Results 721-740 of 1,950 for speaker:Denise Mitchell

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she expects special needs assistant allocations to be increased in the academic year beginning September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26610/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the general scheme of the Bill and note that Sinn Féin has engaged with this process from day one. We were happy to make a submission. As everyone has said, this is the democratic will of the people of Limerick. It is very important and it is up to us to get it right. I am conscious that with the establishment of any new powers, we must be careful that we do not take any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Denise Mitchell: Will the Minister of State comment on the development plan, which is under head 41?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 May 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 290. To ask the Minister for Health when persons who are vaccinated will be able to travel freely throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25100/21]

Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (11 May 2021)

Denise Mitchell: The Sinn Féin motion stands up for young people. It puts those young people and their right to buy a home ahead of developers and institutional investment funds. The Government's policies continue to fail young people caught up in this housing crisis caused by this Government and its Fine Gael-led predecessors. The Minister said he had the solutions when he was in opposition but now he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (11 May 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the driver test waiting list by county in February, March and April 2021, respectively in tabular form. [24269/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (11 May 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí expected to graduate in 2021. [24270/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (11 May 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 649. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí expected to retire in 2021. [24271/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: There has been much discussion of this legislation over the past few months. I am glad the debate on Second Stage is being given the time it deserves. The view among environmental activists is that the Bill does not go anywhere near where it should. Notwithstanding the good provisions it contains, many people have concerns. A large number of constituents have contacted my office to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (28 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of direct builds of social housing by Dublin City Council in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form. [22184/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for new secondary schools to be built for the north Dublin city area; the number of new places that will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (28 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 700. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to form a consultative panel of representatives from the LGBTQ+ community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21481/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (28 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 832. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to recognising divorce which has occurred outside of the State prior to 1986; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (21 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 432. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the developments regarding the CIÉ pension scheme; the actions he is taking to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20416/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Leap cards sold in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [20421/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Priorities (21 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there plans to amend section 133 of the Local Government Act 2001 to ensure that all councillors have access to detailed minutes and decisions made at a corporate policy group level in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Meetings (21 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 911. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has engaged virtually with his French counterpart to date in 2021. [20422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (21 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 1378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will intervene and ensure that the barrier to accessing free legal aid will be removed for all Stardust families involved in the upcoming inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 2280. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of St. Michael's Ward in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 2281. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant gynaecologist posts in CHO9 by hospital. [20419/21]