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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Sorry to cut across but do they pursue social work in the new place they go or do they change careers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Given the lack of supply, I assume it would be very difficult to find social workers to supervise or mentor because they may not be there or their workloads are very heavy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Would they have the time to do it, given the pressures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: I understand. I am just trying to tease it out. What age does somebody have be to retire from Tusla? Is it 66? Do they have to retire?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Would there be merit there for former social workers who have had to retire at 66 to come back into the system solely in a mentoring capacity? Would there be an avenue for that, or an appetite for it? They would not be working full time. They may be in a mentoring role or a support-type role, which could be ten or 20 hours a week. This goes back to one of the other issues I have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: When Dr. Halton says supervision, she is separating supervision from mentorship. They are two different avenues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: It is to do with the softer things, for want of a better word, the emotional support, support groups, or the lack of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: On recruitment, would it help if we were to move from a centralised national level of recruitment to more of a localised recruitment setting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Can Ms Feeney give me an example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: That is if they get paid through their practice-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: I want to tease out the panel question. It was said that the panels get clogged with people, and I am just trying to understand the minutiae of this. They are offered a role and if they turn it down, they just stay on the panel. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: It would have stopped the people trying to move from Galway to Dublin and so on. When recruiting in Galway, it is Galway-oriented candidate who come in.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: Legislation was enacted in December 2017 relating to the national claims information database. Is there a timeline in respect of the collection of data? Where are we at with that timeline? Has any research been done on it? Have any results or outcomes emerged? Some of the cases I have seen in recent weeks in the media have been struck out because of exaggerated claims. I would be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance if the files of persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16240/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Retail Sector (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulation under which retailers are able to charge a fee if a credit card transaction is under approximately €5 in some instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 26 March 2019, if the scheme applies to primary schools that teach music; if they can avail of funds for the provision of a range of equipment in the same way as post-primary schools; if County Limerick is included in a catchment area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if there are out-of-hours child psychiatry services at University Hospital Limerick; if so, the hours the services at the hospital operate; the length of time the services at the hospital have been in operation; his plans to cancel the services at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16130/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person with an English driver licence who applies for conversion to an Irish driver licence will be automatically converted to drive each vehicle licensed on the English licence under the new Irish licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16137/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund all proposed low-cost safety improvement projects for roads in County Limerick as proposed by Limerick City and County Council; the planned date for sanctioning of funding for such projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (9 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for further backdating of the maximum rate of qualified adult allowance payment for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16275/19]