Results 561-580 of 1,325 for speaker:Ciara Conway

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Services (5 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency travel documents his Department had to issue over the past five years for children under one year of age; the countries from which the children were travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that credit unions must hold a yearly annual general meeting; if it is within the remit of the registrar of credit unions to refuse credit union members an AGM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance in the case of a credit union (details supplied) in County Waterford, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that shareholders have been refused an annual general meeting for more than two years; the measures that can be used to appeal such an decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10648/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 271. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine correspondence (details supplied); if he will consider re-examining the proposal to remove contracts locally; if he will consider change and reform as suggested by building and reforming local action groups, LAGs, by incorporating them into organisations such as the one mentioned rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Local Government Reform (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will examine correspondence (details supplied); if she will examine alternative means of funding for Comhairlí na nÓg in counties where local authorities are merging including counties Waterford, Tipperary and Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10615/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (4 Mar 2014)

Ciara Conway: 467. To ask the Minister for Health if approval has been given in respect of a third consultant post at Waterford Regional Hospital; when is it expected that the posts in question, will be filled; if as a result of filling these positions, cataract operations will be increased in Waterford Regional Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/14]

Topical Issues: Carbon Tax Implementation (27 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: I concur with Deputy Nolan's sentiments. Will the Minister of State relay our message to the Minister, Deputy Noonan? The Government is trying to implement an energy affordability strategy. Supports will be available to houses to make them more efficient, but what will the budget be, where will the money come from and how will people benefit from it? Currently, much of the strategy is...

Topical Issues: Carbon Tax Implementation (27 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: We all understand that we have obligations under the climate change agenda but there is a question here about domestic versus industrial. The increase of €1.20 last year and now another increase of €1.20 represent a significant amount of money to people on limited incomes. It has been widely reported and spoken about in this House that one in five people experiences fuel...

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: It was Dick Spring who gave the passport contract to the post offices in the first place.

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: The Deputies over there do it so well.

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: It is not true.

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: Like my constituency colleague, Deputy Coffey, I know people who recently went through the trauma of losing their local post office. I refer to the closure of the post office in Kill, County Waterford. The big concern at the time was that the shop would close and that then the heart of the community would also be lost, which has come to pass. The concern of every Deputy and every member of...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to the draft leaving certificate politics and society course; when he plans to roll it out to schools; the way it will relate to the review of the CSPE programme at junior cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/14]

Other Questions: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: I am anxious to know what progress has been made on the draft leaving certificate course on politics and society. It is planned to roll out this course in schools. Voter turnout in the age group of 18 to 24 years in the 2011 general election was up by nearly 30% on the figures for the 2007 election. These citizens had the value of CSPE course which may have been a correlation rather than a...

Other Questions: School Curriculum (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: I am glad to hear that such progress has been made. I hope the resources will be put in place. If the review of the CSPE project shows that the subject will be an optional subject, will a whole cohort of young people be disenfranchised? Citizenship should be taken seriously. The current emphasis is on the STEM subjects but the kinds of skills required in pursuing a course like politics...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Schemes Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 395. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is a legal timeframe for trustees to wind up a pension scheme in the event of a company closure; what that time limit is; the penalties that are incurred by going over this timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9231/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Schemes Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 397. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time after a pension scheme closes that members can challenge the decisions of the trustees, or submit queries to the Ombudsman; if there is a statute of limitations on such queries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Ombudsman Remit (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 396. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the Pension Ombudsman is obliged to deal with scheme queries within any regulated timeframe, for instance six or 12 months; the remedies that are available to those dissatisfied with the length of time taken to reach a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9232/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: 449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will use his powers under section 9 of the 2000 Planning Act to require the Waterford and Kilkenny councils to deliver an agreed metropolitan area joint plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8888/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child Care in Ireland: Discussion (20 Feb 2014)

Ciara Conway: I thank Mr. McKiernan for that information, as this question has been asked a lot. My concern regarding the inspectorate regime and public health nursing is that staff come at this from a public health perspective, as do environmental health officers. For example, in a particular preschool there is a carpet, as opposed to a hard covering, in order to show children different textures and...