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Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: Yes, last time.

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Services (30 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister for her response. I acknowledge her commitment to the area of childminding and child care. We are at a very interesting stage in regard to the early-years sector. The Minister is correct that childminding must be valued and regarded as an integral part of the strategy as we proceed. In the past, people have dismissed childminding out of hand as baby-sitting, but it is...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Care Services (30 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister for her attendance. The two key themes in childminding are the recognition of the service provided by the childminder and the regulation required. It is estimated that 50,000 young children in Ireland are cared for every day by childminders. However, only 1% of paid childminders are currently subjected to inspection. This is a quite stark figure. Childminding is the...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: When will the family leave Bill be before the House given that recent reports have shown that women are now the highest earners? It is time that we considered introducing paternity leave and, more important, maternity leave for the Members of this House.

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I also have some of the concerns outlined by my colleagues, particularly regarding the onus on a person on the board of management to make a report. Previously, in the case of the Children First guidelines, we saw the hesitancy of people, often professional people, to make reports to social workers regarding child protection. This is a very...

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Ciara Conway: What about Mr. Forgetful?

Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)

Ciara Conway: Who are "you"?

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Ciara Conway: If he would just keep quiet, he might learn something.

Topical Issue Debate: Sexual Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Ciara Conway: I welcome the reply of the Minister of State and his commitment to legislate for minimum pricing of alcohol. I have some final points. Where alcohol consumption was known, almost 90% of defendants in rape trials had been binge drinking. Ten percent of all reported cases involved a complainant who was incapable of offering consent because of alcohol consumption. Alcohol has been identified...

Topical Issue Debate: Sexual Offences (11 Dec 2012)

Ciara Conway: A damning and disturbing report published yesterday by Rape Crisis Network Ireland, RCNI, raises the issue of the role of alcohol misuse in acts of sexual violence. We are all aware that there is a major problem of alcohol abuse in our society. As we enter the festive season, evidence of that will, unfortunately, show up at huge cost in waiting rooms and hospitals throughout the country. ...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Ciara Conway: I propose to share time with Deputy Ann Phelan. This afternoon, I was very pleased to be able to attend the address by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on her visit to Dublin when she spoke about human rights. She spoke very clearly about recognising the need for the human rights of women to be vindicated all over the world. It was a timely speech considering what we are discussing. ...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Ciara Conway: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. No one can deny the level of commitment and dedication the Minister of State has shown to the area of disability.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Ciara Conway: Not only is she committed to an inclusive approach but the inclusion for the first time of people with disabilities in the decision making process constitutes anti-discriminatory practice. Service users, their families and the providers of services welcome this approach as it has been absent from the formulation and implementation of social policy through the decades. Pleas by advocates to...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2012)

Ciara Conway: In light of the "Yes" vote secured in the children's referendum, when will we see legislation establishing the child and family support agency, which will be a landmark for children in this country? When will it be published and when will we have an opportunity to discuss it in this House?

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2012)

Ciara Conway: I offer my condolences to the family of Savita and particularly her husband in the aftermath of such a tragic case in Galway University Hospital. The country is shocked and grieving since we learned this tragic news. We have been told that Savita died in agony after begging the doctors for help but was refused the necessary treatment while the foetus had a heartbeat. When the news of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2012)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister of State for his response. However, I question the reference to the consultation process as having been "rigorous". As I understand it, Professor Higgins met a delegation on two occasions, but I am not sure that his board has done so. The consultants from the south east have drawn together a concise and well researched evidence-based report on what a configuration in...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2012)

Ciara Conway: We cannot disagree with any of the sentiments, statistics or facts to which Deputy Coffey has referred. I am pleased to share time on this critical issue for Waterford and the south east. Some 15,000 people took to the streets in Waterford this weekend and I was proud to be there. I put it to the Minister of State with all sincerity that the people are very angry and concerned. We are...

Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (4 Oct 2012)

Ciara Conway: I welcome the opportunity, however slim it might be, to contribute to the debate. As the Minister said, this Bill is largely technical in nature but it offers an opportunity to open up the discussion on some of the functions that will come under Europol and to learn a little more about what it does as, thankfully, it is not something we hear about in our everyday lives. That is because it...

Private Notice Questions: Primary Care Centres Provision (3 Oct 2012)

Ciara Conway: It was one Minister per week in the last Government.

Private Notice Questions: Primary Care Centres Provision (3 Oct 2012)

Ciara Conway: We are.