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Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome this opportunity to speak on this important legislation. The establishment of this new division of the register of medical practitioners to be called the supervised division with the intention of smoothing the way for the recruitment of non-consultant hospital doctors from abroad is timely and, indeed, necessary considering the current difficulties relating to the recruitment of...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: To respond to Deputy Finian McGrath, I heard-----

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I wish to make a point.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yesterday, text messages were being sent in here calling Deputies murderers and traitors. It is an absolute disgrace.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: They were put up to it by other parties.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: People from other parties.

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Remuneration: Financial Institutions Remuneration (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his investigation into the practise of purchasing company cars for management personnel in credit institutions which are in receipt of State funding, as part of his review of pay and conditions in such institutions. [18120/11]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the possibility of increasing the fine to be imposed on credit institution employees found to have committed the offence of mismanagement of that institution, by failing to run the institution according to sound administrative and accounting principals, as per Regulations 16 and 33 of the European Communities (Licensing and...

Written Answers — Medical Internships: Medical Internships (30 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the internship for junior doctors to two years as per the requirement in the UK where junior doctors must work foundation years one and two before completing their internship, in order to help combat the shortage of junior doctors here [18119/11]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed extension of the breast cancer screening programme to women aged 65-69 years, as committed to in the programme for Government, will be rolled out on a nationwide basis or on an incremental basis across the various regions. [14206/11]

Job Protection (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Other people are interested in one of the questions that is coming up.

Government Borrowing (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On a point of order------

Government Borrowing (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I want to make a point. We have been going through questions here - Questions Nos. 21 and 22. We went along to Question No. 27. We are repeating ourselves. We are hearing the same thing. Then we jumped to Question No. 30. I have colleagues sitting here dying to get in on Question No. 29.

Government Borrowing (7 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Ask a question.

Dáil Reform: Statements (2 Jun 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am pleased to support the plans in the programme for Government for Dáil reform, particularly the concept of refocusing power on the Dáil itself. The Executive has held the balance of power for far too long, resulting in a lack of transparency and accountability in our legislative work. However, the type of reform I am interested in is seeing more women in the Dáil Chamber. The...

Written Answers — Rights of Way: Rights of Way (26 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation of provisions of the Land and Conveyancing (Law Reform) Act 2009 in respect of the registration of rights of way; if he intends to make any changes to the provisions in view of the expense of registering such rights; if he intends to extend the deadline for registration of such rights; and if...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome the jobs initiative announced yesterday. This is the first step in getting Ireland back to work. It is not a grandiose press release but an honest effort to give hope and confidence to employers and the 430,000 people unemployed. Many TDs spoke in this Chamber last week about the incidence of suicide and the effects of the downturn of the economy on people who are unemployed. I...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (3 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including road tax in the price of fuel in order to ensure that those who drive more pay more and bearing in mind the environmental benefits and the opportunity for better use of Garda time by removing the need to check tax discs and oversee the prosecution of those not in possession of same; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (3 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will ensure that a service of speech and language therapy will be provided for children with autism when they attend mainstream primary schools to bring them in line with the service children with autism receive when they attend special schools. [9678/11]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (3 May 2011)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider lowering the age of women to be included in the national breast screening programme. [9024/11]