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Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Personal Insolvency Act
Ciara Conway
492. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the personal insolvency practitioners process, if he will clarify who will bring those citizens who have insufficient disposable income or saleable assets to pay fees, through debt settlement arrangement or personal insolvency arrangements options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36263/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Personal Insolvency Act
Ciara Conway
493. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify if those persons who have insufficient means are to be denied the benefits of the insolvency legislation; if he will specify the avenues that are open to persons in this predicament; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36264/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Personal Insolvency Act
Ciara Conway
494. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if will commit to ensuring that Money Advice and Budgeting Service will be sufficiently resourced to provide DSA & PIAs to low and or middle income households who are not commercially viable for PIPs to take on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36265/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Personal Insolvency Act
Ciara Conway
495. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify an issue in relation to Debt Settlement Arrangement or Personal Insolvency Arrangements options (details supplied); if persons who have insufficient means are to be denied the benefits of the Insolvency Legislation; and if Money Advice and Budgeting Service is sufficiently resourced to provide DSA and PIAs to low and or middle income households who are not commercially viable for PIPs to take on. [36266/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Garda Vetting Application Numbers
Ciara Conway
504. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle the waiting list of approximately 3,000 persons who are awaiting Gardaí clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35988/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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UN Conventions Issues
Ciara Conway
508. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will adopt Article 19 of the UN convention into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36064/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Magdalen Laundries Issues
Ciara Conway
562. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details in tabular form by county and demographic, the numbers of applications received so far under the Magdalen redress scheme; if he will provide an update on the status of the recommendations produced by Mr. Justice Quirke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36457/13]
Thu, 18 Jul 2013
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Health Services Reports
Ciara Conway
683. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the Higgins report, if he will provide a full update regarding changes and progress at Waterford Regional Hospital with a particular focus on CAT labs and Cardiology services; if he will include a detailed timeline of expected completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36271/13]
Wed, 17 Jul 2013
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Credit Unions Issues
Ciara Conway
66. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the losses incurred by a credit union (details supplied) in County Waterford as a result of the liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if he will advise as to what route this institution should pursue; if he is aware of other institutions in similar circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35643/13]
Wed, 17 Jul 2013
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Money Laundering
Ciara Conway
67. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to changing the proposed requirements around anti-money laundering identification for the purchase of prize bonds; if he will consider increasing the new limits to a limit of €100, rather than the current proposed figure of €25, for those who wish to purchase prize bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35645/13]
Wed, 17 Jul 2013
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Departmental Contracts
Ciara Conway
90. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list, in tabular form, the names of the companies, where they are headquartered, and value of contracts awarded to all entities involved in the construction of school building projects in Tramore, County Waterford in the past four years; the efforts that were made to provide employment for local trades people and-or companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35709/13]
Wed, 17 Jul 2013
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School Accommodation
Ciara Conway
91. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full update on what efforts are being made to upgrade the accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; if he has given due regard to the savings to his Department if a permanent building were put in place rather than the wasted expenditure incurred due to the current situation; when he expects this situation to be satisfactorily resolved and if he will provide an update on the matter. [35710/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Local Authority Housing Issues
Ciara Conway
774. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details, broken down by electoral area, of the number of empty local authority housing units in Waterford county and Waterford city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Garda Vetting Applications
Ciara Conway
917. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, on a county basis the timeline for processing applications for Garda clearance from the date of initial application to the date of final decision; the measures being taken to reduce the waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35114/13]
Thu, 11 Jul 2013
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HSE Reports
Ciara Conway
211. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the findings of the investigation following the absconsions from Gleann Álainn special care unit in October 2011 will be available; if she will provide an update and a timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34082/13]
Wed, 10 Jul 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Conditions
Ciara Conway
220. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will allow hay to be cut a week earlier this year under the agri-environment options scheme due to the recent fodder difficulties, in view of the current good weather spell; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33712/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Traveller Community Issues
Ciara Conway
428. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation that will provide for the recognition of Traveller ethnicity; if he will provide an update and a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33317/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Animal Breeding Regulations
Ciara Conway
450. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding recent policy changes pertaining to meat-feeding licences for greyhound owners with respect to what now constitutes a breeding establishment for the purposes of the meat-feeding licence; if the obligation to hold a meat-feeding licence has now been broadened in any way to include more greyhound owners compared with previous rules and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33153/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Commercial Rates Valuation Process
Ciara Conway
123. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider calls from the Waterford City Centre Business Group and other business groups and persons to place a moratorium on the rates revaluation process in Waterford City and County until after the amalgamation of Waterford City and County; the way the rates are calculated and benchmarked; if his attention has been drawn to to the fact that many businesses, in particular retailers, have been issued with proposed increases of between 30% to 150%, which is almost certainly unsustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31103/13]
Wed, 26 Jun 2013
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Road Safety Issues
Ciara Conway
192. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the current review of the CT68 form being undertaken by the Garda, the Road Safety Authority and the National Roads Authority; if he has asked the review group to consider including reference on the form to the very tragic cases where a pregnant woman is killed in a road collision and the lives of the woman and her unborn child are lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30989/13]