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Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Amendment No. 6 has already been discussed with amendment No. 5.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Amendment No. 7 has already been discussed with amendment No. 5.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Amendment No. 8 has already been discussed with amendment No. 5.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I must inform the Minister that this is not relevant to amendment No. 5 which is currently under discussion.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I ask the Deputy to confine himself to the actual amendment which is on committee chairperson's-----

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: There have been wide-ranging speeches on both sides.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Could I ask the Deputy to confine himself to the amendments before the House?

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I call Deputy Cowen and ask him to confine himself to the actual amendments.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Jul 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: The Minister should do his best though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council and Development Aid: Discussion with Minister of State (26 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Minister of State for ensuring that the traditional Irish commitment to aid was maintained in the budget in so far as this was possible in our current straitened circumstances. Although the overseas aid budget has been reduced in recent years it has not decreased as rapidly as many other programmes, in recognition of the fact that many people around the world are worse off than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Indeed we do.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Despite the considerable controversy we have had around this debate, I am very happy to be a member of the 31st Dáil that will at last legislate to protect the lives of women when their life is threatened by their pregnancy. I think it is to our shame that we have waited until we were forced by the international community to take action in this area. It is to our shame that we forced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (26 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify, if under the proposed legislation patients holding private health insurance are admitted to hospital through accident and emergency and occupying a public bed and in receipt of public hospital services, are liable to pay the full economic cost of the bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31005/13]

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBurnreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: With the Taoiseach and most people in this country I fully appreciate the need to reform our political system so that we can give full expression to our democracy. I do not subscribe to the view that ours is the worst political system but neither is it the best that it can be and when it was really put to the test no one can deny that it massively failed the people in neither preventing nor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Development Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Discussion with Dóchas (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: The person from the United Nations seemed to talk about there not being a list of objectives, just an overall human rights approach, but I guess it has drilled down to something more definite at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Development Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Discussion with Dóchas (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank Ms Gold.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Development Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Discussion with Dóchas (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank Ms Gold for her presentation, which was, to put mildly, the solution to all the world's problems. It is hard to respond to it. Mr. Jim Clarken mentioned the need to put on paper how all of the aspirations expressed in the document will be implemented. The Minister has indicated that the next step is to publish an implementation document. That is coming but the point is well made....

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I must interrupt. I can see this debate will continue but we have reached 1.30 p.m. and I ask the Deputy to move that consideration of the Bill be adjourned.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I will come back to the Deputy after the Minister of State has responded. He will have the right to wrap up the debate.

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I apologise for interrupting the Deputy, but Deputy Billy Kelleher wants to come in. I will come back to Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin to wrap up.