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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consideration that has been given to extending the school meals programme to youth services, early years settings and after-school programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11562/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending the school meals programme to cover schools that do not have DEIS status but that would otherwise have disadvantaged status under the Pobal HP deprivation index; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11563/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the qualifying criteria for the school meals programme; if these have been reviewed or will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11564/19]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I want to ask the Minister a few questions. I hope I am on the right heading, because I am getting a bit confused.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: There is an increase of €17 million in capital funding for Tusla. Could the Minister outline where this funding is going? I also want to ask about the further €3 million made available to Tusla for the family resource centre programme and for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services. Does the Minister have plans to increase the number of refuge places? Are we...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Some €3 million is to be allocated to the family resource-----

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: That is a total of €3 million.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the Minister for her response. I wish to ask another question about programme A. I left my glasses upstairs, so I ask the committee to bear with me. I refer to the appendix at the back of the document, which outlines the number of open cases with Tusla assessed as needing a social work service. Can the Minister give us a breakdown of this number? Are children who are still...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I appreciate that the Minister does not have all of the information to hand, but if she gave it to us, it would be useful.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I wish to discuss a few elements of programme B. I welcome much of this, in particular the increases across the board. The intervention programme for children does good work, for example, the book bag pilot scheme. The Minister may not have the information with her, but pilots are referenced. Have those started? Where have they been run? Great work is being done in terms of, for...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: What is the position of these pilot programmes and when can they be rolled out?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Subhead B8.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: No.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I am pleased there is an increase in funding for the commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes. I do not have a crystal ball. Does the Minister think the increase will be sufficient to ensure the report will be published next year and that there will be no further delays?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome this Bill which aims to protect our citizens as best we can from the consequences of a hard Brexit. Sinn Féin will table amendments to strengthen parts of it. The reality of the British partition of our country is that we will be directly affected, North and South, by what happens. Thousands of citizens travel back and forth across the Border every day for work, school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tusla: Chairperson Designate (27 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I wish Mr. Rabbitte all the best in this new role. I had questions to ask him but he has answered these. I want to touch on the promotion of Tusla. This is vital work. I am well aware of the fantastic work Tusla is doing across all communities in this State, in supporting families and young children. I recall speaking to the previous CEO and saying to him that this was something that we...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Preschool Services (26 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a playschool (details supplied) which faces eviction from its premises; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that when a school moves into its new building in April 2019 there will be no room available on site for the playschool; if he will engage with a group and the board of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (26 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the additional paid parental leave announced as part of budget 2019 will be available to parents in respect of children born on or after the date of its announcement in budget 2019; if it will only apply to parents in respect of children born on or after the date of its implementation in late 2019; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (26 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be administrative or legal technicalities that would mean the exclusion of parents of children born in 2019 after the additional paid parental leave announced as part of budget 2019; his plans to include those parents with children born after the budget 2019 announcement in 2019 or who are still under one year...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (26 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the planned transfer of a HSE-owned site at a location (details supplied) to a refuge for development as a step-down facility was cancelled in January 2019; the plans the HSE has for the future of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9030/19]