insurance Industry (20 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: He is wasting time.
- Insurance Industry (20 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The House should not accept unparliamentary language.
- Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (19 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of lands known as the Ashcastle site on the border between Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and Dublin City Council, which lands are bordered by the Booterstown Marsh and Nature Reserve, the Rock Road and the DART line and are in the ownership of the National Asset Management Agency; if said lands are for sale; if said lands have...
- Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will share time with Deputy McLoughlin. I welcome this debate which I am sure many thousands of mortgage holders will follow with interest. I also welcome the publication of the Keane report as it provides a workable solution for those who are suffering negative equity and unmanageable mortgages. The report takes a considered approach and makes the correct distinction between those who...
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 Oct 2011)
Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the setting up of a special class for children with mild to moderate educational disabilities in the Dún Laoghaire area of County Dublin, in view of the fact that a school (details supplied) is oversubscribed for September 2012, leaving many sixth class primary school students in the area with nowhere to go in...