Results 321-340 of 1,325 for speaker:Ciara Conway

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (22 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown as to the waiting list for adult counselling services in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40618/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (22 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the broadband for secondary schools scheme in County Waterford; the schools in County Waterford that have benefitted from the scheme to date and the schools outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40541/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (21 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a breakdown on the way the €14 million announced in budget 2014 for after-school places was utilised; the number of places that have been created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40105/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (21 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date of the new social enterprise initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39974/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: I am glad the Department is exploring the issue of waste disposal. It is in the nature of Ebola for a person to suffer vomiting and diarrhoea and thus lose a huge amount of body fluids. There will be a huge amount of waste created even if only one person is affected. Dr. Flanagan has said that the biggest risk to health care workers is when they de-robe as they may make contact with waste....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: Is it correct that there is nowhere licensed to dispose of this waste?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: There is nowhere in Ireland licensed to dispose of this waste.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Preparedness for Ebola Virus in Ireland: Discussion (16 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: Many questions have been asked about the distribution of packs for front-line health care workers. Having read a little about how the workers in America are dealing with the situation, I would like to focus on the issue of the disposal of such garments. Where patients were treated effectively in the US, a significant amount of resources and specialised equipment was used in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Coping with Stillbirth Loss: Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Association (16 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am very aware of their organisation and know of the great work it does. I have had friends and family members who have, unfortunately, been recipients of memory boxes. I know of some local photographers at home in Dungarvan - the witnesses may be aware of them - who have been very active in supporting the organisation. She does a great...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (16 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 236. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on progress to ensure the ending of the derogation of the status of Irish as an official language of the European Union; if she recognises the potential for job creation associated with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39529/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (14 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the reinstatement of orthopist services in Dungarvan Hospital, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39123/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Capital Investment Programme (14 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 375. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Fáilte Ireland tourism capital investment programme will be open to new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Concussion in Sport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank Mr. Toomey. I want to make one or two comments in response to Dr. Gaynor. I could not agree with her more that children do not live in schools; they live in communities. Therefore, we all have a responsibility in that regard. Mr. Toomey spoke about getting all stakeholders involved. I wish him luck in trying to have facilities shared, as it can be difficult to achieve. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Facility (9 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the palliative care unit in Waterford University Hospital; the timeframe for same; the progress to date; when he expects the unit will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38713/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (9 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the level of Health Service Executive funding received by each of the hospice groups nationally for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38714/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (9 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the annual running costs for each of the hospice groups nationally for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38715/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (9 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the level of Health Service Executive funding received by each of the hospice groups expressed as a percentage of the annual running costs for each of the hospice groups nationally for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38716/14]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: There is a related issue regarding opticians and ophthalmologists. If somebody has an eye injury and goes to a local optician before being referred to an accident and emergency department, that person would be liable for a charge of €100. Somebody presenting to a GP with an eye injury may be sent to an optician, who may also look at the eye. Such a person may be doing his or her...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: Will the Minister clarify what is meant by the term "dispensing"? I have worn glasses for a long time and I am seeking to alleviate people's fears in respect of the legislation. Is the Minister referring to the actual writing of prescriptions or is he stating that a qualified person must oversee the fitting of glasses containing new lenses? Will it be the case that a person who calls to...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: To return to the example the Minister provided, we all know that in pharmacies, a pharmacist must be on the premises before medicines can be dispensed. Do concerns arise on foot of the fact that optician services in large multiples do not always have a qualified person on site? For example, such an individual might only visit certain outlets on two or three occasions each week. Could the...