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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: The Minister has stated she will not interfere with the independence of voluntary sector bodies. What is the problem with having a clear and explicit provision in the Bill? I fail to see the rationale behind it. As the Minister agrees with me that it would be inappropriate to interfere, I ask her to show me the negative aspects of the proposal. It is only right and proper that it be...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: Just because it has never happened does not mean it can never happen.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 50: In page 44, subsection (4), to delete lines 15 to 17 and substitute the following:"(4) The Agency may make arrangements, decided by an independent panel established by the Agency in accordance with specified criteria, including the imposition of requirements on a voluntary body, as it considers appropriate to monitor--".This amendment is about ensuring an element of...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: Section 59 relates to small grants. It is not about large-scale grants. What will be the maximum amount of these small grants?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I am happy to withdraw the amendment on the basis the Minister will provide more detail.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 60: In page 49, subsection (1), line 43, after "Children" to insert “or the Health Information and Quality Authority".This is self-explanatory. As I stated on Second Stage, I have believed for some time that HIQA should be charged with the responsibility for inspecting services within the child and family agency. Currently, it inspects many of the services to be...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: It is amendment No. 60.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: Yes.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I move amendment No. 61: In page 50, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following subsection:"(3) The Health Information and Quality Authority shall have an oversight role in the performance of the Agency and its functions as set out in section 8 of this Act.".I apologise, as my comments should have referred to amendment No. 61.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: Correct me if I am wrong, but is the Minister agreeing with the good work done by HIQA and the fact that it is an independent body? It has identified areas of weakness or potential improvement that should be addressed. HIQA should be involved with the new agency because of its independent nature and the good work done to date. It would help restore confidence in a sector in which it has...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I made a suggestion which may not refer directly to the amendment but the Minister did not give it favourable consideration. In respect of the transfer of staff from the HSE to the agency, is she confident it is right and proper to transfer staff directly, and that appropriate staff are being transferred? Should staff moving in this way not have to apply for the jobs in the new agency in...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: It seemed to be okay for my colleague to speak on them for the past three minutes.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I will do the same. I welcome the amendment of the Child Care Act and believe it is positive. However, it could go further in the area identified. I raised the issue previously in the context of other legislation of some people being exempted from vetting, and now they are being given an exemption from the standards being set today. That is not right or proper. The standards should be no...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I can attempt to do that.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: Okay. Can I make further amendments on Report Stage?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: Is it permissible to make further amendments to this legislation on Report Stage?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I intend to introduce further amendments. Should I refer to them now?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I will propose further amendments on Report Stage.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I will be brief. I might propose an amendment to the proposed new section 58D(4) of the 1991 Act, which provides that "the period of a registration shall be 3 years from the date of registration", because I feel that such a period of time could be too long. In the case of the proposed new section 58D(8), which states that "the Agency shall attach a condition to a registration", I feel that...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Robert Troy: I concur with much of what Deputy Ó Caoláin has said. The Minister spoke about the need for greater encouragement for childminders to come forward and register themselves and to avail of the supports available. My colleague, Deputy Harris, has outlined the dismally low number of childminders who have come forward out of the approximately 50,000 child minders in the country. This...