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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 1149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if non-contact time payments will be available in 2018; and if so, when services can apply for same. [25167/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Benefit (12 Jun 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 1213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have availed of paternity benefit in each of the years since its introduction in tabular form; and the overall cost for each of these years. [24416/18]

Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome this Labour Party Bill. Sinn Féin has been saying for a long time that real rent certainty is needed in this State which requires linking rent increases to the consumer price index, CPI. I particularly welcome section 4 of the Bill which deals with deposits. We are hearing so many stories of landlords demanding not one but two or even three months' rent as a deposit. Almost...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2018: First Stage (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Homeless Prevention Bill. I am sure all across this city and in towns across the State, there are many families who have received the news that they have dreaded, that their tenancy is being terminated, will not be renewed, and that they are being evicted. For many, with the rising costs of rents and the lack of accommodation, this means that they...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2018: First Stage (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I remember studying home economics a long time ago. How many hours a week is spent on teaching home economics? What proportion of the time is spent on sewing, cooking, etc? Are the witnesses aware of studies on the link between studying home economics and improved nutrition for individuals? Will the introduction of home economics, as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: A class period lasts 40 minutes. What is taught during that time? Is sewing still part of the curriculum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I have some questions for the witnesses from St. Angela's College. I note they have recommended that modules on basic food preparation and cooking skills should be made available to families. How would such a scheme operate in practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I have a few brief questions. I will start with Mr. Moyles. Can Mr. Moyles indicate whether the county management was on board with his idea originally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: What sort of resistance was Mr. Moyles up against?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Well done. Is Mr. Moyles aware of any other no-fry zone committees being set up throughout the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Well done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I hope we will see other councils make a similar move in their development plan. I wish to address questions to the dieticians. It seems to be very common that people are weaning children on to solid foods far too early. I would like the dieticians to take the opportunity of this platform to explain the reason that children will develop.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I think that is so important. I remember when I had my own daughter in 2005, there was a big drive on then to get mothers to breastfeed and there were supports in the hospitals. I wonder whether there are support groups in the maternity hospitals, such as breastfeeding clinics?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I will be brief. I wish to raise the issue of marketing and packaging of products for young children. If one has to go to a shopping centre and bring the children, it is painful because everything is bright colours and novelty shapes. Do the witnesses have recommendations on the packaging of products aimed at children? Is it achievable in an Irish context?

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protection) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Like many in the Chamber, I have noticed in recent months a surge in applications for large-scale private student accommodation developments. While student accommodation is needed, we must ensure that there is regulation, especially of rents. Recently, there were protests at DCU after two privately-built student accommodation developments near the campus announced that they were hiking...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Advertising Regulation (29 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the targeted advertising of junk food to children and young persons online. [18727/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planned specialist autism unit at a school (details supplied) will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23665/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (29 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost per child of introducing a baby box scheme similar to that operating in Scotland. [23659/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (29 May 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when her Department’s independent cost review of the childcare sector which was scheduled to go to tender in September 2017 will be published. [23656/18]