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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: State Examinations Reviews (26 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: You are stretching your time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Review (26 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: The Deputy has overstepped his time.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Review (26 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Please, Deputy, allow the Minister to reply.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Schools Review (26 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Please, the Deputy's time has concluded. Everyone must stick to the new regime.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the levy on defined contribution pensions, originally introduced to fund job creation measures, will not become a funding stream to subsidise defined benefit pensions in deficit in view of the fact that defined contribution schemes are in many cases comprised entirely of the savers' personal savings; and if he will make a statement...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: That weekend back in 2010, when it was finally revealed to us that we would need a bailout, was a dark time for Ireland. I do not think anybody who grasped what it meant was not stricken, or even heartbroken, by the news. Leaving aside the already shocking impact on our incomes, our savings and our pensions, or any consideration of who was to blame - some would say we are all responsible...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: It is an image I prefer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Syria and the Philippines: Discussion with UNICEF Ireland (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I meant all forms of gender-based violence. I simply mentioned that one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Syria and the Philippines: Discussion with UNICEF Ireland (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Like others, I thank Mr. Power for his presentation, which was so stark and honest. I watched the television report on the news one night recently featuring Mr. Power and his colleague, Barry Andrews. It was obvious not only how shocking the situation was but how shocked people such as Mr. Power, who has seen disasters before, were by the scale of what has happened. It was shocking to see...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a temporary site has been sought for the Gaelcholáiste to serve the general Ballinteer-Stepaside area that will commence operation in 2014 under the patronage of An Foras Pátrúnachta na Scoileanna Lán Ghaeilge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49745/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (20 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce his decision on the patronage of the new English medium post-primary school due to open in 2016 in Stepaside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49746/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the rejection by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of the Department's planning application for permission to construct the Ballinteer Educate Together School within the St. Tiernan's Community school site, his plans to provide a permanent site for the school within the timeframe previously envisaged; and if he will make a...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: For as long as I have been involved in politics we have been talking about political reform, and recently I have heard people talk about so-called real political reform. I believe this Bill is genuinely reforming from a structural and administrative perspective and from a functional perspective. Local authority members are getting more powers, which will challenge them but will forge a real...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Remit (14 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Bord na Móna and Coillte are not included under the Freedom of Information legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48579/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (12 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to allocate additional resources to deal with the growing problem of the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47914/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (12 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if the installation of a rainwater harvesting system qualifies for the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48274/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Employee Shareholding Scheme (12 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if in view of the failure of the company’s efforts to set up a grey market for company shares, if he is in a position to respond to the former ESB staff requests that the State should buy back the ESOP shares or any portion of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47905/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (12 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 280. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change current building guidelines to encourage the use of rainwater harvesting in new developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48102/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (7 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the financial position of Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47118/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travel Tax (7 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the response of the airline industry to the abolition of the travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47117/13]