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

Anne Rabbitte: 55. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to increase the retention and recruitment of social workers in Tusla. [51522/19]

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

Anne Rabbitte: My question is in the same vein as that posed by Deputy Durkan. I would like the Minister to outline the measures being taken to increase the recruitment and improve the retention of social workers in Tusla. I would like her to specifically address the low numbers of social workers being trained in the country and to outline what can be done to increase the numbers entering the profession.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the public consultation process on the draft childminding action plan will be extended in order to facilitate childminders who have attended focus groups in relation to the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51844/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the public consultation process on the draft childminding action plan will be extended in order to facilitate childminders who have attended focus groups in respect of the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Although approximately 19,000 childminders currently operate in Ireland, only 81 of them are registered. One child in ten aged between zero and 12 years of age is cared for by a childminder. When one looks at the preschool children where non-parental care is used, almost one third of these children are cared for by childminders. If we want childcare to be affordable and accessible,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The reason that question was tabled is that childminders who approached me stated that the consultation had finished when the draft plan was released. They felt that they had not enough time to engage on it. The childminders do not want academia to write the report. They want it to be childminding-child led. Childminding, as opposed to a centre-based setting, is a completely different...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I suppose really my question was about what the Minister is considering and what the Department is considering. The Minister talks about locality and fast-tracking. I am aware of the issues because I met two of the providers in the area. They do not have the capacity. Capacity is at a premium, to be honest. I am looking for a commitment from the Minister today on how Tusla, the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The bottom line is that the current childcare sector is in crisis. We have a capacity crisis. I appreciate the good work and what went online in the past week. It is welcome to identify where there is availability in these areas. That is a welcome move. However, it does not address the position that these parents find themselves in. We are three weeks out from 1 January and in the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering putting in place support measures for parents in cases in which a crèche has been deregistered; and the measures being taken to increase supply in childcare. [51843/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs considering putting in place support measures for parents in cases where a crèche has been deregistered and what measures have been taken to increase the supply of childcare? I have put forward this question because I met with parents last week from Hyde and Seek in Glasnevin with Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: He knows that is twisting it. Withdraw the consultation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The Taoiseach should use the word "children". He should make it real. They are called children.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The question was about children.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the support measures in place for parents in circumstances in which a crèche has been deregistered; and her views on the creation of additional supply in this instance. [51521/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Fire Safety Regulations (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 82. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the postponement of the introduction of new fire safety regulations for crèches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51520/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 84. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if payments will be backdated to parents who applied for the national childcare scheme but whose applications have not been processed to date. [51519/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €23,000 funding applied for by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme for the installation of toilets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51732/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the funding applied for by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51733/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered broadening the terms of the Magdalen restorative justice ex gratia scheme for those who were resident in one of the 14 adjoining institutions to include men who were young boys at the time and lived and worked with their sisters in the Magdalen institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if cost estimates have been made regarding the potential cost of expanding the terms of the Magdalen restorative justice ex gratia scheme for those who worked in Magdalen institutions and were resident in one of the 14 adjoining institutions to include men who were young boys at the time and lived and worked with their...