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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: Shall we take Deputy Catherine Byrne now and then the Minister of State can respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: Deputy Mitchell O’Connor is not here but we would appreciate an update on deaf-blindness because Carol Brill addressed the committee on this issue. It is very significant that in the lifetime of this Government disability residential centres are being inspected on a statutory basis by the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, because the services are so varied. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister of State and her officials for attending. It has been a useful exchange, one we have been trying to facilitate for some time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: Our second session today is to discuss the increasingly important role played by assistance dogs in helping a range of families across our communities and the measures needed to regulate for quality assistance dogs to play a caring, therapeutic role into the future. We are joined by representatives of the Irish Assistance Dogs umbrella group, which represents a number of organisations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank Mr. Geary very much for his contribution. We will now take questions from members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: I will take questions from other members and then ask our guests to respond to all of them together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: Does Deputy Seamus Healy wish to contribute, as I know he has to leave shortly to speak in the Dáil?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: We had an engagement with the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, before this meeting. Reflecting on some of the questions asked by Senator Burke and Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, there is no one Department that will resolve this issue. It seems that there are issues for the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Finance in terms of equality and the Revenue issue. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: That was my thinking on how to protect parents. As a parent myself, if I think something is going to make my child's life better, I am going to walk over hot coals to do it. If there are people listening now who are frustrated by the waiting list and see time slipping away, what should they be looking for to ensure what they are getting is what they need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: My second question was about the sale of clothing with words on it. I would be interested to hear about that. Am I right in saying that people are free to sell clothing that has "assistance dog" printed on it? Such clothing could be put on any dog? That would contaminate, for want of a better word, people who have their dogs trained to such a high standard. Is this why we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: What is the position on the clothing issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank Ms Dowler.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Assistance Dogs in Ireland: Discussion (19 Nov 2015)

Ciara Conway: I thank everybody who shared their experiences and stories with us today. I apologise for the small attendance at today's meeting, which is due to the fact that there is currently health legislation before the Dáil. Following on from what Deputy Mitchell O'Connor had to say, some of the issues raised today, particularly around access, are not ones with which we were familiar. As a...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Ciara Conway: He did not say that. Check the record.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (15 Dec 2015)

Ciara Conway: 262. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in enacting all sections of the Child and Family Relationships Act 2015; if she will outline when all sections of the Bill will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45211/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments Waiting Times (19 Jan 2016)

Ciara Conway: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the Waterford Crystal settlement process; the progress in issuing lump sum payments in cases where the number of years worked was in dispute; the reason for the delay in settling such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2152/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales Legislation (19 Jan 2016)

Ciara Conway: 290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to allow alcohol to be sold on Good Friday; if the sale of alcohol Bill contains measures regarding Good Friday licensing laws; if this Bill will be published before this term of Dáil Éireann ends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2180/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments Waiting Times (26 Jan 2016)

Ciara Conway: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason and nature of the delay in settling cases in dispute under the Waterford Crystal settlement; when these will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3158/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (26 Jan 2016)

Ciara Conway: 289. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a court messenger and sheriff have been engaged for Waterford Court; the reason for the delay; when the roles will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3146/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (26 Jan 2016)

Ciara Conway: 290. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why County Waterford is still without a county sheriff and court messenger; when these positions will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3147/16]