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Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I propose to share time with Deputy John O'Mahony. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill. We can all celebrate that it is at least possible that this budget, tough as it is, may be the last tough budget. We also have to acknowledge that it is at least partly because of the tough budgets we have endured since 2008 that there are now signs of a pick-up in the economy and...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade Treaty: Motion (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I would like to offer my support for the motion. Enough questions have been asked for me to be fully informed once they have been responded to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Human Rights Council: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank Mr. Wrafter for his comprehensive speech, which has left us with very few questions to ask. I would like to comment on what Deputy Smith said about coming to the end of the millennium goals and the post-2015 situation. I was pleased to hear Mr. Wrafter say that as a human right, gender equality is fundamental to development. In establishing the previous millennium goals lip...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 11 January 2012, if he has considered the way the report on pension charges in Ireland 2012 may be used to advance the issue of the pension industry absorbing the impact of the pension fund levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47374/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension levy applies to defined benefit pensions; if not, the rational for excluding them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Report on Pension Charges (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the Report on Pensions Charges in Ireland 2012 and the submissions received from the industry in response to the report, if further policy or regulatory action is proposed for the pension system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Report on Pension Charges (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012, if she plans to correct the considerable variation in the range of charges being imposed on consumers, especially smaller occupational pension schemes and individual pension arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47365/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Report on Pension Charges (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recommendation of the Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012, if approaches are being developed to improve consumer, employer and trustee awareness and knowledge of pension charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47366/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recommendation of the report on pension charges in Ireland 2012 and the OECD Review of the Irish Pension System, if she plans to put in place a universal pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47367/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the six-month backlog to have the trailer adjustment work undertaken, if he will extend the implementation date by six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47337/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: That brings us to the end of today's Topical Issues debate. I understand a change is being proposed to today's schedule and I call on Deputy Joe Carey to inform the House.

Business of Dáil (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the way it is anticipated that the levy on individual private pension funds will convince the pensions industry to deliver on agreements made with him by the industry in view of the fact that the contributors have neither control over nor leverage with fund managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46105/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of policy holders who will be affected by the capping of tax relief on private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46020/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to restrict the home tuition grant to tuition provided by teachers registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland, specifically where intervention is required for preschool children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he could clarify his Department's intentions regarding the new local area plan for Ballycullen, Oldcourt, Dublin 24 which recommends a particular site in Ballycullen be assigned for the construction of the new Educate Together and Gaescoil in Firhouse; if his Department supports this site as being suitable for the co-location of the two...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way tax relief on pension contributions applies to post and pre-1995 public servants, listing the names of each pension contribution, the respective rates at which they apply, the way in which tax relief applies to those pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the pension contributions a pre-1995 executive officer at the final point of the increment scale must make towards their pension every year; if he will explain the way in which tax relief on pension contributions applies to their pension contributions and the way in which gross pay is affected; and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the pension contributions a post-1995 executive officer at the final point of the increment scale must make towards their pension every year; if he will explain the way in which tax relief on pension contributions applies to their pension contributions and the way in which gross pay is affected; and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Collection (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 691. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total revenue in 2013 to local authorities from the non principal private residence tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/13]