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Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: As all the amendments have been disposed of, I ask the Minister when it is proposed to take Fifth Stage.

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: She multi-tasks.

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

Olivia Mitchell: Amendment No. 1 is in the name of Deputy Ó Caoláin and arises out of committee proceedings. Amendments Nos. 1 and 21 are related and will be discussed together.

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

Olivia Mitchell: Amendment No. a1 was ruled out of order.

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I am afraid the Deputy has exceeded his two minutes. Would the Minister of State like to respond?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the outcome of the EU Council meeting to determine an agreed EU position for a development framework post 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27696/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (11 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planned post primary school in the Stepaside area in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27177/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the interest of fairness and to ensure access to the school of choice, if fee paying schools from a minority faith background could be exempt from any further increases in the pupil teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27241/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 336. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the portion of pension resulting from the payment of AVCs will be subject to the proposed public sector pension reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27255/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that 80% of the local property tax collected in any one local authority area will be retained towards the cost of services provided in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27247/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the formula that will be used to allocate the remaining 20% of the proceeds of the local property tax not retained by the local authorities in cases where the 80% is insufficient to cover their costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27250/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of counties in which it is envisaged that the full amount collected in the local property tax will compensate for the loss of the amounts allocated in the current year from the local government fund and collected from the non-priniciple private residence charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (11 Jun 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is envisaged that the proceeds of the local property tax in a full year will be sufficient to replace the current Local Government Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27251/13]

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: It is almost impossible for us in this Chamber to be objective in our judgment of each other. We are too close to one another, too political, competitive and ideologically polarised. Nobody in this room has not already formed a view and an opinion about everybody else. We all have our preconceived prejudices, political, personal and ideological and I am afraid it may have been these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa: Discussion with Traidlinks (29 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: They are very fattening.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to point out that the intention behind my amendment is just the opposite of what the Deputy stated.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputy Sean Fleming has 30 minutes.

Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Pensions Issues (28 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Minister for coming into the House to respond to this matter. I am disappointed with the response. Nobody understands the situation facing the country more than me, and I fully appreciate the need for financial emergency measures, but given that they are extraordinary powers, they must be used judiciously and justly. The proportion of the pension from the fund, which was...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Pensions Issues (28 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I appreciate the opportunity to raise this issue. It concerns an individual case in which I believe an injustice is being done, whereby a person's public service pension is erroneously being reduced. While I would not normally raise an individual case, I do so for two reasons. First, others in similar circumstances may now or in the future be similarly treated and second, I believe the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 May 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if graduate nurses who have not applied for the two year contract jobs offered by the Health Service Executive will continue to qualify for jobseeker's allowance in view of the requirement that qualification requires that they be genuinely seeking work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25344/13]