Results 161-180 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Certificates (24 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will exempt the €950 standard certification fee related to naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18 who is struggling to pay this fee. [25313/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (24 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 246. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allow local authorities some autonomy in setting library opening times to facilitate, for instance, Sunday opening hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (24 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allowing the introduction of the open libraries concept, similar to schemes operated in the United Kingdom, whereby library members can access the library via an identity card during defined out-of-hours times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (24 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 287. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider setting up a Government committee to prevent the loss of national treasures, similar to a committee operating in the United Kingdom, that can place temporary export bans on the most culturally important works following auction, to allow local benefactors or museums to match the offers of foreign buyers; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Deposit Guarantee Scheme (23 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the submission by the Irish League of Credit Unions regarding the deposit guarantee directive, whereby the league requests discretion to be applied to allow credit unions to be charged at a lower rate than other institutions, due to the lower degree of risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24842/15]

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I call Deputy Timmins who has 20 minutes if he wants. We need to adjourn at 12 noon.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: At this moment, you are the last speaker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Berkeley: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I do not believe that has been confirmed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Deaths of Irish Citizens in Berkeley: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Chairman for putting this on the agenda today. We all want to share in offering our condolences to the families of all 13 who were on the balcony. The parents of all the families of those children who were killed must be inconsolable today. One can only imagine the desolation on waking up the morning after the tragedy and realising the unimaginable has happened to one's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals and Targets: Irish Aid (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: We can be proud that Ireland has played a role in getting us to where we are, particularly in getting the sustainable development goals accepted. There is general satisfaction that they are much stronger than what went before. The goals and targets are there and, hopefully, the indicators will be there before we wrap up in September. Addis Ababa is crucial in delivering what is necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14, who has given up a part-time job because her one parent family payments are under review. [23969/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 9 June 2015, if he is aware that previous outsourcing two years ago has resulted in the redundancy of all those Allied Irish Banks staff, except three or four persons, and that it is this experience that is causing concern regarding the latest outsourcing proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (17 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is any indication that the European Union will move to recognise the Palestinian state; if such a move, either by Ireland or the European Union, would be helpful in achieving peace; if any consensus is emerging at European Union level as to the way the peace talks could be restarted; the way the Palestinian question could be...

Direct Provision Report: Motion (12 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the report from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. I thank the committee for the report and congratulate it on the speed of its work. The report is comprehensive and all of us agree it is necessary. Dealing with asylum has been a vexed issue for Ireland because we have experienced dramatic fluctuations in the...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Jun 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Joan Collins, Thomas Pringle, Clare Daly and Paul Murphy are sharing the Technical Group slot and will have six minutes each.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (26 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 919. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding is in place to continue the deaf advisory service of the Irish Deaf Society when the current programme runs out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20689/15]

Topical Issue Matters (19 May 2015)

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 Willie Penrose - the need for approval for a secondary school for Kinnegad, County Westmeath; (2) Deputy John Paul Phelan - plans to broaden the use of the licence fee to include funding the development of current affairs...

Other Questions: Diplomatic Relations (19 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: As Deputy Paul Murphy is not present, we will proceed to Question No. 19.

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (19 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputy Crowe is not present so we will proceed to Question No. 17.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (19 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Deputy Seán Crowe is not present, so his question lapses.