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Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Hospital Appointments Status
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
465. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be facilitated in relation to a medical procedure in respect of a person (detail supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26276/15]
Thu, 25 Jun 2015
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Tax Code
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
94. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the reason employer contributions to a provider are now deemed to be benefit-in-kind when the purpose of personal retirement savings accounts was to obtain a tax relief in payroll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25585/15]
Thu, 25 Jun 2015
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Child Care Qualifications
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
146. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child care workers qualified in early childhood care and education to Further Education and Training Awards Council levels 5, 6 and 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25456/15]
Thu, 25 Jun 2015
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HSE Legal Cases
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
161. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the arrangements under way to procure legal services for the Health Service Executive and for Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, when its current legal services contract expires at the end of February 2016; the timeframe and proposed model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25455/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Social Welfare Code
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
179. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the sale and purchase of alternative homes before the age of 66 does not disregard the amount of €190,500 for a means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24889/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Social Welfare Code
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
180. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the sale of an alternative home before the age of 66 is not explored for equity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24890/15]
Thu, 11 Jun 2015
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Public Health Policy
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
165. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated for the provision of defibrillators on foot of the publication of Health Technology Assessment of Public Access Defibrillation by the Health Information and Quality Authority on 1 December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22808/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Immigration Policy
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
527. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on changes to be made in the Garda National Immigration Bureau, to end long queues outside its office on Burgh Quay in Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21258/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
908. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next open competition for the post of First Secretary will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22195/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
909. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next open competition for the post of Third Secretary will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22196/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Harbours and Piers
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
1159. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for Dún Laoghaire Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21412/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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VAT Rate Application
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
61. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance his views on removing value added tax on defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20950/15]
Wed, 27 May 2015
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Tax Reliefs Application
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
62. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if income tax relief is set to be changed or stopped for residential homeowners who rent a room; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20951/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Census of Population Data
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
157. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the next collection of data for the census 2016 will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20016/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Census of Population Data
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
158. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Taoiseach the reason the census does not ask if a person has deaf-blindness as a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20017/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
164. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Taoiseach the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21114/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Redeployment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
165. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Taoiseach the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department that were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21131/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Retirements
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
166. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Taoiseach the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department that retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21150/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
167. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to re-evaluating the defined benefit pension schemes to increase compliance, when only 49% of defined benefit pension schemes are in compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20123/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Pension Provisions
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
168. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has co-ordinated with actuaries to reconsider the standards of practice and the life tables in relation to retirement, due to the fact that as many as 200,000 persons are expecting to receive retirement income; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20124/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Treatment Benefit Scheme Payments
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
190. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have received funding for hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20008/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Treatment Benefit Scheme Payments
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
191. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have received funding for hearing aids, and have listed blindness as an additional disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20009/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
192. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason a deaf person does not receive a deaf pension similar to the pension received by a blind person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20061/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
193. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason persons who are deaf and blind do not receive an allowance similar to the blind and deaf allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20062/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
253. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of her Department in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21113/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Redeployment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
254. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of her Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21130/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Retirements
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
255. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of public servants under the aegis of her Department who retired in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21149/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Tax Code
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
302. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the rate at which a flat tax on income would be, if all existing tax credits, allowances and reliefs were abolished, with the first €15,000 of earnings exempt of tax for every income earner, in order to achieve a target yield equal to the amount currently raised from income tax, the universal social charge and employee’s pay related social insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20590/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Public Sector Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
313. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21108/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Public Sector Staff Redeployment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
314. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21123/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Public Sector Staff Retirements
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
315. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21144/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Retirements
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
321. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20063/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
322. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were recruited in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20064/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Redeployment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
323. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department that were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20065/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
324. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supports that are available in assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in applying for Government procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20066/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
325. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of small and medium sized enterprises that applied for Government procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20067/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
326. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of small and medium sized enterprises that were successful in their applications for Government procurement contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20068/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
327. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of small and medium-sized enterprises that can be better equipped to compete against European Union companies for Government contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20069/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Public Procurement Contracts
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
328. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are ways small and medium-sized enterprises can be better equipped to compete against European Union companies for Government contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20070/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
362. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21111/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Redeployment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
363. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21127/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Retirements
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
364. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department that retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21147/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
456. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21101/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Redeployment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
457. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21116/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Retirements
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
458. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21137/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
462. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Defence the number of public and civil servants who were recruited under the aegis of his Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21105/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Redeployment
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
463. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Defence the number of public and civil servants under the aegis of his Department who were seconded abroad or to another Department in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21120/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Departmental Staff Retirements
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
464. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Defence the number of public servants under the aegis of his Department who retired in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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EU Issues
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
466. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland has not yet signed the declaration of the European Parliament on the rights of deaf-blind persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20315/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Drugs Crime
Mary Mitchell O'Connor
503. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug seizures in County Dublin, in each of the past five years; and if she will provide an estimate of the value of same. [20373/15]