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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 53. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the staffing shortages that exist within many family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29820/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs aware, as I have no doubt she is, of the considerable staffing shortages in family resource centres?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Regulation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I appreciate the Minister's answer. According to the previous census 10% of children from birth to 12 years are cared for by paid childminders, and approximately 90,000 young children are cared for by childminders in Ireland. One of the most shocking figures I ever received via a parliamentary response was on the question of how many childminders are registered, which I asked three years...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Regulation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely. It is about regulating in an appropriate way. I believe this is where the consultation around childminding comes in. Perhaps the Minister will give the date she plans for this. She speaks of the action plan and the ten-year aims. We need to hear whether childminders are part of that consultation. When do we plan to roll it out so there is a more informed basis for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Regulation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 50. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her Department’s commitment to devise more appropriate Tusla registration standards for childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30423/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Regulation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Will the Minister provide an update on her Department's commitment to devising more appropriate Tusla registration standards for childminders?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme. [30422/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme. It is fitting to ask the question as this is our final opportunity for questions before the introduction of the scheme and providers and parents would welcome an update on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her openness in responding to my question. Some 2,300 of providers, or approximately 50%, have signed up to the scheme so far. What is the cut-off date for signing up? The Minister said the main ICT system is largely built. Is the Department on budget for the roll-out of the ICT system? Since we last spoke on this issue, have more providers signed up? Has the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The final issue I want to focus on is the sensitivity of the data. Is the Minister happy with the transfer of people's personal private data? I refer to the Data Protection Commissioner ensuring that the website is sufficiently secure for the uploading of the sensitive material that will be required. Will it be protected? A cohort of parents are conscious of the need for their data to be...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 64. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; the date by which it will make its final report; and if she is satisfied by the progress of the Commission to date. [29824/19]

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

Anne Rabbitte: 75. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her commitment to devise more appropriate Tusla registration standards for childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29823/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 90. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the affordable childcare scheme. [29822/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment in CHO 2 of a child health governance team to provide oversight for the implementation of the healthy childhood priority programme. [30200/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 258. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinic has been established to support the homecare community intervention team in County Galway in association with University Hospital Galway. [30201/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Chronic Disease Management Programme (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 259. To ask the Minister for Health if a chronic disease programme has been established in CHO 2 to develop integrated care for patients managed by their general practitioners and the acute hospitals. [30202/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expansion of the homeless multidisciplinary team (details supplied) in CHO 2; and the number of additional staff in whole-time equivalent terms recruited to date in 2019. [30203/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 261. To ask the Minister for Health if all frontline mental health staff in CHO 2 have access to Children First mandatory training. [30204/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (10 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing the roads budget allocation for Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/19]