Results 241-260 of 654 for speaker:Ciara Conway in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (11 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce additional incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7722/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (11 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 340. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water charges; if he will consider some scheme of financial allowance for people with medical conditions that necessitate using large volumes of water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11578/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (5 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency travel documents his Department had to issue over the past five years for children under one year of age; the countries from which the children were travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that credit unions must hold a yearly annual general meeting; if it is within the remit of the registrar of credit unions to refuse credit union members an AGM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance in the case of a credit union (details supplied) in County Waterford, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that shareholders have been refused an annual general meeting for more than two years; the measures that can be used to appeal such an decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10648/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 271. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine correspondence (details supplied); if he will consider re-examining the proposal to remove contracts locally; if he will consider change and reform as suggested by building and reforming local action groups, LAGs, by incorporating them into organisations such as the one mentioned rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Local Government Reform (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine correspondence (details supplied); if she will examine alternative means of funding for Comhairlí na nÓg in counties where local authorities are merging including counties Waterford, Tipperary and Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10615/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if approval has been given in respect of a third consultant post at Waterford Regional Hospital; when is it expected that the posts in question, will be filled; if as a result of filling these positions, cataract operations will be increased in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Schemes Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a legal timeframe for trustees to wind up a pension scheme in the event of a company closure; what that time limit is; the penalties that are incurred by going over this timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9231/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Schemes Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time after a pension scheme closes that members can challenge the decisions of the trustees, or submit queries to the Ombudsman; if there is a statute of limitations on such queries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Ombudsman Remit (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Pension Ombudsman is obliged to deal with scheme queries within any regulated timeframe, for instance six or 12 months; the remedies that are available to those dissatisfied with the length of time taken to reach a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9232/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will use his powers under section 9 of the 2000 Planning Act to require the Waterford and Kilkenny councils to deliver an agreed metropolitan area joint plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8888/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (20 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if the local property tax can be considered as a legitimate outgoing expense for the purposes of calculating means in respect of eligibility for the medical card, if he will amend the regulations to officially deem this an allowable expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8641/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (18 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce congestion charges in the city centres of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7725/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parent and Student Charter (18 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposed creation of a parent and student charter; when the discussion paper that is being prepared on the matter will be published; when he expects the charter to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7958/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Park Access (18 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 325. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reopen Mount Congreve Gardens, County Waterford, to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8127/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (18 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 344. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on his Department's progress in relation to job creation in County Waterford; if he will provide an update on plans by the Industrial Development Agency to build an advanced manufacturing facility in Waterford City; if he will list in tabular form and by year for each of the last five years, the number...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (18 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 345. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on his Department's progress in relation to job creation in County Waterford; the number of Industrial Development Agency visits to Waterford city and to Waterford county; the number of IDA jobs created for each of those years; the number of IDA jobs lost for each of those years; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (18 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 346. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details on companies in County Waterford, including company names, number of jobs created and type of support received that have received support from his Department for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8125/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Emergency Plan Implementation (18 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration is being given to investing in an advance warning system for Ireland in view of the recognised threat posed by earthquakes and plate tectonic movements which could result in a large scale and potentially devastating tsunami on a small island nation; the work that has been done on this to date; when we...