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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (6 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 962. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount that has been spent on the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters in each year since its establishment. [45015/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (6 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 1035. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the new paid parental leave entitlement announced in budget 2019 will provide two weeks of paid leave to both parents; and if not, if the entitlement will be to two weeks paid parental leave to be shared between the parents. [44849/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (6 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 1036. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if parents of all children that are under one year of age at the point of the inception of the new paid parental leave entitlement will be eligible or if the entitlement will be limited to parents of those children born after the inception of the scheme. [44850/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Exemptions (6 Nov 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 1153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing full relief from commercial rates for all registered childcare providers here. [45161/18]

Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (25 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister. I welcome the opportunity to speak today on the news of what came out of the Cabinet meeting earlier this week. Fianna Fáil welcomes the recent announcement of the Minister that a full forensic excavation will be conducted at the site of the former Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam. We fully support all efforts to bring justice to all survivors of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Deputy Eugene Murphy and I have a similar question regarding the capital health programme for 2019. It is under page 58 of the programme for Government. Can the Tánaiste confirm whether the 50-bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital, which is shovel ready and has planning permission, will be included in the next capital health programme?

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I too want to be associated with this Bill this evening. I thank Deputy Breathnach for bringing it forward. He has demonstrated his perseverance in bringing this Bill here tonight because, since he first came into the House, he has spoken consistently about the illicit trade taking place between North and South, as have his other Border colleagues, who have highlighted it continuously. It...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: My question is on promised legislation and refers to what the Taoiseach said to Deputy McDonald earlier. With the announcement yesterday regarding the mother and baby home in Tuam, the Taoiseach said that bespoke legislation would be required. Will we need to amend legislation or will new legislation be drafted? Does the Taoiseach imagine that it will be fast-tracked in the first quarter...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (23 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the long outpatient waiting times in Galway University Hospital in which 5,772 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment. [43579/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 305. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the number of programme weeks in the early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme by one week to 14 weeks, respectively, in tabular form. [43135/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 306. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first and full-year cost of restoring the school completion programme to peak levels of funding. [43136/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 307. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of primary and secondary schools that have participated in the school completion programme in each programme year since 2006, in tabular form. [43137/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 308. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of primary and secondary schools students that have participated in the school completion programme in each programme year since 2006, in tabular form. [43138/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (18 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that will be allocated to the area based childhood, ABC, programme in 2019. [43139/18]

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Mr. Justice Peter Charleton summarises:...a rape allegation was conjured out of nowhere [...] When the mistake was discovered nearly a year later in 2014 when Maurice McCabe was even better known, the person who made it did all she could to rectify it. It was given continued life, notwithstanding her efforts, because of startling inefficiency [and indolence] within social services. In...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: As far back as 2013, the Government introduced the Gambling Control Bill. Earlier this year, Fianna Fáil introduced the Gambling Control Bill 2018. Yesterday, what happened in the UK regarding a £2.2 million penalty package for social responsibility and money laundering failures on its gambling exchange were widely reported. I ask the Government to imagine the number of cases in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in east County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42413/18]

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018 and compliment Deputy O'Callaghan on identifying the anomaly in the 2017 legislation. It is only a one-line amendment, but it has a huge, empowering impact on victims coming forward. Victims need to know their rights and what is ahead of them. They need to know the State is there to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (16 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the position regarding the treatment of booking deposits for childcare providers; the circumstances in which they must return same to parents; if the requirement to return such deposits applies to children availing of ECCE services only or also applies to children in full-time care; if there has been a change of policy in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their attendance this morning. As I served on a council for about 18 months, I know that when it comes to the passing of a local area plan it is the executive function of councillors to give their approval. Even with the best will in the world of the executive, they can decide to reject, include or remove certain aspects of the plan. That situation can leave...