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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...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: I am very honoured to be in the position to be able to speak on this issue and to have been here for what was a long overdue apology - a heartfelt apology that has given great comfort and solace to the women who found themselves incarcerated in the Magdalen laundries for many years. As the youngest female Member of this House, I think it incumbent on me to say that, thankfully, in this day...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: I interjected when Mr. Clancy was speaking about how patients are being inappropriately treated. I am concerned that day procedures are carried out at huge expense because public beds are being used mainly by private patients at a cost to the individual patient. Why is this the case? Why are people being treated in inappropriate places? Is it a question of culture or the practice among...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: What is the impediment? Is it the doctors? They determine who needs to go where for what. Are we back to an issue of practice and culture? What is it? What is the single greatest impediment that we need to change? We all want to see things being more efficient and the see best care for patients.

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]

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the arrangement that was reached on the promissory notes last week, albeit in the early hours of the morning. What needs to be said has not been said by the Opposition, which is no surprise because, as the Minister for Finance said, it was a bad day to be in the Opposition. However, let us be under no illusion. Last week was a good week for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: I thank everyone for attending, especially the leaders. As someone who has struggled with her weight all her life I had to think twice about coming to today's meeting. I find it very difficult to talk about it. That is unusual because I am a politician and the only woman who stood in two elections in a male-dominated area. I usually cast it aside. As women politicians we are often...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: People talk about exercise and getting involved. My daughter is actively involved in the local hockey club and the local GAA club. We get notes home about the crazy driving behaviour of parents bringing their children to sporting activities. People are driving who live five or ten minutes away, including me. We must think about that. Another issue was raised about young teenage girls....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: We can thank the Deputy's wife for his fitness.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency (12 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the structure and model for the new Child and Family Support Agency; if she will confirm whether the CAFCASS in the UK has been used as a model; the extent to which this has been the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6657/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Nursing Scheme Application Numbers (12 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the actual number of applicants on the graduate nursing scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6676/13]

Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Ciara Conway: Yes, last time.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Rebate Scheme (31 Jan 2013)

Ciara Conway: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider an excise rebate on diesel for passenger transport companies; if he will confirm that this may be required under EU law in view of the fact that it is proposed to introduce an excise rebate in diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4871/13]