Results 941-960 of 1,937 for speaker:Denise Mitchell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Denise Mitchell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Denise Mitchell: Yes. I thank Mr. Begley. He spoke about counselling services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Denise Mitchell: Does the organisation offer them? What is the uptake?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Denise Mitchell: That is what I wanted to know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Denise Mitchell: Would Scouting Ireland be able to provide us with figures on costs?
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (3 Dec 2019)
Denise Mitchell: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north to date in 2019. [49846/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (3 Dec 2019)
Denise Mitchell: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based at stations (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49842/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (3 Dec 2019)
Denise Mitchell: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs unit in the R district of the Dublin metropolitan region north division in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [49843/19]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: I welcome the Minister of State and I hope that he will be able to do something that he has failed to do so far. I would like him to assure me, members of the public and, most important, the men and women of the Defence Forces that he has an understanding of what is happening, is listening and accepts that the situation in the Defence Forces has reached crisis stage. I have a list of...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: As the Taoiseach is aware, an ongoing drugs feud in the Coolock area has cost five lives. Last June, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Finian McGrath, and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, all visited Coolock and announced that 30 new gardaí would...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: Coolock is not.
- Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: I could have copied and pasted the speech I gave last year on this issue because the only change since then is that the number affected has increased. There are now almost 4,000 homeless children in this State. That is the Ireland the Government has created, where the better off prosper while those who must do without suffer. The figures do not account for the homeless families who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: I wish Mr. Gloster good luck in his new role.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: There is clear public distrust of Tusla if we look at some of the major failings in the agency. How will it restore public confidence?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: The witness spoke earlier about the statutory remit being vast.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: Is it too big for the size of the agency? Is the agency adequately equipped to provide support on State adoptions, for example, and tracing information in that regard? Does Mr. Gloster feel the agency is adequately equipped or is the remit too big?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: A recent study was done on voluntary care arrangements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: What is the witnesses' opinion of the study? It indicates that voluntary arrangements have fewer safeguards and protections for the rights of children and parents. What is the opinion of the witnesses on voluntary care arrangements? Do parents get legal advice? There were parts of the report that were pretty damning of Tusla, indicating a "soft coercion" of parents that if they did not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: I also hope it would not. Is there a reliance on voluntary care orders within Tusla? It emerged from the report that serious consideration should be given to a time limit on voluntary care arrangements but that does not seem to be the case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)
Denise Mitchell: How long are we talking about? What is the ideal scenario in voluntary care if we are to see reunification of a child and the parents?