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Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Treatment Purchase Fund website is still accessible; his views on whether this will cause confusion to the public; if he will seek to have the website removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32631/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32632/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has been told by the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, that they will have to wait 26 months for an appointment reflects the average current waiting time in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32633/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will receive confirmation on when their case will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32634/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Board will provide funding to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32635/12]

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to penalise drivers who smoke whilst carrying child passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32644/12]

Written Answers — Prompt Payments: Prompt Payments (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average time lapse between receipt of invoices for goods and services and actual payment in his Department and in each agency and organisation within his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32607/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if in view of the recent report citing the absence of adequate tourism branding for Dublin, if he will request Failte Ireland to set up a dedicated unit to address this deficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32609/12]

Crime Prevention (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: I very much appreciate the opportunity to raise this rather technical issue. I regret that the line Minister, Deputy Shatter, cannot be here but I appreciate he is in committee this afternoon. I am grateful to the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for taking this issue. The Minister, were he here, would be aware that alarms have in recent years worked on a dual-communication regime...

Crime Prevention (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: The Minister of State may have misunderstood my concern. While the theft of firearms is a worry, my main concern is that the standard for securing firearms laid down by the Minister is the standard accepted throughout the country by all businesses, including banks, armoured car providers and State businesses such as post offices. Everyone is vulnerable because they are all using a system...

Crime Prevention (4 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: I appreciate that.

Flood Prevention Measures (3 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: I allowed the Minister to overrun on the time allowed because this is an important issue. As a result, I ask Deputies Jerry Buttimer and Michael McGrath to pose brief supplementary questions.

School Accommodation (3 Jul 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: I can see the Deputy Hayes could hardly contain himself.

National Cultural Institutions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Jun 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: I am not being political when I highlight that the concerns expressed in the motion correspond to measures promised in the budget of 2009 by the party then in government. I raise this because at the time I was wary of the proposals and I would still be wary were they to be introduced as fashioned at that time, that is, without any real public consultation, any cost benefit analysis or any...

Written Answers — Professional Qualifications: Professional Qualifications (21 Jun 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered representations from the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists seeking statutory registration and recognition of creative arts therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30141/12]

Written Answers — Rights of the Child: Rights of the Child (20 Jun 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the woman's aid annual statistics report 2011, which highlights the significant increase in the number of children who witnesses domestic violence and experience assault themselves, if he intends to provide children with a greater voice before the courts, as recommended in the UN convention on the rights of the child;...

Written Answers — Rights of the Child: Rights of the Child (20 Jun 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide for the provision of a comprehensive guardian ad litem service, as contained in the Children's Act 1997, for children in access cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29884/12]

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (20 Jun 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the probation and welfare service will as was previously the case, assist with the work of the district family courts thus ensuring that the views of children are expressed, heard, recorded and put before the court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29885/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (20 Jun 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the James Joyce Tower and Museum in Sandycove, County Dublin, which is unable to open for the summer months due to staff shortage; if he will acknowledge that the James Joyce Tower and Museum is an integral tourist destination in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown constituency; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Jun 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the error in classification for PRSI and superannuation of teachers was first identified in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29191/12]