Results 141-160 of 286 for speaker:Ciara Conway in 'Dáil debates'

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: I will share my time with Deputy Buttimer.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. Since the publication of this Bill, I have been engaging closely with a number of groups that advocate on behalf of lone parents and families who find themselves in difficult circumstances. I have first-hand experience of that. During the time I have been so kindly allotted, I would like to focus on the changes to payments...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: In horrific economic circumstances, the Minister has been able to safeguard basic social welfare payments.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: I commend her on being able to do that.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: The reform of the social welfare system that is being provided for is long overdue and is necessary in the interests of those who find themselves in unfortunate economic circumstances, for example having lost their jobs. It is right that we are engaging with them in a meaningful way, rather than tossing them on a heap and putting them on a course or giving them some sort of null opportunity...

Private Members' Business: Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: We personally know the women involved in these issues. They are our sisters, friends, cousins, neighbours and, in some cases, our mothers. For a variety of reasons these women cannot continue with their pregnancies and the isolation these women experience heading over the water for an abortion, as described so bravely by a group of women today, exacerbates the difficulty, stigma and silence...

Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister of State for her response. We need to see joined up thinking in trying to tackle this problem, because it is not something that rests solely at her door. We need to see greater integration of services between the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Education and Skills, in order to meet the psychological and emotional...

Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: I am pleased the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, is present to discuss this issue, on which I have spoken previously. I felt compelled to raise this matter because of the latest report issued by the Health Service Executive which makes very worrying reading. The report shows that almost 250 people aged under 18 years were waiting more than 12 months for mental health services at the end of...

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: I welcome the chance to speak on the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011. However, the revelations of the Mahon tribunal have done more damage to anyone getting involved in politics than the issues addressed in the Bill. The carry-on of the previous Government, the antics of Fianna Fáil and the relationship between big business and politics have done more to damage the...

Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Billy bi-location.

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

Ciara Conway: You did.

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Ciara Conway: I concede that, in the past, the dots were definitely not joined up. Consequently, we are facing one of the biggest crises to have challenged society. In the programme for Government, there is a plan for the health service. There is more planning now than ever before. A plan was absolutely lacking under the last Government because it threw bad money after bad decisions. For the first...

Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (26 Jan 2012)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister and the House for the opportunity to speak on this important issue, which is close to my heart, having two adopted sisters, one from Ireland and one from Romania who is 21 years of age and would have been one of the first intercountry adoptions. I wish to speak on the issues mentioned by Deputies Daly and Humphreys, that is, how we can protect the rights of the child....

Post Office Network (25 Jan 2012)

Ciara Conway: I want to take this opportunity to speak about the basis on which An Post currently justifies the closure of rural post offices, namely, on economic grounds and non-viability. This does not take into account the commercial services that accompany such post offices, such as those outlined by Deputy Coffey like banking services, social welfare distribution and often private shops, which are a...

Post Office Network (25 Jan 2012)

Ciara Conway: The CEO of An Post acknowledged that the post office network is vital to businesses and the social fabric of Irish society. The social dimension of An Post's services is under-estimated, misunderstood and misrepresented by An Post. If the CEO truly believed what he stated Kill post office would not have been closed. He showed disregard for the residents of the area by not even having the...

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Ciara Conway: Legislation is promised on the registration of lobby groups and lobbyists. In light of the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Health and Children on the misuse of drugs and alcohol, can the Government ensure that the recommendations are implemented and that no undue influence is brought to bear by any particular lobby? Will the registration of lobbyists Bill come before the House...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No.3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Ciara Conway: I am sharing time with Deputy Gerald Nash. Reforming the JLCs was a commitment in the programme for Government and I am glad we are responding to that commitment today. We live in an uncertain economic climate and we must respond to it and ensure we have an economy that is not only responsive to job creation but also protects the rights of workers. Among other provisions, the Bill allows...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jan 2012)

Ciara Conway: We are not French.

Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)

Ciara Conway: What about the 650 people left on the dole?

Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)

Ciara Conway: It is better to keep them on.