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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: In terms of the affordable childcare scheme, and this is something I flagged with the Minister earlier this summer, where children are currently availing of the early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme in normal settings but need to attend special care units as well, can the system administer services to both? If a family has a child with Down's syndrome, can the child attend the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable shortages within the ECCE system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38164/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the Minister's comments. My question asks the Minister if she is aware of the considerable shortages within the ECCE system; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Replies to recent parliamentary questions revealed a serious shortage of ECCE places, particularly in the commuter belt of County Meath and in Cork. There seems to be a shortage of 1,050 places in Meath and 2,460 places in Cork. I am glad the Minister acknowledged that settings offering full day childcare will be prioritised because the issue needs to be addressed. Recently, I was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: We are in the pre-budget period and I am sure the Minister will not tell me what her capital funding plans are today. Some childcare providers are fully subscribed and there is a capacity issue coming down the tracks in the ECCE scheme. The Minister successfully allocated capital funding in recent years. Is this funding sufficient? Could more capital funding be found to address capacity,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; the date by which she anticipates it will make its final report; and if she is satisfied by the progress of the commission to date. [37970/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I ask the Minister to outline the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, the date on which she anticipates it will have a final report and whether she is satisfied with its progress to date. I also ask her to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her reply. Fianna Fáil and I welcomed the commission on the mother and baby homes when established. We recognise the vital importance of the commission in delivering justice and accountability for all those affected by mother and baby homes in Ireland. The third interim report of the commission on mother and baby homes requested an extension of the deadline...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I will continue in the same vein as Deputy O'Sullivan in speaking about Tuam because it is my constituency and I hold my clinics there. Owing to the age factor, these people require an awful lot of supports. There are ways in which we can assist them. The counselling service and the wellbeing programme are essential but people are not able to access them or get feedback on the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether family resource centres are in receipt of an appropriate level of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37972/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable shortages that exist within the ECCE system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37969/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children with additional learning needs cannot access an ECCE place and additional specialist preschool support; her views on whether this is appropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37971/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme (20 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the roll-out of the affordable childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37968/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have a number of questions for all the witnesses. I will start with the witnesses from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The witnesses spoke at length about early childhood care and education, ECCE. My question is about full-time versus the three hours and the fact that only 30% of children attend crèches on a full-time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Weighing. We have to be able to measure children. What is the view of the Department in that regard? We have met primary and post-primary teachers and they all have a particular view on weighing children at school. I have asked the same question of everybody. I would like to know the Department's view on measuring children. I am not only referring to weight, but to height and everything...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It has not been explored?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Dr. Brooks and Ms O'Flaherty for their replies. There are 4,500 crèches registered for the ECCE scheme and €1 million is spent on capital funding for outdoor spaces, which works out at €222 per facility. I know that is not how the money is divided but €1 million is not nearly enough. Capacity is an issue and outdoor spaces are being used to increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: That is very welcome. If Ms O'Flaherty does not mind, I will follow up with her on that particular point. Would every first and second class in the country have participated, was it a snap view or how many schools were involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: If Ms O'Flaherty does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Does Ms O'Flaherty see where I would love to see it in the early childhood setting, and if the Department were to do it again at the seven-year mark and again later on, the Department would be gathering the data? Ms O'Flaherty herself knows that it is in later years that we will reap the rewards.