Results 461-480 of 1,782 for speaker:Denise Mitchell

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. I have a few brief questions. The first three questions will be to Cena. In their opening statement, they talked about bringing a clear definition and understanding of appropriate Traveller accommodation. I wonder if they could expand on that. What do they think should be included in the definition of “appropriate accommodation"?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I would also like ask Mr. Stanley how we address the discrimination in private sector.

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the National Youth Justice Strategy this afternoon. Youth justice responses have always been seen as a reaction to young people involved in crime. As communities, we need to come together to find ways to assist our young people, guide them away from a life of crime and enable them to meet their full potential. Detention must be seen as a last resort....

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: Childcare fees have become a second mortgage for families. People are struggling to meet these crazy costs. There are parents in Dublin who are paying around €800 to €1,000 per month for one child. Working families simply cannot afford this and it cannot continue. The situation for struggling families has only got worse in recent years and will continue to get worse unless...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (5 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in the fire service in Dublin over each of the past ten years; the number of vacancies that currently exist due to retirement; the number of staff due to retire in 2021 and 2022; the annual budget allocated to the Dublin Fire Service for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Oct 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for an Educate Together school in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47867/21]

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: Housing for All misses the mark for a plan that took so long to pull together. It fails to meet the expectations the Minister set out before it was published. It falls short on some of the basic issues and it is just more of the same when it comes to housing policy of Governments of the past decade. Ordinary workers and families paying mad rents will not be in a better position as a result...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: As the Minister said, workers and families out in the community are crying out for real, affordable social and cost-rental housing. The proposals the Minister is talking about that were put before the council are - is everyone ready? - €450,000 for a three-bedroom apartment and €1,500 in respect of a month's rent for a two-bedroom apartment. The Minister will agree with me...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: It is not my social media. This is what the council has been given.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: No, the Minister can cut through. We are going to ask the people to pay €1,500 per month for cost rental.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: These are the facts.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: This is not a sound bite.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: That is not affordable.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: In what world is that affordable?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: The Minister is on a different planet if he thinks €450,000 is affordable.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: My question is to ask the Minister's Department the reason it is using the public spending code as an excuse for not directly funding Dublin City Council to develop the Oscar Traynor Road as a fully public housing development in the most cost-effective and affordable manner.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the Minister for his response but, as he is aware, earlier this year the majority of councillors on Dublin City Council proposed a plan that would deliver genuinely affordable, social and cost-rental homes for workers and families on Oscar Traynor Road. Councillors look to the Minister to deliver in this regard. He and his Department are using the public spending code as a cop-out....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent to date on the renting of prefabs at a school (details supplied). [46302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Sep 2021)

Denise Mitchell: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building works to be carried out on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45409/21]