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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (15 Jul 2015)

Ciara Conway: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the processing and payment of outstanding Waterford Crystal pensions and lump sums to former employees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29313/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (15 Jul 2015)

Ciara Conway: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance, invalidity pension, family income supplement or carer's allowance in Waterford city and county for the years 2012 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29399/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Family Agency Remit (15 Jul 2015)

Ciara Conway: 162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the guardianship of infants section of the Child and Family Relationships Bill will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29371/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Process (15 Jul 2015)

Ciara Conway: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the section of the Child and Family Relationships Bill 2015 dealing with adoption by step parents will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29373/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Food (15 Jul 2015)

Ciara Conway: 189. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in offering a wider variety of healthier foods on menus in hospitals following his meeting with hospital chiefs in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29243/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (22 Sep 2015)

Ciara Conway: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost per individual transaction incurred by the State for each cash social welfare payment collected at the post office, as opposed to the cost per transaction incurred by State for each welfare payment paid electronically into a claimant's bank account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30642/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (22 Sep 2015)

Ciara Conway: 795. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish persons travelling abroad to avail of the cross border directive for each of the years since its inception, 2011 to 2015; if he will provide in tabular form the cost paid by the Health Service Executive to fund this treatment for each of the years since the directive took effect here; if he will provide a breakdown or overview by...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: Like Fianna Fáil.

Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: Members welcome the passage of the Marriage Bill through the Houses but prior to its introduction and the constitutional referendum on it, the Oireachtas passed the Children and Family Relationships Act, of which only one section has been commenced. When will the other sections be commenced? I understand it is between both the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Reports (6 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: 747. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the outcome of the public consultation on Ireland's eel management plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34554/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister, Minister of State and delegates from the HSE for attending today's meeting. My first question was about the HIQA report on the inhumane treatment of residents in certain HSE residential centres for adults and the reason it had not been published. I understand it has since been published following a freedom of information request. What was the difficulty around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: Would it be true or fair to say the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, has now given in excess of €100 million for the trolley crisis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: What is it going to take? My central point is that if there are 300 people on trolleys in July, one must ask what we face this winter. There has been €135 million in additional funding to deal with the trolley crisis, yet it persists. Mr. O'Brien stated the steps taken did not have the desired impact or were not as far-reaching as he had hoped. What will it take? I am in no doubt...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: Given that Mr. O'Brien is to chair the special task force and has assumed the role in regard to accident and emergency, he might come back to the committee in three or four weeks to further update us on the progress, the difficulties and, hopefully, the successes. With regard to accident and emergency overcrowding, it was reported locally that when there was overcrowding in the accident...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: Is there an election coming, lads?

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Delays (7 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: I want to highlight an issue that is putting undue strain on people who are already faced with stressful times, particularly where their health is concerned. Unfortunately, there is not a family or home in the country that has not been touched by cancer. A particular problem has come to my attention but, in order to be helpful, I also have a solution. I hope the simple answer to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Card Delays (7 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister of State. Nobody is disputing that there are issues in terms of what we as legislators decide to do regarding changes to legislation on eligibility criteria other than means, but I referred to cancer patients who are entitled to medical cards because of their means and are still waiting in excess of the 15 day turnaround period. I received a response today from Mr....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Provision (7 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the 100 bed community nursing unit in St. Patrick's Hospital in County Waterford; if he will confirm that a design team has been appointed; the names of the persons on the design team; when the planning application will be made; whether money for the unit has been ringfenced as is indicated in the capital plan; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: 135. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical cards and general practitioner visit cards are not issued from date of receipt of application instead of from date of completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34788/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (13 Oct 2015)

Ciara Conway: 171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the average processing time for Garda Síochána clearance and vetting applications; the number of applications waiting to be processed at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35456/15]