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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I thank Ms Cregg for her opening statement. My colleagues have covered many of the questions I was going to ask. Is there an employment or internship scheme in the Department of Education, similar to the one in the Department of Justice?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 Nov 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the caravan rental scheme; if there are plans to expand it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55970/21]

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this important Bill and to address, in particular, the section on scramblers. Sinn Féin has moved a number of motions and Bills on this topic in this Dáil and previous Dáileanna and it is good the issue is finally being acted on. Scramblers plague communities throughout Dublin Bay North and people are fed up. They are sick of not being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Denise Mitchell: The Taoiseach will not answer the question.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (9 Nov 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to facilitate an additional class of first year students at a school (details supplied) for the academic year beginning in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (4 Nov 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the rent a room scheme by a person (details supplied); and if clarity will be provided on the person's inability to supply supporting documentation from the Residential Tenancies Board as requested by SUSI. [53725/21]

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion. We are facing into another winter in which our hospitals will be overrun and the reality of the Covid crisis must be faced. We need to start getting vaccine boosters to front-line staff. I welcome the announcement in that regard by the Minister last night. Healthcare workers must be protected. He will be judged on his actions...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: Do not do it.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: Budgets have always been about priorities and choices. This budget is no different. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil made their choices. It is clear they do not favour working people or families who are overwhelmed by the cost of living crisis. This is the sixth budget under Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, another in a long line of budgets that have not delivered for ordinary people....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on renting prefabs at a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2020, in tabular form. [49938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (12 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 622. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to provide a brace for patients with pectus carinatum condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49709/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (12 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 623. To ask the Minister for Health if Xalacom eye drops could be reimbursed by the HSE; if the NCPE completed a review on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49710/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. I have a few brief questions. The first three questions will be to Cena. In their opening statement, they talked about bringing a clear definition and understanding of appropriate Traveller accommodation. I wonder if they could expand on that. What do they think should be included in the definition of “appropriate accommodation"?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I would also like ask Mr. Stanley how we address the discrimination in private sector.

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the National Youth Justice Strategy this afternoon. Youth justice responses have always been seen as a reaction to young people involved in crime. As communities, we need to come together to find ways to assist our young people, guide them away from a life of crime and enable them to meet their full potential. Detention must be seen as a last resort....

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: Childcare fees have become a second mortgage for families. People are struggling to meet these crazy costs. There are parents in Dublin who are paying around €800 to €1,000 per month for one child. Working families simply cannot afford this and it cannot continue. The situation for struggling families has only got worse in recent years and will continue to get worse unless...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (5 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in the fire service in Dublin over each of the past ten years; the number of vacancies that currently exist due to retirement; the number of staff due to retire in 2021 and 2022; the annual budget allocated to the Dublin Fire Service for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for an Educate Together school in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47867/21]

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: Housing for All misses the mark for a plan that took so long to pull together. It fails to meet the expectations the Minister set out before it was published. It falls short on some of the basic issues and it is just more of the same when it comes to housing policy of Governments of the past decade. Ordinary workers and families paying mad rents will not be in a better position as a result...