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Topical Issue Debate: Arts Funding (26 May 2015)

Ciara Conway: I want to raise the issue of a small amount of money that has a huge impact on Waterford every year. The Imagine arts festival is a special festival which is relatively small in scale but by no means lacking in programme events or community participation. The festival runs every October for ten days. It was founded in 2003 and has grown in scale and content since then. It is very much a...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: My good friend and colleague, Deputy John Lyons, spoke about the equal right to civil marriage, regardless of sexual orientation and gender. Equally, it is a great source of pride for parents around the country to submit their child's wedding photograph to the local paper, whether it is the Longford Leaderor the Waterford News and Star. I cannot wait for Deputy Lyons's ma to be able to send...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (10 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I take no pleasure in raising this issue time and again. I represent the people of Waterford, who feel like they are getting a shoddy deal. We were told at the time of the Higgins' report that one of the main requirements to secure services into the future was an increased population base. In regard to the case I highlighted of the elderly...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (10 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister of State for taking this debate. I am very disappointed to find myself here once again. This is an issue I have raised on numerous occasions in the Dáil Chamber and at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. It shows how important the issue is for the people of Waterford. Two years ago, I received a letter from the former Minister, Deputy Reilly,...

Children and Family Relationships Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Ciara Conway: I am very glad to get some speaking time on this historic Bill. I congratulate the Minister on her efforts to bring it before the House. There is a saying that life sometimes imitates art but in my case, it is a case of politics imitating my life. When I was elected to this Dáil, I was a single parent and my daughter and I were unrecognised by the State. I am very glad to see that...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Ciara Conway: That is outrageous.

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Ciara Conway: The Taoiseach's historic, heartfelt and emotional apology to the women who suffered in the Magdalen laundries was one of the most moving experiences I, or those who have been long before me, have ever experienced in the Dáil. I welcome the progress made to date. What has been described in terms of what happened to these women was a national shame for every county and parish throughout...

Order of Business (22 Jan 2015)

Ciara Conway: Deputy Kelleher could tell us a thing or two about that.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (25 Nov 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister of State. I am really delighted that the palliative care unit is in the capital plan for the HSE. Other governments reneged on their promises to the south east and Waterford in this respect. The fundraisers and activists behind this issue are glad to see a finishing line. In respect of life-limiting illnesses, the Minister of State is absolutely right that this is not...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (25 Nov 2014)

Ciara Conway: I am glad to have the opportunity to raise this matter, which I have raised previously at the Joint Committee on Health and Children. Currently, Waterford is without a hospice and it is not only Waterford that is affected but the whole region of Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary, taking in a population of 0.5 million. As we approach 2015, we are still in the shameful...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Ciara Conway: Deputy Mattie McGrath is getting his water from Waterford.

Topical Issue Debate: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (18 Nov 2014)

Ciara Conway: Agreed.

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Ciara Conway: I attended one of my first political gatherings as a young 13 year old child. It was a peace rally in the wake of the Warrington bombing. My mother and father packed the buggies and prams into the car as there were quite a few of us and we stood proudly with our candles in Ballybricken in Waterford calling for peace in our country in the wake of so many young lives being needlessly lost. ...

Leaders' Questions (22 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: That is outrageous.

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: The Minister of State cannot but be moved when he hears stories like those recounted by Deputy Eoghan Murphy and Deputy Regina Doherty. Parents will know that one of the nicest things is to be able to cook for one's children. These mothers, fathers and children have been stripped away from their home place and what they know because they were in fear of their lives. Are we saying we do not...

Topical Issue Debate: JobsPlus Scheme (15 Jul 2014)

Ciara Conway: I want to address improvements needed in the JobsPlus scheme, a worthy Government scheme that was launched to great fanfare in my constituency of Waterford last year. Many exciting companies participate in the scheme and speak highly of it, including Eishtec, a locally-owned Waterford company. It encourages and rewards employers that employ jobseekers from the live register. It is designed...

Topical Issue Debate: JobsPlus Scheme (15 Jul 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister. The Tánaiste's response as outlined became more positive as it went on. Perhaps allowing a jobseeker's transitional payment recipient to be eligible for JobsPlus is very welcome. Given the Government's thrust towards activation and trying to upskill, educate and motivate people to re-engage in working and seeking work, nobody taking the opportunities afforded to...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Ciara Conway: It is a democracy.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Ciara Conway: One is a super junior Minister.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Ciara Conway: Where is its vision?