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

Anne Rabbitte: All right.

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

Anne Rabbitte: There is obviously a legal aspect to all of this and I will not go into that but there are trade unionists speaking up for adults. Who was speaking up for the child on this review?

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

Anne Rabbitte: That is our job as a committee, and that is why we are pushing so hard on this. The voice of the child has to be heard through this report. Somewhere along the way, whether it is a redacted version or whatever, throughout the whole afternoon's proceedings we have talked around and around this but we have to get back to the centre, which is protecting the child.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: There is a reference in page 6 of the programme for Government to making our older years better years and another reference on pages 38 and 39 to a just and fair society and a more inclusive prosperity. Chapter 4 is on jobs and rural development, while there is a reference on page 46 to protecting local services. Eighteen post offices have been designated for closure in County Galway, of...

Promoting Cycling: Motion [Private Members] (19 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I also thank Deputy Troy for bringing forward this motion. I was delighted to hear the Minister of State's response because I was wilting during the response from the Minister. He just went on and on, whereas the Minister of State had passion. He clearly gets the issue, and understands what we in rural Ireland are seeking to do in the context of greenways. As a rural Deputy from Galway, I...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homelessness Strategy (19 Dec 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 504. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times she has met the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in each quarter since her appointment as Minister in order to discuss the issue of child homelessness. [53975/18]

Rural Crime: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the motion on rural crime. I thank my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, for his generosity in sharing his time with rural Deputies. I always like to begin on a positive. In this case, it is the recent good work in opening the new Garda station in County Galway. I acknowledge also that before Christmas, Galway was one of the fortunate areas to be...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Process (16 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 237. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and the timeframe for the Bill to progress to Committee Stage. [1928/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Process (16 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 238. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to amendments of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016, the scope of the amendments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1929/19]

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak this evening. I will look at it from a different perspective - from the perspective of the older person. Some 135,000 Irish residents living here are in receipt of a British pension and approximately 35,000 people living in Britain are in receipt of an Irish pension. My main reason for my seeking speaking time this evening was to get clarity and...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, is in the Chamber this evening. In Ballinakill, in east Galway, Eir is rolling out broadband. However, there will be a gap of about 1 km on either side of the village. If the Minister could engage with Eir, we could start plugging some of these gaps, providing equal coverage to all communities. The national school in Ballinakill is in that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (22 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be awarded an extension of time on a SOLAS scheme due to age. [2310/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (23 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if approval will be given to grant an employment permit for a person (details supplied); and when a permit is likely to be issued. [3136/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (24 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding a recent report from An Garda Síochána (details supplied); and if not, his plans to meet the Minister in the coming days. [3491/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (24 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the policy on juvenile offenders and youth justice was last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3492/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Juvenile Offenders (24 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she met with the Minister for Justice and Equality or officials from his Department regarding revelations in September 2018 which showed that a person that was deemed likely responsible for the murder of a person in the Leinster region had benefited from at least eight different youth liaison officers. [3493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (24 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a file in the case of a person (details supplied); when the person will receive outstanding payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3584/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I wish to speak on the same issue. I call on the Taoiseach to reconsider the VAT increase on health supplements. When one thinks about growing obesity level, in this country, it does not make sense that we charge 13.5% VAT on fast foods and that we are going to charge 23% for food supplements.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: What about folic acid?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Land Ownership (29 Jan 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason landowners who farm or live along the bank of the River Shannon are being offered the opportunity to purchase land that they already live or farm on such as in a case (details supplied); the appeals mechanism for disputing maps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/19]