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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made regarding the business plan to build a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford; if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied) from the then Minister, Deputy Reilly, on 13 May 2013, which promised that the new hospital groups will enable us to achieve our goal of providing cardiac...

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,...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (10 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: 322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the report of the working group on direct provision will be completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10246/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (10 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: 338. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the national integration strategy will be published and ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10378/15]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (24 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply cardiology department treatment figures for all hospitals in the State, with the exception of University Hospital Waterford, that carries out coronary procedures and percutaneous coronary intervention services; if these figures can be supplied for each cardiology department for the years 2008 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: As Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor outlined, the committee's main agenda is health promotion. On a number of occasions the special rapporteur for child protection has sat in front of us and the only recommendation he has made is that we ban sports sponsorship by drinks companies to protect children. I am sorry if I countenance his opinion above all others that have been offered. He has made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: It does not damage one's health or kill people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: We are talking about health policy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Records (26 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the current location of the medical records, including the birth registers and the ​maternity ​theatre registers, ​and the type of records held, ​on site and off site, ​relating to maternity and obstetric services provided at ​St. Munchin's Regional Maternity Hospital in County Limerick in ​each of the years...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Ciara Conway: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce a scheme of educational supports and training to assist full-time carers of children with disabilities and other special needs, whose children are now of an age that they no longer require full-time care, and who never claimed a carer's allowance but now have no entitlement to a social welfare payment. [13164/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution Fines (15 Apr 2015)

Ciara Conway: 754. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of fines for dog fouling that were issued by Waterford County Council, Waterford City Council and Waterford city and county council for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13875/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (21 Apr 2015)

Ciara Conway: 512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to progress on a community nursing unit to replace St. Patrick's Hospital in Waterford city; if planning has been submitted; if so, when a decision is due; if the tendering process has begun; when same is expected to conclude; if he will provide a time frame for the building of this much needed and long promised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (21 Apr 2015)

Ciara Conway: 513. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that St. Patrick's unit in Waterford city will meet the Health Information and Quality Authority environmental standards for re-registration of public residential care services in July 2015; the measures that are being taken to ensure that St. Patrick's unit will comply with these guidelines in view of the fact that at this stage the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (21 Apr 2015)

Ciara Conway: 514. To ask the Minister for Health regarding St. Patrick's unit in Waterford city, if he will provide, in detail, the contingency plans that are in place should the current unit fail to meet the new Health Information and Quality Authority environmental standards; if he will provide a projection as to the number of patients and clients who could be affected; the arrangements that are being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (28 Apr 2015)

Ciara Conway: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the need to dredge the harbour at Helvick Pier, An Rinn, Dungarvan, County Waterford; if he will prioritise and ring-fence funding to be used for this purpose as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is currently unable to launch its lifeboat at low tide and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (7 May 2015)

Ciara Conway: 115. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding an adoption agreement between Ireland and Russia; the progress that has been made on the issue, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Ciara Conway: I would like to remind members to ensure that their mobile telephones are switched off as they cause serious problems for broadcasting, editorial and sound staff. In the opening session this morning the joint committee will hear from key stakeholders on the issue of child care. The committee identified the need for quality and affordable child care as a priority issue in our work programme....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care: Discussion (7 May 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank all the speakers for their very interesting presentations on a topic that is close to my heart.