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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: All right. I am talking about a specific case here so I apologise. It is something I have come across only very recently. While the case is exactly as Mr. Quinlan has described the second category of cases, we are talking about grandparents doing their very best with four kids but, because of the currency exchange rate at this moment in time, they are falling short by an awful lot. While...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Quinlan for that answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I will continue in the same vein with regard to the escalation, where if the schools have an issue that they wish to raise they will not be shut down straight away. They must feel that the door is open. They are minding children for seven hours per day and they know the foster parents who are coming to the school. If they want to lend support or to be engaged, they do not need teachers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: I used that word based on the response I got to a parliamentary question I tabled. I was not trying to be disingenuous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: That is correct, the NCCIS programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Services: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: It does not need to be just the social care worker, one can also have a community development worker as well. Sometimes we get hung up on titles. If the person has the right skill set, that benefits the whole community.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 121. To ask the Minister for Health when the report into maternity services in Portiuncula hospital will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (21 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 135. To ask the Minister for Health when a paediatric diabetic specialist will be appointed at university hospital Galway. [29071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Staff (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the appointment of a safety officer of national monuments which was advertised and interviewed for earlier in 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27259/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates Data (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of a primary medical certificate in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form. [27025/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Office for Internet Safety (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1763. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 31 May 2017, the status and work programme of the interdepartmental implementation group; the number of times it has met since being set up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27261/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1903. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to reduce child poverty. [27005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1904. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for Tusla's policy with regard to placing children under 12 years of age in residential care. [27076/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1905. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential care in 2016 and to date in 2017, by age and county. [27077/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Expenditure (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1906. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average cost of care for a child in private foster care as compared to those registered with Tusla. [27078/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Support Payments (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1907. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay-at-home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27093/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1908. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to increase the number of registered child minders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27094/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1913. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria by which historical cases of child abuse are assigned as high priority, medium priority and low priority, respectively. [27191/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1914. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of historical cases of child abuse that are assigned as high priority, medium priority and low priority, respectively. [27192/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (20 Jun 2017)

Anne Rabbitte: 1915. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff on the specialist teams assigned to historical cases of child sexual abuse; and if this is their full-time role. [27193/17]