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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when 30Mbps minimum national broadband plan will serve an area (details supplied) in County Waterfiord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16309/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the location of the closest telephone exchange for the Faithlegg and Cheekpoint area of County Waterford; if he will further clarify the basic level of broadband speed available for that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16506/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (26 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if he will approve realigning the boundary of eligibility for transport between the two schools mentioned therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14854/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Croke Park Agreement Issues (26 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Cumann na mBunscol games and activities (details supplied) may be included as part of any agreement on additional time in schools, acknowledging the voluntary effort of so many teachers, the importance of Cumann na mBunscol games and activities in enriching the lives of pupils and therefore enshrining the importance of our national games in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify the reason not all of County Waterford, with particular reference to places including Faithlegg, Cheekpoint and Tramore are not covered by the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15292/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the definition of an acceptable broadband speed under the national broadband scheme; the recourse open to householders dissatisfied with the coverage offered by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15293/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Nursing Scheme Issues (21 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the recent drive to recruit graduate nurses; when those that have applied to the scheme will receive further updates on their applications; the timeline for processing and recruiting from applications received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14391/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (20 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to continue the incentivised career break for civil servants as introduced in the supplementary Budget in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13674/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (7 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify if the tax free exemption of €15,000 for voluntary notified child minders will remain in place following the abolition of the child minding advisory officers; if she will clarify who currently provides the voluntary notified certificate to the child minders which is a requirement for them to avail of this scheme;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (7 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the tax exemption for child minders will be available for new entrants; the way this will be administered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12180/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (7 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the way current child minders can continue to avail of the exemption for child minders; if she will outline who will administer the schemes at a local level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12181/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Regulation of Child Care Services (7 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine the option of registration for all early years services including child minders rather than a notification system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12182/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Regulation of Child Care Services (7 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a publication by Dr Mary Daly carried out by Waterford City and County Vocational Education Committee and the Health Service Executive South in 2010 which called for a registration system for all childcare services including child minders, the removal of the exemptions in the 1991 Act and reform of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Education and Training Scheme (7 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider opening up State run programmes such as CETS to child minders who provide a vital service particularly in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12183/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (5 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a revenue issue; the options available to this company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11454/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (5 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Finance if the banks need to have any Ministerial, Central Bank or other formal instruction to write down personal and mortgage debt by expressly using the capital provided in their bailout for the purpose; if he will confirm that the capital was provided for that specific purpose; his views on whether the domestic economy could recover faster if personal and mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (20 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will seek EU approval to have the EU regional aid grant rates increased from 10% to 15% in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9259/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (19 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of convictions that have resulted in citizens being jailed due to the non-payment of fines for the years of 2008, 2009, 2010, 20011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8274/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (19 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of convictions in the courts in Waterford City and county that have resulted in citizens being jailed due to the non-payment of fines for the years of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8275/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Service Orders (19 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that prisons are overcrowded and an expense on the State, the measures that are being taken to ensure that community service rather than jail as a viable option for convictions relating to non-payment of fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8276/13]