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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (29 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: 211. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to protect, enhance and develop youth work services, in particular those run by Foroige in Waterford city and county; if she will commit to ringfencing the funding these services receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26279/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the way companies other than Apple that have had special arrangements with the Irish tax authorities to reduce their tax levels, if he will list these in tabular form; when these agreements were negotiated; by whom they were negotiated and under what authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25183/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of a special tax arrangement afforded to the Apple company, if any tax payer can seek such a reduced tax arrangement; if he will give details on the mechanism and process for deciding the special tax rate that is paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25184/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of special tax arrangements afforded to Apple operations based here, if he will publish figures of the benefit to the Irish State of these tax arrangements; the amount the State would have stood to gain had normal tax rates been applied for each of the years this company has been operational here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on the gains to the Exchequer as a result of special tax arrangements granted to foreign direct investment here for the past ten years, as against the gain that could have been incurred were normal tax rules to have been applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25186/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (28 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the special arrangement afforded to the Apple company, the areas other than corporation tax that are open in the tax code for negotiation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25187/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (28 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: 454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the so-called sportsman tax (details supplied); his plans to reintroduce this measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25358/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Chairman for his chairing of the past couple of days and his direction on breathing exercises, which have been most useful for some Members from time to time. I thank the clerk to the committee and his team for their support in preparing the past couple of days. Following on from what Deputy Seamus Healy spoke about, that there have been three Private Members' Bills on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for their presentations this afternoon. In the course of recent days we heard from Dr. Anthony McCarthy, who is the head of the School of Psychiatry and is a perinatal psychiatrist who works in that field extensively, being only one of three in the country. He stated that it is true that abortion is not a treatment for suicide but he added that counselling and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: On a point of order, other than the Labour Party, has Professor Binchy been a member of any other organisation or political party?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the contributors on this issue. I have a question for all of them. In recent days we have heard from some of the medical professionals, in particular some of the college obstetricians, about the amalgamation of heads 2 and 4 which would mean we would not differentiate between the health threats to a woman's life and would not distinguish between the threat from suicide or from a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (21 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: 457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission the IFI to undertake a survey into the status of harbour eels in the Waterford estuary to establish the volume and age of eels in the area; if local fishermen could be employed to help conduct this survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24313/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for giving us their time. Dr. Janice Walshe suggested that two consultant oncologists and one obstetrician would be her preferred option. Given that the Bill suggests one oncologist, I ask her to explain the basis of her opinion. When a woman presents to her primary care provider with concerns that her pregnancy is threatening her life, what is the preferred referral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: How long does it take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank our panellists. I have a number of questions arising from the previous questions of my colleagues and the witnesses' subsequent answers. Dr. Montwill spoke about abortion being a social solution and her colleague, Dr. Bernie McCabe, articulated that there are often social solutions to problems that confront people with mental health difficulties, that they work in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank all the doctors who have given evidence here this morning. My first question is a practical one, looking at that whole issue of pathways. We are very lucky to have four consultant psychiatrists in front of us today. If I was in crisis pregnancy, how long would it take me to see them? That is a real fundamental issue for women and it goes to the core of the issue about pathways....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: If I am correct, Dr. Milner is saying that the difference between a surgical and a medical intervention is that a surgical intervention means conducting a D and C whereas a medical intervention means-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: -----delivering the baby and trying to save it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank Dr. Burke for his comments and he summed up the debate very well. I come from Waterford which is a small service - it might dispute that - but I mean in comparison with the ones that we heard about earlier today. I would like to clarify the following matter. If a woman has a pre-existing medical condition is it most likely that she will be referred to Dublin or the specialists?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I would like to ask Dr. Coulter-Smith about the point he raised in regard to the difficulties he and maybe some of his colleagues in his hospital face on the suicide issue. As I understand it, suicide is still among the top four causes of maternal death. Is that true? If it poses such a high risk, how could we fail to legislate for it?...