Results 421-440 of 1,325 for speaker:Ciara Conway

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (26 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if proposals to privatise Bus Éireann routes in Waterford city will be reconsidered and preferably halted in view of the current economic climate and uncertainty in Waterford city, and in view of the fact that there are fears this move, which singles out Waterford, may lead to a downgrading of bus services, workers' pay and...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (25 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: While I thank the Minister of State, I regret that the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, is not here because the response was in direct contravention of what we were promised in the Higgins report. According to the response, the dermatology clinical nurse specialist will travel to Cork for clinics. We were told patients would not have to travel but that consultants would come to...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (25 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: I am sorry to raise this issue but it is a crisis. This has been building for some time and it could have been avoided. I am sorry that anybody who has a serious skin complaint and who lives in the area served by University Hospital Waterford, UHW, does not have access to a dermatology service. There is no consultant dermatologist to serve the needs of the people who normally attend the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 17. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the current situation in Waterford University Hospital whereby there will be no consultant dermatologist for the summer months and where a backlog of 3000 letters to patients exists; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients will not even be able to get on a waiting list for the next few months; his views...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (25 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by children with additional needs, having reached the age of 16 years and having been assessed as having an intellectual disability, to receive disability allowance; if she will examine correspondence (details supplied) and if she will advise as to the options available to persons in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Tyre Labelling Regulations (25 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will improve tyre labelling in view of the fact that there is no independent body assessing each tyre and awarding the rating; his plans to establish such a body. [27500/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Provision of Epinephrine Auto-Injectors: Discussion (24 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I thank Ms Sloan for sharing her experience with us at what, I am sure, is a really difficult time for her, her family and her daughter's friends and her school friends. Something which struck me, as a mother, was that Ms Sloan said she did not know Emma's allergy was fatal. I would like to ask the two physicians present about the screening...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Food (24 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 545. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding hospital meals; if he will respond to the points made; the health policy regarding hospital food and the need for all food served in hospitals to be clearly recognisable in presentation and to be healthy and of high nutritional value in content; his views on the policy regarding supplying fruit and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Food (24 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 546. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether chips are an acceptable dinner-time offering on a hospital menu; how often chips are being served on weekly menus in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26732/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (24 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the regulation and standards that exist in relation to home care/home support services, particularly but not limited to those servicing persons with neurological disabilities or those who have very specific support/care needs; if it is the case that the Health Service Executive is contracting for-profit service providers without any contract being drawn up...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (24 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 548. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a separate body or entity that has responsibility for home care/support services; if he is concerned that it appears to be the case that the HSE is contracting outside organisations to provide a service, but seems unable to state the type of service needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26737/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tyre Labelling (19 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve tyre labelling in view of the fact that there is not an independent body assessing each tyre and awarding the rating; his plans to establish such a body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26457/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (18 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports of citizens who are unable to get a response from the MIBI in respect of ongoing issues with Setanta Insurance; if he has given specific instructions to the MIBI to deal with third party claims as there appears to be confusion on the part of the MIBI in respect of this; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (17 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is the case that the NTP can apply for SICAP (details supplied), if he will commit to ringfencing money to ensure Traveller projects are funded, and that this will be accessible to local Traveller organisations, thus ensuring that Travellers are not further marginalised or discriminated against; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (17 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it is the case that the National Traveller Partnership cannot apply for funding under the new social inclusion and community activation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25920/14]

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: From listening to the debate both inside and outside the House, it is very clear anger is growing in the country, not just about this but about the terrible things that have happened to women and children down through the ages. Tonight, we are particularly looking at the revelations and news we have heard in regard to mother and baby homes. Young women were forcibly separated first from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Pensions Reserve Fund Investments (10 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the projects supported by the strategic investment fund; the way applications to the fund can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (10 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a commitment to ring-fencing moneys from the strategic investment fund for investment in County Waterford in view of recent job losses, the higher than average unemployment rate and the ongoing threat to jobs represented by the current uncertainty at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24573/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (10 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound actions his Department are in involved with in the interests of job creation in Waterford; the way these actions are being tracked and measured in terms of progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24414/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (10 Jun 2014)

Ciara Conway: 290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if work is underway or has been carried out to learn lessons from counties Cork and Galway in order that their successes in terms of job creation and with Industrial Development Agency created jobs in particular can be applied in Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24415/14]