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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Ciara Conway: ...Hospital Waterford, how would Dr. O'Connell describe the relationship between the two hospitals in their planning for future service provision? We have discussed previously the point that the idea behind establishing hospital groups was not about making patients travel to Cork but about consultants coming to Waterford. From my understanding, this is happening on a very limited basis even...

Topical Issue Debate: Prescription Charges (12 Nov 2013)

Ciara Conway: ...targets. Today in Addis Ababa, the third global conference on family planning commenced with the focus on reducing teen pregnancy and facilitating access to contraception. Nobody would argue with the idea of reducing teen pregnancies and ensuring that young women have access to contraception. With this in mind, I have tabled this Topical Issue matter. Women can only get a three-month...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Ciara Conway: ...is for those affected by it and their families to admit they need help. Are we to dismiss this now? Deputies who have spoken so spuriously about mental health in this debate tonight have in the past lauded the idea of removing the stigma. That is now all to be wiped clear if a pregnant girl says she is suicidal.

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2012)

Ciara Conway: ...children involved in the Roscommon case who were suffering horrendous abuse at the hands of their parents, yet somebody on the fringes of radicalism - for want of a better word - thought it would be a good idea to finance a High Court case for the parents. The person concerned thought that because the parents were married, they were entitled to their children, above the rights of those...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2011)

Ciara Conway: ...country, including the M9, do not have stops where drivers can take a break. This is partly because it took until 2006 for the National Roads Authority to decide that motor service areas are a good idea. Just as the 2007 Act got up and running, however, the money ran out, and we are now left with the dilemma of what we might call "ghost motorways". Instead of signs telling drivers where...