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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: We had a meeting with the IMO on this issue. The chairman, Dr. Ray Walley, said at the time that the IMO had not received a communication. I know of instances where GPs have made the various adjustments at their terminals in their practices, but Dr. Walley said categorically that they were unable to do it and that there was a miscommunication. The committee wrote to the HSE seeking further...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (9 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: 287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person on the national internship scheme, JobBridge, is entitled to the community childcare subvention; when this category first became entitled to access it; the number of applicants or parents on JobBridge currently in receipt of it; the number of children it supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47032/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (9 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: 288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated in his estimates for the community childcare subvention in 2013 and 2014; the amount spent in 2013; the projected spend for 2014; the number of parents and children it supported in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47033/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (9 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: 289. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number of those in receipt of, or qualified for the community child care subsidy in 2013 and 2014; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of parents on community employment, Tús, Gateway, back to work enterprise allowance, back to education allowance, part-time job incentive, JobBridge,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (9 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: 290. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for the child care employment and training supports scheme; the amount spent in 2013, and projected outturn for 2014; the number of parents supported and children cared for in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47035/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (9 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: 291. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for the community employment childcare programme; the amount spent in 2013; the projected outturn for 2014; the number of parents supported and children cared for in 2013 and 2014, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47036/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (9 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: 292. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated in 2013, 2014 and 2015 for the after-school child care scheme; the amount spent in 2013; the projected outturn for 2014; the number of parents supported and children cared for in 2013 and 2014 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47037/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: Senator van Turnhout raised the question of whether the witnesses have had any consultation with the national children's hospital regarding its design.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: Given that you have come to visit us on the week that we also visited the site, we might contact the national children's hospital group and ask it, when the time comes, to make sure to engage. The last thing we want is a state-of-the-art building that overlooks accessibility issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: That is my point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank you all for your attendance. It was a very interesting presentation and discussion. Hopefully, this will give you a further springboard to get your message across and to let people know you are available and about the excellent document the organisation has produced. It has been very useful for informing the work of the committee, particularly regarding disability and access...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: I have a related point. Many of us have constituency offices. I too made it my job to have a ground floor office, but it was impossible to find a property to rent that would have disabled facilities on the ground floor. My concerns were twofold, I was thinking of people with mobility issues but also of mothers with young children who might want to access the office. It might be an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: Before we move on, I acknowledge the presence of Mr. Hugh Farrell, Mr. Mark Barry, Mr. Liam O'Rourke, Mr. Joe O'Connell and Ms Anita Matthews from the Irish Wheelchair Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: I invite Mr. Hoey and his colleagues to respond to that group of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank Mr. Hoey for such a comprehensive opening statement and congratulate the witnesses on the comprehensive document that is this edition of the guidelines. Deputy Seamus Healy invited the witnesses so I will ask him to contribute first, with the committee's indulgence, as he must leave the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Best Practice Access Guidelines: Irish Wheelchair Association (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: I remind members, visitors and those in the Visitors Gallery to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of this meeting as they interfere with broadcasting equipment, even when in silent mode. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give this committee. If they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Deep Brain Tissue Treatment: Health Service Executive (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: I refer to the issue of the nurse to be provided here in the South and working in co-operation with the service in Belfast. Is it an ambition to provide that nurse service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Deep Brain Tissue Treatment: Health Service Executive (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: When is the consultation due to conclude?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Deep Brain Tissue Treatment: Health Service Executive (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: What is Dr. Carroll's best estimate of how long the consultation will take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Deep Brain Tissue Treatment: Health Service Executive (4 Dec 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank Dr. O'Connell, Ms Fitzgerald and Dr. Carroll for their attendance. It is the intention of the committee to draw up a report following our meeting in November and this follow-up meeting today. It is our intention to present the report to the Minister. We will ask him to raise the issue at the next North-South Ministerial Council. We will also be seeking a joint committee meeting...