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- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Mar 2018)
Anne Rabbitte: 521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rationale for her Department's decision to set the age limit at five year and six months of age as the age by which children must complete participation in the ECCE programme. [11550/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Anne Rabbitte: I thank the delegates for their presentation. In their expert opinion, what is the impact on a child of being placed in an adult psychiatric unit? What is the impact from the point of view of recovery? The number of children being placed in adult psychiatric units seems to be increasing all of the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)
Anne Rabbitte: Yes, I do because that response is important. Dr. Moore has said children are in a room on their own. I come from Galway where the children in adult psychiatry units are not in a room on their own. They share rooms with adults. What is the impact on them?
- Criminal Law (Recruitment of Children to Engage in Criminal Activity) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Mar 2018)
Anne Rabbitte: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the creation of an offence in circumstances where an adult recruits a child to carry out a criminal offence on his or her behalf and to provide for related matters. I welcome the opportunity to introduce the Bill, which I hope will be fondly known in the future as "Fagin's law". The purpose of the Bill is...
- Criminal Law (Recruitment of Children to Engage in Criminal Activity) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Mar 2018)
Anne Rabbitte: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."
- Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2018)
Anne Rabbitte: I too compliment all the staff in Galway County Council and the local farmers in the county. One of my observations, which the Minister could perhaps incorporate into his review, is that despite the talk about a code red alert and a co-ordinated approach, the fire service was available in Offaly and Tipperary, but the fire service in Galway was not on standby. When a co-ordinated approach...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her statement, which was very welcome. I take it that the family resource centres come under programme A. I welcome the increase in funding for additional family resource centres. Last year there were 109 family resource centres and next year that number will increase to 119. That is positive and the family resource centres make a significant contribution. I...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: That is okay.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: Is that within the 200 unaccompanied minors which we discussed in December 2016?
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: Is the Minister trying to meet the allocation quota of 200 minors?
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: It is important to acknowledge that when this conversation started there was no framework in place. All credit is due to the Department for putting a unit in place to address what is an evolving issue. I thank the Minister.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: I have a final question on this section. It relates to the context and the impact indicators. I see that the number of open cases with Tusla assessed as needing a social worker is up to Quarter 2. I assume that is to June 2017. At that stage, the number of open cases needing a social worker was 25,886 and for the entire year 2016 the number was 25,034. Can the Minister explain that to...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: When I look at that figure it appears there is a huge increase in the number of children awaiting a social care worker. The Minister might be able to correct that for me because it is only up to Quarter 2.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: That is for the completed year.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: That is a different figure from the one in front of me.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: Which is 24,891.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: When I saw the asterisk I thought it was-----
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister.
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: My question is to do with the ECCE. The announcement last year of the extra two years of the ECCE was very welcome but that does not come in until September 2018. What happens to the children who thought they would enrol in January or April this year? Some of the providers are saying they cannot take them on because the scheme has changed but, technically, it will not change until...
- Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 40 - Department of Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (7 Mar 2018) Anne Rabbitte: My question has to do with mother and baby homes. Statements are ongoing again in the Dáil this morning in respect of this. Does the Minister see the mother and baby homes, the particular scope of works being done, coming to completion this year? Will we have a finalised document at the end of this year?