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- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: I apologise for being a new Deputy and not understanding it all perfectly.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: There are not too many things that we have brought through in this room, other than the affordable childcare scheme.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: The Chairman did not say that at the start.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: The Chairman will have to forgive me, too, for coming in.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: It is the role of the Chair to give us the rules in respect of proceedings.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: I apologise for coming in but I work to what I am told.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: Yes.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, to delete line 3 and substitute the following: “interests of the child, and (c) to represent the child’s interests in the proceedings to which the guardian ad litem has been appointed.”. This is self explanatory and deals with the interests of the child. The guardian ad litemBill is about the status of the child in proceedings.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: Chairman, we accept the point the Minister has made and therefore we will withdraw the amendment.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: I concur with Deputy Funchion on that. When we discussed it in the Chamber the last time, I spoke strongly about the role of the witness, the definition of the witness, that the guardian would only be called once, and that he or she would then be asked to leave the proceedings. We all know that cases in family courts or any courts can take a long time. It is not over in just one sitting...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: I agree with Deputy Sherlock that the form of words is important. We need a form of words that copper-fastens the position for a child with disabilities who may be non-verbal. We also need to into consideration that such a child needs to be party to proceedings and I have not heard that come through. We are talking in the round here about people who are able to articulate but we must also...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: How can we make that possibility the reality? That is the importance of the form of words.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: One of the reasons for these amendments was to revisit an issue addressed in amendment No. 1, which has fallen and was not discussed. It goes back to a core value about the age of the child and the consent of the child who does not wish to have a guardian ad litem. In those circumstances, a report would be produced and submitted to the courts acknowledging that the child, for reasons of age...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: These amendments come from a good space.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Chairman. I hear what the Minister is saying and I think that she hears what we are saying. Without labouring the point, it really goes back to removing the discretion of the judge. It also relates to work on the postcode lottery and to having the voice of the child heard.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: Yes, removing the discretion. When I say "discretion," I mean that they should ensure that the voice of the child is heard. That discretion does not operate very fairly around the country. In many court sittings-----
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely. This is why we are trying to amend it, to ensure that what is done in some court systems is replicated. It is done very well in the High Court and the Supreme Court. We are trying to ensure that that is replicated at District Court level, down to the small District Courts, such as at Loughrea District Court. I know that depending on who is sitting on a particular day or if...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her time. As stated earlier when she was not present, there is a great deal of good in the Bill. We have focused on one section of the Bill in our amendments. It is important to acknowledge that there is a lot of good stuff in the Bill. Most of the amendments that have been proposed relate to section 6. I have met officials from her Department. I would welcome...
- Child Maintenance: Motion (22 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: Fianna Fáil will be supporting this motion. I thank Deputy Brady for bringing it forward and for giving us the opportunity to speak on it. It is one of those issues that sometimes does not get enough attention and is not highlighted enough. I thank Deputy O'Dea for sharing his time with me. I would have liked to heard the Minister of State's response had it not been scripted by...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (22 Oct 2019)
Anne Rabbitte: 66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the use by Tusla of agency social worker staff; and if she will be taking steps to assist Tusla in hiring additional social workers. [43239/19]