Results 321-340 of 2,955 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (27 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on proposals to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52584/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (27 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for carer’s allowance appeals to be processed; the position regarding carer's allowance appeals in respect of persons (details supplied) in South Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52278/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance the action that can be taken to curtail pensions paid to some of the former top managers in the covered banks; the way these pensions are funded; if he will assure taxpayers that recapitalisation moneys do not and will not underpin these pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49404/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 16 October 2012, if legislation or new procedures are in place to ensure adequate monitoring and early action by the Central Bank of Ireland to prevent in the future the losses which occurred in the case of Custom House Capital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49405/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance if following media coverage (details supplied) of the activities of debt management companies, legislation to control same or bring such companies under Central Bank regulation is being considered,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49406/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the upcoming budget the case of buy to let landlords in circumstances where the formula used to subtract losses from 25% of interest paid to the bank Budget 2011 may result in taxable gain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49543/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49720/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constituency Nomenclature (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider retaining the long standing constituency name Dublin South as it has a resonance for its citizens which is completely lacking in the replacement name Dublin-Rathdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49408/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Health if proposals regarding supports for those suffering from Narcolepsy following vaccination are to hand; and when they will be communicated to sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49407/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Nov 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of hospitals operated or funded by the Health Service Executive who have service level agreements in place with third party commercial entities to undertake the collection of cord blood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47625/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (23 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure compliance in the more rural parts of south Dublin with the Noxious Weed Act 1936 in view of the fact that there are reports of a proliferation of ragwort in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (23 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure compliance in the more rural parts of south Dublin with the Noxious Weed Act 1936 in view of the fact that there are reports of a proliferation of ragwort in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (23 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure compliance in the more rural parts of south Dublin with the Noxious Weed Act 1936 in view of the fact that there are reports of a proliferation of ragwort in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (23 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure compliance in the more rural parts of south Dublin with the Noxious Weed Act 1936 in view of the fact that there are reports of a proliferation of ragwort in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45926/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry Issues (18 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the progress that he has made in improving air access to Ireland from North America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45063/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Project (18 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work on the construction of the LUAS BXD project will commence and conclude; if he will outline the measures he has taken to ensure that disruption to businesses is kept to a minimum during the lifetime of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45064/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Assist Scheme Eligibility (18 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons receiving illness benefit do not qualify for revenue job assistance until they are ill for 18 months or more while those unemployed or receiving jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance, one parent family, disability allowance, blind pension or invalidity pension qualify after 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45440/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Airport Security (17 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish passports now being issued meet the criteria required to use the automatic border control machines in use in some countries including Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45339/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Numbers (17 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on her statement in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) that she would seek to make graduate architects eligible for the Jobbridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45115/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (17 Oct 2012)

Olivia Mitchell: To ask the Minister for Health if he would respond to reports from pregnant women that public hospitals and particularly a hospital (details supplied) in County Wexfrod are still not facilitating the procurement of their cord blood despite him having previously stated that this apparent reluctance among hospitals should be addressed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...