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Job Losses (14 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: I would like to use my time in this House to best serve the people of Waterford who have been neglected for a decade in terms of industrial investment in the city and the region. Along with my fellow Waterford Deputies, I have the dubious honour of being the first person to use this new Topical Issues Debate. I use the word "dubious" because the news in Waterford over the past few weeks has...

Job Losses (14 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister but I emphasise at this critical time for Waterford that talk, talk is not enough and that we need is action, action. The Minister said the agencies will come together. The programme for Government promised that 50% of IDA funding will focus on the areas outside Dublin. Will the Minister ensure that the south east and Waterford is the focus of that 50% of IDA funding...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (15 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if funding will be made available to repair a pier (details supplied) in County Waterford; the way this funding might be accessed; the avenues that are available to have repairs carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24260/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the transitional pension, which is due to come to an end in 2013, will be replaced by a similar scheme for persons who retire early but who have enough social insurance contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24509/11]

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (21 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the option of regulating the sale of raw milk, rather than leaving Ireland in the unique position whereby the product is banned outright; his further views on a system whereby the product is sold with visible health warnings in line with practices in other EU countries; the economic implications of allowing a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has been unemployed for two years, is dependent on their spouse's invalidity pension and is not in receipt of a social welfare payment in their own name is eligible to apply to undertake a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25459/11]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the companies that have received Industrial Development Agency grants for services and manufacturing over the past decade in Munster, in tabular form; if this breakdown will specify the amount received by each company that has benefitted; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown, on a county basis, of the companies that have received Industrial Development Agency grants for services and manufacturing over the past decade in Leinster in tabular form; if this breakdown will specify the amount received by each company that has benefitted; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown, on a county basis, of the companies that have received Industrial Development Agency grants for services and manufacturing over the past decade in the border, midland and western region; if this breakdown will specify the amount received by each company that has benefitted; and if he will...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (27 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will supply a breakdown, showing the amount of money the Industrial Development Agency has given to Talk Talk plc in Waterford since its inception, in tabular form; the purpose for which this aid was given; if any criteria had to be fulfilled in order to qualify for this funding; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Violence Against Women: Violence Against Women (27 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 371: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence European Convention on Preventing Violence Against Women; when same might happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26286/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on waiting lists for counselling for survivors of child sexual abuse in view of the fact that in Waterford, families are being faced with a wait of at least one year for such services; if resources will be prioritised to tackle this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26661/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (29 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26853/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (29 Sep 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has received back 20% of moneys owed by hospital consultants who failed to keep to a commitment to limit the numbers of private patients treated in order to prioritise public patients; the amount paid back by the 15 September deadline; when the balance can be expected to be paid in full; the measures being taken to...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (4 Oct 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding Saorview coverage in the Comeragh area in County Waterford including Kilmacthomas, if he will advise on status of Saorsat, which the Saorview website describes as being in the process of being developed to provide coverage to any coverage black spots such as Kilmacthomas County Waterford; and the...

Written Answers — Child Deaths: Child Deaths (4 Oct 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 570: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the analysis of the natural and unnatural deaths of children known to child protection services over the past ten years in respect of County Waterford will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27401/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Oct 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 613: To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish details of the assessment that was carried out at a premises (details supplied) in County Waterford to allow the proprietors to provide boarding-out facilities at said address which would provide much needed care and assistance to the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27265/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (5 Oct 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant a person (details supplied) in County Waterford temporary Garda National Immigration Bureau registration while the person's naturalisation application is being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27825/11]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made on waiting lists for psychological services at the community child care centre at Waterford Regional Hospital in view of the fact that Waterford families are being faced with a wait of at least one year for such services; if resources will be prioritised to tackle this backlog; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (5 Oct 2011)

Ciara Conway: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health the measures available to a person (details supplied) in County Waterford to recoup the expenses incurred; the measures that can be put in place to avoid similar situations like this in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27959/11]