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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: That is existing law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Many of the questions I wished to ask have been asked by my colleagues. However, perhaps the witness would elaborate on something from Choice Ireland's presentation. It is the statistic quoted from the UK Department of Health statistics which suggests that over 4,000 women provided Irish addresses to UK clinics providing abortion services in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Chairman, the clerk, and all the staff for the exemplary way in which these meetings have been conducted. We are often criticised but we have shown over the past three days that sometimes politics does work and sometimes what we are elected to do can happen. I have spoken about the sense of failure and shame that I have felt as a legislator for not doing my job on this issue....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (16 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate the MRF subvention that has traditionally been paid to Waterford County Council since 2006, for 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1066/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (16 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form the number of complaints received by An Garda Síochána over the past five years in relation to online bullying or harassment via social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1064/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (16 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form, the number of complaints received by An Garda Síochána in Waterford City and County over the past five years in relation to online bullying or harassment via social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (16 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that was spent on free legal aid schemes here in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1376/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (16 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of the number of Health Service Executive and city and county childcare committees held Childminding Advisory Officer posts affected by cuts to HSE funds for 2013; the impact that the cuts to CMAO posts will have on supports available to childminders and in particular the impact on the national availability of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (22 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: 502. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing a shared leave option for maternity leave entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2658/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (22 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: 503. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a statutory minimum leave entitlement for fathers on the birth or adoption of their child; if this will be paid entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2659/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (22 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: 568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider updating the Child Care Act 1991 in order that all paid child-minders are subject to regulation and inspection. [2621/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (22 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: 569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether a move from the current notification system to a registration system for all early years’ services, including paid child-minders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2622/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (22 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: 570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in situations in which children are cared for in the child-minders home, if she will ensure that Garda vetting for the paid child-minders and for every member of the child-minders household should be a condition of registration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2623/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (22 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: 571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that a review will be carried out to ensure that the pre-school regulations and the inspection processes are proportionate and appropriate to the home environment that child-minders work in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2624/13]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (29 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria his Department will be setting out regarding teacher appointments under developing school status for the 2013/ 2014 school year; if the same criteria will be used for the 2013/ 2014 school year or when the circular will be issued to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4227/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Health Service Executive's decision to purchase Kalydeco for use in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4223/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (29 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the EU working time directive in respect of junior doctors; if he will confirm that this will be applied in full; the measures being put in place to monitor the application of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4224/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the HPV vaccine to schoolboys here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4182/13]