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No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the Bill introduced by my party colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty. Unfortunately, in recent years it has become very clear that voluntary codes of practice for financial institutions and banks are not worth the paper they are written on. Permanent TSB has signed up to the Central Bank's code of practice for the transfer of mortgages which states that a mortgage on a home cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the potential impact of the introduction of the affordable childcare scheme on community services providing the community childcare subvention programme has been assessed; her plans to produce a report on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4183/19]

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: No bother.

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the cross-party support and thank Senator Black for bringing this forward. This Bill aims to uphold international law. That is it. If I can, I will say the following. This Bill lays down a marker. The Irish people stand with the people of Palestine against the Israeli apartheid regime. The Irish people stand for the international rule of law. The Irish people, who have suffered...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (22 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of complaints made to Tulsa in respect of social workers by county in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [2783/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (15 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 975. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the implementation actions as recommended under the implementation plan for Tusla actions arising from an audit (details supplied) that have been completed; the actions outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54332/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the Minister for coming before us today. I will start by saying that the most recent Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, report clearly demonstrates that improvements have been made in Oberstown but that there are still some outstanding concerns about the centre. The HIQA report indicates that, in terms of ten standards, the centre was found to be "moderately...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: Does the Minister believe it is in the best interest of the children that this report is not published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: The authors have rejected the claims. In a response last week, the Minister said she did not believe fair procedure had been applied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: The authors said they had not been provided with any specific instance-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: We are actually saying what the authors are saying. I refer to the record of the Dáil from last week, when we were in the Dáil Chamber. It is worth noting that the authors pointed out that throughout the entire process of preparing the final report for Oberstown management, the latter was provided with opportunities to raise anything it considered to be unfair or inaccurate. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: The problem we have is that the board was saying the report was unfair. The authors are saying the board was given an opportunity to highlight where it felt the unfairness was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: An article dated 6 August refers to public statements on the report by the two professors. They said it was deeply problematic that it was not published. They said they had very grave concerns about what they learned, about what individuals told them and about what they discovered during the operational review and that they believed it would serve the public interest for their findings to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: The problem we have is our inability to scrutinise what gave rise to the recommendations. We are reading these recommendations, which have been published, and I would like the Minister's perspective on a few of them. Recommendation No. 79 states that a young person's clothes should only be removed in exceptional circumstances authorised by the director and that a dignified safe alternative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the Health Service Executive to ensure that the required treatment is provided for a person (details supplied). [53139/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Cúram Leanaí (18 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 583. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs cathain a bheidh an cúrsa ar líne Children First ar fáil as Gaeilge do phobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta lena chinntiú nach mbeidh éagothromas ann maidir leis na seirbhísí a bhaineann le Children First. [52857/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges Data (13 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women and children in domestic violence refuges and step-down accommodation in 2018; the number of places in domestic violence refuges; if these refuges are capable of accommodating the level of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52297/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Domestic Violence Refuges Data (13 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: My question is to ask the Minister the number of women and children in domestic refuges and step-down accommodation this year, the number of places in such refuges, and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Child Detention Centres (13 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: This is a question to which I also want an answer. I cannot understand how withholding this report is in the best interests of the children currently in Oberstown. These children deserve to have their human rights upheld and part of that means independent, external oversight. This is another example of the closed loop that exists here, where reports are requested but go from the Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Early Years Sector (13 Dec 2018)

Denise Mitchell: I thank the Minister for her response. The major thing that emerged from the Pobal report is that fees are too high and wages are too low despite the Minister's efforts. I accept that she has made some major efforts in this area. Despite that, the cost of childcare continues to rise. The average cost has increased by 2.2%. A situation seems to have arisen where subsidies chase fees,...