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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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: No, you are not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for their answers so far and for their time. I would like to go back over some of the answers we got, particularly what Mr. Bohan said about 50% of children living in jobless households and the structural issues involved. What involvement, if any, does the Department for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation have concerning child poverty? What involvement has the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses for coming in this morning and sharing with us the kind of work that is taking place in their Departments. The first thing that strikes me in the context of the reading I have done on this area and the evidence we have heard thus far is that everybody is talking about interdepartmental and inter-agency working, but from what I have heard, seen and experienced this is...

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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: We will finish on that note. I thank-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: We have a follow-up meeting next week when I hope to get a cross-departmental attendance in order that the issue is not just put at the door of the Departments of Education and Skills, Social Protection or Children and Youth Affairs but at local authorities and the Department of Justice and Equality to start the proverbial banging of heads together. Children's services committees offer a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: Does Senator Burke wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: Deputy Catherine Byrne had a very specific question for Ms Quinn. Would she like to answer that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: Ms McClorey will speak, followed by Mr. Kelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: That is very cutting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the delegates for attending and making their presentations. I also thank them for the broad overview of their work. There are different approaches, but what emerges in common is that the pilot projects use services which are already available in communities. It was not just about what was being done but how it was being done. That is what has changed. We talk a great deal about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (12 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank the witnesses again for their contributions. They have provided a good base of knowledge which will assist us in our discussions with the representatives from Young Ballymun and Preparing for Life on Thursday next. This meeting has given us a broad approach to the whole area and in our next meeting we will get into the specifics of how services are being managed on the ground in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (12 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: I am sorry for being late but I was at another meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (12 Mar 2013)

Ciara Conway: Thank you, Chairman. I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. I know some of them better than others. I worked in the area prior to my election to the Dáil. I thank the witnesses for preparing their submissions and attending today’s meeting. I am interested in finding out the reasons for the stubbornly high rate of child poverty. I do not disagree that the...

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]