Results 7,361-7,380 of 10,834 for speaker:Anne Rabbitte

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (17 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 651. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare places available for children that are 4 to 5 years of age available in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral area or town in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [52860/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (17 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 652. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on waiting lists for year 1 ECCE places in counties Meath, Kildare, Louth, Wicklow and Dublin by local electoral area or town in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [52861/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (17 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 653. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the demographic or other research conducted in order to assess the number of childcare places needed in each county. [52862/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (17 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 654. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers employed on a permanent basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (17 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 655. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social workers employed on an agency basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52864/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (17 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 656. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social care workers employed on an agency basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52865/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (17 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 657. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time equivalent social care workers on a permanent basis by Tusla in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [52866/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (12 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases of non-historical abuse reported to Tusla under the mandatory reporting requirements of an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52428/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (12 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 331. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of active investigations that have arisen from referrals to Tusla from an organisation (details supplied) relating to cases of non-historical abuse that have been reported in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52427/19]

Scouting Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (11 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: While I acknowledge that failures in previous decades were undoubtedly highlighted in RTÉ's "Scouts Dishonour" programme, the programme also outlined details of a case that involved an alleged abuser who was reported to the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s but was only removed from Scouting Ireland in 2018. That is not a historical failure but a current one....

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I am sharing time with Deputy O'Loughlin-----

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: -----four minutes and four minutes. I thank my colleague, Deputy Curran, for bringing forward the Bill. Its main purpose is to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act and to create two criminal offences - the use of young children to be a runner or mule, and the purchase of drugs from a child. It is not the first time I have stood in front of the Minister to discuss similar issues. This is a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Data (11 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unregistered crèches in operation in each county in tabular form; the length of time they have been in operation; if they are in the registration process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51898/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered reviewing the system through which youth groups and services access public funding. [51523/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Has the Minister considered reviewing the system through which youth groups and services can access public funding?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The reason I tabled this question was to understand the sequence of when funding would be released. I welcome the Minister's commentary on the targeted youth funding scheme. How can one apply for it? Must one be a member of the major groups? What are the 30 other national groups? I am trying to understand this because there appear to be many groups and this follows up on where Deputy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: -----but it would bring things together for vulnerable young people so they could have the same opportunities to engage throughout the county.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: My understanding is that the funding applications will be made available in the new year and that the Minister will communicate that through the Department. Is that the full allocation of €11 million for the year? Will people know that is the pot of money and how to make an application to access the funding? What recommendations does the Minister think she will give to some of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. We recently learned that since 2016, there has been a 125% increase in agency social workers being used by Tusla while at the same time it has actively recruited 3.8%. Tusla CEO, Mr. Bernard Gloster, appeared before the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs a few weeks ago and explained to us how it is going to try to transition some of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: This is really welcome and I compliment the CEO and his staff on the work they are doing on that. We cannot survive on agency staff as it is not good enough for the families or for the children. The figure of 389 conversions starting on 1 January 2020 is a great start for Tusla. May it continue because there are many more staff who hopefully we can bring on to the conversion programme. ...