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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (23 Jan 2014)

Ciara Conway: Many of the questions I intended to ask have been asked and I will not reiterate them. I congratulate the Garda on its success in the seizure under Operation Bonanza where 10 million cigarettes and cash were captured. Are there black spots in the country where such activity is more prevalent? I also have been contacted by a number of retailers who are concerned that the plain packaging...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (23 Jan 2014)

Ciara Conway: I wish to comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (23 Jan 2014)

Ciara Conway: My question was answered by Revenue when a member of its staff said that there are no blackspots and no place as bad as another. Does the Garda Síochána share that experience? Retailers have approached me and said that on examination of their books for any given week their takings for cigarette sales can be down by as much as €4,000. They can also see that there is a cycle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (23 Jan 2014)

Ciara Conway: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Jan 2014)

Ciara Conway: 766. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for a service (details supplied) in Dungarvan Community Hospital, County Waterford; if he will provide a specific breakdown outlining patients waiting in excess of one month, three months, six months, nine months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4148/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Jan 2014)

Ciara Conway: 767. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a service (details supplied) in Dungarvan Community Hospital, County Waterford; if this is due to staff shortages; the measures that are being taken to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4149/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2014)

Ciara Conway: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of section 39 agencies that receive funding from his Department; if he will further provide, in tabular form, the amount that has been received by each of these organisations for each of the past ten years; the purpose for which same was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4698/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the number of persons in each of the direct provision centres around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4893/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the number of children in each of the direct provision centres around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4894/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 499. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish a table specifying a breakdown by county and direct provision centre, the time, in three monthly periods, spent by persons in these centres; the actions he is taking to ensure that persons spend as little time as possible in these facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4895/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (4 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role the Child and Family Agency has in ensuring the well-being of children living in direct provision centres; the work her Department has engaged in to date in relation to ensuring child welfare concerns for children in direct provision centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4896/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (4 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 609. To ask the Minister for Health if any representative lobby groups from the Health Service Executive have sought exemptions from the Haddington Road agreement; if any such exemptions have been granted within the HSE and are they being paid over the threshold of current pay levels; if he will provide further details in relation to this; if he will confirm whether these extra payments were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (4 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 623. To ask the Minister for Health if the Haddington Road agreement is being implemented for all pay grades in the Health Service Executive; if there are any positions outside of this; if he will provide details of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4911/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (4 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if any representative lobby groups have sought exemptions from the Haddington Road agreement; if any such exemptions have been granted and are they being paid over the threshold of current pay levels; if he will provide further details in relation to this and if he will confirm whether these extra payments were approved and by whom; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (4 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the number of vacant consultant posts throughout the country; the specific positions involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4910/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (5 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children engaged in the Garda diversion programme; the number with juvenile liasion officers; his plans to review and develop the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53276/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: I apologise for not being here for all of the presentations. I had a competing meeting. A lot of my questions have already been asked but I have some particular ones for the three organisations representing the retailers - the National Federation of Retail Newsagents Ireland, the Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association and Retail Excellence Ireland. We had a series of hearings with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: My apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: Is that Revenue or the Garda?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: They stated on the record last week before the committee that that was not the case and they had sufficient resources.