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Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I did not see the Taoiseach in Roscommon on Sunday.

Order of Business (19 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have no doubt the Taoiseach did so and I thank him very much for it.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the danger posed to young children from looped cord window blinds which have resulted in the deaths of children here and worldwide; if he will consider recommending restrictions on the sale of such blinds on health and safety grounds, up to and including an outright ban; if his attention...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 200: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to circulars HFPD and PSSP2/11 Unfinished Estates and Public Safety, if he will confirm the allocation and breakdown to Monaghan County Council under Category 4 estates. [20510/11]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that St. Ita's, Portrane, County Dublin, has been instructed that there can be no further admissions for acute mental health care after 31 August 2011; if this has arisen because planned development work to upgrade the admissions unit was not done; the contingencies in place to meet the needs of service users from the populous...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Health when the psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, will be developed, now that the planned co-location development on the site which delayed the development of the unit has been set aside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20448/11]

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am pleased to record that the Bill is agreed.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The views of the child should be regarded by the Health Service Executive prior to any steps being taken under section 23ND of the Child Care Act 1991, as inserted by section 9 of this Bill. I am not convinced by the Minister's proposition that there is absolute statutory provision for this requirement. She and I had a united position on this matter in the past, but that seems no longer to...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not accept this requirement, which is imperative in addressing child care, is covered within the Bill. It is the critical additionality required in order to impose on the HSE and those working under its aegis in the area of child care an obligation that they adhere absolutely to what we are arguing for, namely, the right of children to be heard in the context of their health needs. We...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 13: In page 64, to delete lines 1 to 8 and substitute the following: "(a) the guardian ad litem appointed may appoint a solicitor to represent them in respect of those proceedings and give directions as to the performance of the solicitor of his or her duties, which may include, if necessary, having regard to the circumstances of the case, directions in relation to the...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I thank the Minister for her response, indicating that she intends to bring forward an amendment in the Seanad. May I clarify if the Bill will come back to the Dáil before the end of the session?

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Will we have the chance to conclude all stages of the Bill?

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Where I stand in all of that will be reached when I table my next amendment. I welcome the Minister's willingness to take on board what I proposed in amendment No. 13, as tabled on the Report Stage amendment list. I look forward to seeing the outworking of that by the Minister.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: On the basis of the Minister's indication, I am happy to withdraw it. I look forward to seeing the wording of the Minister's amendment.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 14: In page 67, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "22.—Section 45 (as amended by the Act of 2004) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following section for section 45— "45.—(1) (a) Where a child leaves the care of the Health Service Executive, the Executive shall, in accordance with subsection (2), assist him or her for so long as...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: There is a lot in what the Minister said about her intention to examine, evaluate, check this and check that. She referred to an obligation on the HSE. What we need is a statutory responsibility on the HSE. It is not that young people leaving State care at 18 should be at the mercy and the discretion of the HSE, which has often been the case. It is fine for the Minister to say it is the...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Is my constituency colleague telling me my time is up?

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thank you. I did not notice the change of course in the Chair. I ask the Minister of State to listen to all of these voices. I could cite ad nauseam and also from the Ombudsman for Children. These are important voices that must be respected, and kicking the can down the road is not good enough in this regard. We need to do this, and we need to do it now.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Thank you very much.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2011)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I do not know how to describe the circumstances that obtain. With respect to Deputies White and McNamara, there was an almost jocund effort to refer to my efforts this morning to ensure we had this debate. We were not to have the debate but I argued the case for it. It was only before coming into the House to deal with Report Stage of the Bill that I received notice that my amendment would...