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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Abduction of Nigerian Children (13 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has communicated to the embassy here, the Government's unhappiness at the negligible response from the Nigerian Government to the abduction of 300 schoolgirls and their possible subsequent sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21226/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (13 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the current motor taxation system in view of the fact that there are many more efficient cars on the road now than when the system was introduced and of the penalising effect on those who cannot afford to upgrade their cars to newer models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21164/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a policy change to no longer provide residential care for children with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21098/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (13 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 80 additional therapy staff who have been recruited this year as part of the progressing disability services for children and young people programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21507/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Services (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to raise the issue of disability services, residential and respite care services in particular. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, for attending in person to respond. All the talk is about medical cards but qualification for residential respite care has never depended on a medical card. It has never been the constraint. There have been...

Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Services (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I appreciate that it is realised major and radical change is needed in services, including the referral service. Ultimately, there must be services to which people can be referred. It is important to prioritise this issue. Just to highlight the extent of how challenging and difficult it can be for families, in one case that was reported to me, the mother of a very disturbed teenage boy with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: To be honest, I did not expect an answer. I am sure I just expressed the frustration everyone feels, as we simply are aghast. They are not women, they are children.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: There is always one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I also wish to apologise in advance as I will have to leave a little early. I am speaking in the House shortly. I thank the witnesses for their very graphic description of what is going on in Angola. One could be talking about almost any country in central or southern Africa, as the same problems of rich countries and poor people arise. People should be prospering in rich countries but...

Europe Week: Statements (6 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: The next speaker is from the Technical Group. I understand Deputy Mick Wallace is sharing time with Deputy Thomas Pringle. Is that correct?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (1 May 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advertising spend by each of the agencies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19794/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 717. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in (details supplied) in Dublin South will receive orthotic footwear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18565/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (16 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are no school places available in a local Gaelscoil due to the effects of a sibling policy being in place, if his Department will consider introducing a school bus or a travel grant to enable students to travel to an alternative Gaelscoil further away but within the catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18107/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure invasive ventilation is made available to a motor neurone sufferer (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16559/14]

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. The debate is very timely. I am sure I am no different from other Deputies who probably find that housing is not just the single biggest issue coming to them in representations but larger than all other issues combined. The Dublin market has always been different from the rest of the country but it is diverging even more now....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to increase the number of ASD places in mainstream secondary schools in Dublin south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15722/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executives’s Progressing Disability Service for Children and Young People programme in Dublin south; when the new network disability teams will be in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15702/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of children attending ASD units in Dublin south who are not receiving clinical services; the number of children attending ASD units in Dublin south on waiting lists for clinical services; the estimated waiting time for access to clinical services in Dublin south; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (3 Apr 2014)

Olivia Mitchell: 238. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the matter of children attending ASD units in Dublin south who are not receiving clinical therapies such as psychology, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language supports, due to long waiting lists for services in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15704/14]