Local Fine Gael TD for Dublin South, Olivia Mitchell has welcomed the announcement that the recruitment of two additional pre-school inspectors for Dublin South is at an advanced stage.

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to restrict the home tuition grant to tuition provided by teachers registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland specifically where intervention is required for pre-school children; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of policy holders who will be affected by the capping of tax relief on private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress on Luas cross city; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed restriction of e-cigarettes as medical products which could result in them being more costly and less accessible than traditional tobacco cigarette; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances and their relative weighting, other than income, which are taken into consideration in awarding a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the way tax relief on pension contributions applies to post and pre 1995 public servants, listing the names of each pension contribution, the respective rates at which they apply, the way in which tax relief applies to those pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

To ask the Minister for Finance the way it is anticipated that the levy on individual private pension funds will convince the pensions industry to deliver on agreements made with him by the industry in view of the fact that the contributors have neither control over nor leverage with fund managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter?

Acorn – a leading multi-disciplinary marketing agency – today [Tuesday] announced that it will grow its headcount from its current level of around 100, to 200 staff over the next five years.