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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: Will the witness come back to us about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Child and Family Agency (25 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank Mr. Jeyes for his presentation and welcome everybody here this morning. I have a number of questions on guardians ad litem, or GALs. Mr. Jeyes mentioned in his presentation that GALs instruct solicitors and barristers. I seek clarification on whether Tusla ends up paying those bills. We have had discussions here before on reforming the GAL system and looked at other models of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (25 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed timetable or schedule with a breakdown by area showing when water meters will be installed in Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36324/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (24 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 126. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on concerns raised recently (details supplied) regarding funding to the Child and Family Agency; if he will confirm the statistic that has emerged suggesting that there are currently 9,000 cases waiting to be allocated a social worker and that of these, 3,000 are classified as high priority; if he will provide, with a timeline,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (24 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases in County Waterford that are waiting to be allocated a social worker at present; if he will specify the number of these cases that have been classified as high priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36149/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ring-fence funding to support the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks to deliver the only programme specifically targeted at women from disadvantaged communities; if he will outline the way his Department will provide support for this most marginalised group which was not named under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to engage with the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks to resolve the difficulty that has arisen because that organisation created a national structure to meet the requirement of the community development programme which now precludes it from securing funding post 2014 under the new social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to support the voluntary board of the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks, NCCWN, with its responsibilities to seventeen local women’s projects, 44 staff members and approximately 200 non-directly employed staff in view of the fact that the NCCWN board's concerns regarding the future...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (24 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that marginalised women are not a target group of the new social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP; if he will provide reassurance to the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks that an alternative funding stream will be made available to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (24 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 189. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Irish Water will have completed the first free fix to customers' homes; if he will confirm that this will be completed before customer metering begins; the provisions that are in place in cases where there is a leakage that has not been fixed yet metering is under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (23 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the way Ireland is contributing to international efforts to combat Ebola; if the amount of resources directed towards this will be prioritised and increased in view of the significant threat level. [35856/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Projects (23 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on implementing or setting up a social farming scheme (details supplied); whether there are pilot schemes here and their outcomes. [35577/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 663. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons availing of the direct provision facilities in County Waterford; the numbers who have entered direct provision centres in County Waterford for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 664. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers of children currently in direct provision centres in County Waterford; if she will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of children according to age and the length of time they have been living in direct provision in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (17 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 665. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children born to parents in direct provision centres nationally and in County Waterford over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34364/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 767. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown as to the number of outpatient appointments where appointees failed to show up at University Hospital Waterford over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32900/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (17 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 775. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the community nursing unit on the grounds of St. Patrick's Hospital in Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 793. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate medical cards to persons over 70 whose cards have been revoked because the living alone allowance payment of €7.70 week has pushed them marginally over the means assessment for eligibility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33058/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Ciara Conway: 959. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate medical cards to persons over 70 whose cards have been revoked because payment of a living alone allowance pushed them marginally over the means assessment for eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33711/14]