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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: -----which has not been dealt with. Moreover, I asked that first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Student Grant Application System: Discussion with SUSI (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: I too join with you, Chairman, and the committee in welcoming staff from the VEC. It is my first time as a recently appointed member of the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection to meet members of the City of Dublin VEC. I admire so many initiatives provided by the VEC, not least adult education and post-leaving certificate courses. I too very much welcome the decision of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Register (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of new social workers that have been appointed since she has taken office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49580/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Education (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the early childhood care and education scheme; her views on the benefits of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49582/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the legislation required to establish the new Child and Family Support Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49583/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline to Dáil Éireann the timeframe, structure and other details of the establishment of a new Child Protection Agency; if it will involve negotiating with Social Workers and other professionals’ Trade Union and representative groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49667/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Detention Centres (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the children's detention centre in Lucan, County Dublin; her plans for the premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49584/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline in tabular form moneys and grants that her Department has awarded from 9 March 2011 to 9 September 2012; the number of applications she has received that she was unable to grant aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49668/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the FETAC level five and six will be recognised as the base qualification for childcare workers in private and public crèche facilities; the current standard being operated at European level; if this requires examination to ensure harmonisation and recognition by the European Union Member States; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the report on Narcolepsy published on 19 April 2012 regarding the increased incidence of this condition as a result of the vaccination of Pandemrix, if he has studied the report; his response to the parents of children and the organisation called SOUND that a paper would be put to Government regarding the State Vaccination Programme; if his attention...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the new forms recently issued to general practitioners for flu vaccinations in view of the fact that GPs have reported that the new forms take a considerable amount of extra time to complete by staff, require information that has already been submitted and is causing their system to be clogged up and the reason these new forms have been...

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: I am happy to share time and to speak on this motion. It is a difficult motion and in the short 18 months during which I have been privileged to be a Member of this Dáil, I have spoken on Dáil Private Members' business but seldom have I pondered and reflected so much on the issues at the heart of this motion. That is because of what has been referred to as the unjustifiable,...

Pensions and Retirement Lump Sums: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: This Government is committed to unravelling and undoing the terms of those contracts that were put in place by the previous Government and I am also committed to that.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Drug Smuggling (7 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Defence are the Defence Forces aid to civil powers activity in relation to the monitoring of and the arresting of those who are importing illicit drugs to the State; if he is satisfied that the Defence Forces, by way of the Irish Navy, the Air Corps and Defence Force patrols, are adequately equipped to assist the Gardaí in dealing with this activity; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Drug Smuggling (7 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Defence are the Defence Forces aid to civil powers activity in relation to the monitoring of and the arresting of those who are importing illicit drugs to the State; if he is satisfied that the Defence Forces, by way of the Irish Navy, the Air Corps and Defence Force Patrols, are adequately equipped to assist the Gardaí in dealing with this activity; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Expenditure (6 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that grant aid in respect of animal welfare which amounts to €1.1 million per year is value for money and that the various organisations are providing a service that is in keeping with funding from public moneys; if he is satisfied that they publish accounts and have audited accounts of public money; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (6 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views and opinions regarding the standards that child-minders should have in relation to formal qualifications; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 6,500 child-minders have completed the quality awareness programme training course since it was launched in 2004; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this training...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (6 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs under the Childcare Act 1991, there are three exemption categories for carer's of pre-school children which are a relative of the child, anybody who is caring only for a child from one family in addition to their own children and anybody caring for three or fewer pre-school children of different families and she is aware that these exemptions...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (6 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs she will agree that children in a home-based care and education setting should receive the same protection and support as all children who may attend centred based care and education settings; her y plans to regulate or to insist that child-minders have a minimum standard of qualification before they are allowed provide such a service. [47768/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services (6 Nov 2012)

Derek Keating: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are 50,000 young children who are cared for by child-minders every day and most of their 19,000 child-minders are not regulated and are without supervision and support; if she will outline to Dáil Éireann her plans to regulate the child-minding profession; and if she will make...