Results 941-960 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)
Olivia Mitchell: I call Deputy Mattie McGrath who, I understand, is sharing time with Deputy Finian McGrath.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (16 Jan 2013)
Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the early access to pension funds as announced in Budget 2013 is limited insofar as it applied only to funded additional voluntary contributions; if he will consider including personal pensions going into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1874/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (16 Jan 2013)
Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 22 May, 2012 if a principal dental surgeon was appointed for Dublin South East/Wicklow at end of June 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1201/13]
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: What is the Deputy's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: I thank Mr. Maguire. I found what he had to say interesting and it is nice to see him again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: I will not say how many years it is since I last saw him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: That is a long time. I was interested in what Mr. Maguire had to state about visas. My colleague is correct in that we had a restrictive regime in place. For a while I was involved in trying to open up the visa regime between Ireland and China and Asia generally. The Government has made it much easier, for instance, for Chinese people to get visas. That happened largely as a result of a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: Apart from Mr. Maguire's group, is there any other group in Ireland which is lobbying the Minister for Justice and Equality on the issue? It seems there must be a critical mass, both from a trade and tourism perspective, to secure air connections. Airlines will operate wherever there is a demand for their services. Tourism traffic alone will not sustain an airline. One must also have a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: It is the Department of Justice and Equality.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: It is our job then.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: If everyone was not making Second Stage speeches, we would have a chance to speak.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (18 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider either this year or for next year's budget dealing with the anomaly caused by the €60,000 threshold attracting a 7% universal social charge whereby an income of €60,0011 produces a loss of €13,000 in income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56955/12]
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: If there were no troika, I would still support the principle of a property tax. I believe there should be a firm and direct link between the service and the payment. We would all get better services if this were the case. I believe that had a property tax been introduced ten years ago we would never have had the property bubble and we might now be better able to afford to pay this tax. We...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: Because it is good at it.
- Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010: Motion (14 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: The next speaker is Deputy Seamus Healy, whom I understand is sharing time with Deputy Boyd Barrett.
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: The Bill will now be sent to the Seanad.
- Topical Issue Matters (13 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Mick Wallace - the decision-making process behind the allocation of national lottery funding to sports clubs; (2) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to address the growing housing waiting lists on Dublin's north side and...
- Credit Union Bill 2012: From the Seanad (13 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: Agreement to Seanad amendments will be reported to the House and a message will be sent to Seanad Éireann acquainting it accordingly.
- Topical Issue Matters (13 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Mick Wallace - the decision-making process behind the allocation of national lottery funding to sports clubs; (2) Deputy Thomas P. Broughan - the need to address the growing housing waiting lists on Dublin's north side and...
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 Dec 2012)
Olivia Mitchell: The Bill will now be sent to the Seanad.