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Mental Health Services (22 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: I thank the Minister of State for her response. We need to see joined up thinking in trying to tackle this problem, because it is not something that rests solely at her door. We need to see greater integration of services between the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Education and Skills, in order to meet the psychological and emotional...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify the position in legislation of youth work in Ireland in terms of the merger of the vocational education committees and the establishment of the new ETBs, in view of the fact that youth work as a profession in Ireland has not been referenced in the heads of the Education and Training Boards Bill; and if she...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to implement the Youth Work Act 2001 fully; the timescale for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15169/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (22 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm the number of persons currently on the Irish Overseas Election Observation Panel; if he will confirm if the panel is still open, and if not when it is expected to be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15961/12]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Party Allowances: Parliamentary Party Allowances (22 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money that an organisation (details supplied ) received from the State for the year ending 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15960/12]

Written Answers — Teaching Council of Ireland: Teaching Council of Ireland (28 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Teaching Council of Ireland is purchasing a new building, the way that this will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17057/12]

Written Answers — Teaching Council of Ireland: Teaching Council of Ireland (28 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the role and functions carried out by Teaching Council of Ireland, and the amount of funding they receive from the State on an annual basis; and if he will provide a break down of this funding in tabular form [17058/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a timeline as to when and the way the pathways to work programme will be rolled out in Waterford city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17177/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the progress being made by him on establishing individual health identifiers for patients [17053/12]

Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (28 Mar 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Health when he intends to bring the carer's strategy before the Committee on Health and Children for consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/12]

Private Members' Business: Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: We personally know the women involved in these issues. They are our sisters, friends, cousins, neighbours and, in some cases, our mothers. For a variety of reasons these women cannot continue with their pregnancies and the isolation these women experience heading over the water for an abortion, as described so bravely by a group of women today, exacerbates the difficulty, stigma and silence...

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (18 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the failure of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, for the first time in its history, to adopt agreed conclusions during its March 2012 meeting, the reason such agreement could not be reached and the role that he took in the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (18 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 1178: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the bilateral agreement on adoptions between Ireland and Vietnam following her visit to that country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19190/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 1237: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the options available to patients who need transport to hospitals, particularly in the case of parents with very sick children who cannot afford transport, or those living in rural areas, in view of the fact that transport is only being provided by the Health Service Executive for those who have cancer; and if he will make a...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: I will share my time with Deputy Buttimer.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. Since the publication of this Bill, I have been engaging closely with a number of groups that advocate on behalf of lone parents and families who find themselves in difficult circumstances. I have first-hand experience of that. During the time I have been so kindly allotted, I would like to focus on the changes to payments...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: In horrific economic circumstances, the Minister has been able to safeguard basic social welfare payments.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: I commend her on being able to do that.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: The reform of the social welfare system that is being provided for is long overdue and is necessary in the interests of those who find themselves in unfortunate economic circumstances, for example having lost their jobs. It is right that we are engaging with them in a meaningful way, rather than tossing them on a heap and putting them on a course or giving them some sort of null opportunity...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (24 Apr 2012)

Ciara Conway: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to include the vocational educational committees under the bodies covered by the Freedom of Information Act; the reason they are not currently covered by the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20474/12]