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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (8 May 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes upgraded as part of the smart technology energy saving scheme since its launch in 2016; the number of local authorities that have taken part in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 May 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of vacant or potential residential units that are above retail units, restaurants, pubs and other commercial properties; if a study has been carried out by his Department or an agency under his aegis on the matter; his views on the need to bring significant numbers of new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 May 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to a suite of measures to encourage employers to renovate and upgrade residential accommodation for employees to help bring significant numbers of new residential units into use; if he has discussed the matter with his officials or ministerial colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Invitations (8 May 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials or political staff were recipients of tickets and-or hospitality from an organisation (details supplied) during the term of office of a person; the details of each occasion tickets and-or hospitality was provided by the organisation during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Apr 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 456. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for connection in the roll-out of the national broadband plan in an area (details supplied); if this property was part of the additional 80,000 residential and businesses expansion recently announced by a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17436/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: What Professor Gilligan is saying is that there needs to be a permanent commitment on that. My reading of it is that that is what is missing. There is no continuum; there is no permanency. I believe it was Dr. Halton who said that the reintroduction of what we had in the late 1990s is required. Tusla is a new organisation that was formed long after that. We have to go back to the service...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: This shows that it has been done before and that it can be done again. The service level agreement should be reintroduced, but the question of which Department it falls under and where responsibility for it will lie has not been answered yet. It seems to me that it should fall within the remit of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, but that may not necessarily be the case....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The new chairman of Tusla, Pat Rabbitte, was before us recently, and we provided details to him. I did not realise how difficult it is for students to get placements. A young lady came to me and said that she was having great difficulty in getting a placement, and I automatically said to her that she should look for a placement in Tusla. She explained to me how difficult it is to get a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Apr 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the delegates for coming. It has been a very informative session, one of the few in which the people before us have experience and come forward with solutions. The opening statements gave us the material to move forward on the issue. It has happened in the past and can happen again. It is incumbent on us to put pressure on, as necessary.

Educational Supports for Children Experiencing Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (3 Apr 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak and Deputy Thomas Byrne for bringing forward this motion. I welcome that the Minister stated he accepts this motion and he is not objecting to it. I also compliment the work the Children's Rights Alliance has put into it, and particularly Dr. Geraldine Scanlon and Ms Gráinne McKenna who compiled this report. Before...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foster Care (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the lack of consistency in children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and aftercare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14501/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foster Care (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Has the attention of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs been drawn to the lack of consistency in children in foster care receiving aftercare plans and aftercare workers? Will she make a statement on the matter? I put this question to her earlier in our discussion on after-school care services.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adoption Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14502/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adoption Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: My question is to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adoption Legislation (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. All the information she has laid before the House today is welcome. To follow on from that, when does she plan to meet the various groups that would have fed into the process previously, as they want to have an input into the amendments? Does she plan to have a consultation or a round-table discussion with the various interested parties to ensure the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: My question follows on in regard to capacity. I have already said many of the providers have space. When there was population expansion, the national schools rented portakabins to ensure the demand was met. Childcare providers want the maximum number using their services and to offer an affordable, accessible, quality childcare service but their capacity is limited. Has the Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether existing levels of capital funding for childcare providers are sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14503/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: What are the views of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on whether existing levels of capital funding for childcare providers are sufficient, and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. Can she get the following information? How many places will strands A and C support on average throughout the country? With the creation of the additional early childhood care and education, ECCE places arising from the second year of it, has the Department enough funding for capital projects to support that expansion? Certain providers, be they in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: After-School Support Services (28 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the implications the new after-school care regulations will have for schools and childcare providers; and her views on whether sufficient consultation was conducted with the affected groups. [14504/19]