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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: I seek clarification from the Minister on who is required to prepare a child safeguarding statement. Is he saying that any service in which one, or more than one, person is employed in the provision of childminding and child care is required under this legislation to prepare a child safeguarding statement?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: The only difficulty is that one is not clearly and explicitly naming childminders because - correct me if I am wrong - the Minister believes the majority of childminders work in isolation and that one person tends to look after children. Am I correct that if there were a childminding facility where multiple persons looked after children, there would be a requirement to produce a child...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: May I speak on the section?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: It is primarily regarding my concerns about the failure to comply with furnishing a child safeguarding statement. While most of the amendments have been technical, this is a substantial one in that it attempts to bring forward a consequence for failure to produce a child safeguarding statement. With all due respect, it is utterly failing in its attempt. When one considers that failure to...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: Resources are always an issue. Even in the best of times one has to decide where to spend them. It is a question of how to prioritise them. This is a unique opportunity for the protection and welfare of children. Unfortunately, even in recent months, we have seen high profile cases where name and shame alone did not make people live up to their obligations in terms of child welfare and...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: I acknowledge the Minister’s directness and honesty in saying this is primarily a resources issue. When we raised this on Second Stage the Minister said this legislation should be taken in conjunction with the withholding of information Bill, which deals with a much narrower range of offences. I thank him for that. Before I bring forward proposals, I will examine how we can do it...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: I admire the Minister's optimism.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: I ask the Minister about the consequences if a mandated person does not fulfil the obligations and make a report. Is there a sanction in place? I lost the Minister in his explanation about why he is removing children or teenagers. Did he mention those between 15 years and 17 years?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: Older or younger?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Bill 2014: Committee Stage (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: So it cannot be younger than 15.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Committee (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: I appreciate the leniency of the Chair and I appreciate the Minister using this opportunity to update us. The Minister said that his priority is that no child is at risk of harm and I welcome that. Can he tell us categorically that no child is at risk of harm? How many cases are we talking about in terms of failure to report? In terms of ensuring that there are sufficient numbers of staff...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Committee (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: Does the Minister have a ballpark figure?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Committee (30 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister make his statement available?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (29 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the current strength of the customs personnel; the average number of checks carried out on a monthly basis; and the number of detections of use of illegal fuel. [16937/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ombudsman for Children Reports (29 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the Ombudsman report into the Roma cases. [16934/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Reports (29 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 87. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the recommendations put forward by the independent child death review group. [16935/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (29 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will inform the local councils of the funding they have been allocated for the housing adaption and aid for the elderly grants. [16936/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Debt (28 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance when persons who are affected by the Permanent TSB court ruling on tracker mortgages will receive notification of any reimbursements or change to their mortgage circumstances. [16633/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (28 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons who have applied for the temporary clerical positions in the public service and are currently still waiting; the estimated length of time on the panel; and the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [16245/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (28 Apr 2015)

Robert Troy: 218. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a family re-unification application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who applied in October 2014. [16543/15]