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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: We must be careful. There is a certain cohort. It is not everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: It is not across the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: This is probably too much of a conceptual debate but my point is on the effect it is having on children looking at it and being exposed to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: This is why I am trying to get the input of the witnesses to educate me so I can learn more about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I have stated previously that social media have some very positive aspects, such as community groups, community development and how children interact with each other through youth clubs, etc. There are even online advisory fora where they can discuss issues. We need to have a balanced debate. Senator Freeman spoke about political motivation in the context of mental health and asked where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: With the Chairman's indulgence, there are two separate strands. There is online bullying and harassment. We see it and we call it what it is. There are also the grey areas, which we find it very difficult to define because everything is boxed into an algorithm. Somebody may be writing something with the best intentions but it can be interpreted in a different way because it is devoid of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I understand that. I am not talking about the extremes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I am talking about the greyer areas and how something can be interpreted. This is not to take away from the extremes. There are two separate strands in analysing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: This issue is beyond us. The aviation industry has a set of rules that are across the board and global. That blueprint can be copied. At present, we board planes without going through security when it comes to social media. I mean without baggage control or anything else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I suggest that we write to three Departments, including the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Education and Skills.

Mental Health: Statements (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: In 2019, €55 million was allocated to mental health services, bringing spending on those services to in excess of €1 billion. However, a reply to a parliamentary question I tabled on 22 October stated that €33 million had been drawn down, with €10 million to be sanctioned and €12 million not to be spent in 2019. I am seeking clarification as to why that...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Disability Allowance Appeals (21 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48407/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Illness Benefit Payments (21 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of illness benefit payments for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48413/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the local government Part XI planning and public consultation process including the decision making responsibilities and the right of appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48456/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: The Taoiseach answered questions earlier about the overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick, UHL, which hit record highs this week. I previously tabled a parliamentary question about an independent review being carried out on work and management processes in UHL. Given what is happening in the hospital, I ask the Government to expedite this report and implement its recommendations as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Incentives (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 390. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants and incentives given in budget 2020 to help in the production of biogas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48793/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 440. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding process for family support services through Tusla; the funding provided to Tusla in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the funding provided to family support services by Tusla in the same period in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48805/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48624/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (26 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48682/19]