Results 221-240 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans she has in place to deal with the potential loss of substantial funding to the youth work sector as a result of withdrawal of EU PEACE funding post Brexit. [33539/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Baineann an cheist seo leis an ról atá ag an Aontas Eorpach i maoiniú cláracha ar nós PEACE. The programme and the EU have taken an active role in recent years in promoting peace and reconciliation. Much of the funding went to youth projects, particularly in Border counties, North and South. What steps does the Minister intend to take to ensure that provision is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister for her reply, but the answer largely reads as if there has been no change in the situation since the referendum. Of course, that is not the case. When the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, was asked whether PEACE funding would continue after Brexit, he stated that it would not. He stated that, until the treaties ceased to apply to a member...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am entitled to ask a supplementary question.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Guardians Ad Litem (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on her Department's paper, Preparing a Policy Approach to the reform of Guardian Ad Litem Arrangements, with particular reference to the legal representation of guardians ad litem in court proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions her Department is putting in place to deal with unaccompanied refugee minors coming here; the preparations her Department is making for additional unaccompanied minors; and the services available to these children who are coming here with significant levels of trauma. [33536/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to assist childminders registering with Tusla; the supports available to childminders who have registered; and if her Department is reviewing the current criteria for those registering as childminders. [33540/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether Tusla has both the capacity and the resources to ensure aftercare plans for all children who are leaving care; and her further views on whether the resources are available to deliver on all aftercare plans in time for the commencement of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015. [33537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Assessments (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will arrange an assessment for a person (details supplied) and assign a social worker to support the family as soon as possible. [33587/16]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am Sinn Féin spokesperson on children and youth affairs. In preparing for the budget and our alternative, the issue of child care, which has been discussed substantially since then, was a big focus. A substantial amount of children's interests and welfare issues come under the responsibility of the Department of Social Protection as well. The investment in subsidising child care in...

Irish Sign Language Report: Motion (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before I begin, I wish to make a suggestion. I am keeping an eye on the monitor and I am conscious that, unlike the people in the Visitors Gallery, those watching the stream of this debate will not benefit from being able to see the interpreter. I am not sure whether any of the Oireachtas staff can do anything about it. It might be worth focusing a camera on the interpreter in the press...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the commitment in the programme for Government that additional capitation funding will be provided to schools which make buildings available for afterschool care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34184/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 339. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the development of a new school completion strategy as promised in the programme for Government; the details on the consultation process leading to such a strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34183/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 342. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when youth organisations in receipt of funding from her Department will be informed of their 2017 funding allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34178/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Employment Initiative (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 343. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the youth employability initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34179/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for implementation of the legislative commitment in the programme for Government to increase the mandatory school leaving age to 17 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34180/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Schemes (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 345. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the funding in each of the years from 2011 to date in 2016 for schemes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34181/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Youth Strategy (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the development of the LGBT youth strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34182/16]

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le Fianna Fáil as ucht deis a thabhairt dúinn labhairt ar an gceist seo. Is léir go bhfuil an-chuid dul chun cinn fós le déanamh ó thaobh na físe atá ag an Rialtas i leith na meabhairshláinte. The implementation of A Vision for Change is a considerable distance from happening. We have seen a reduction...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"(e) a birth grandparent, siblings, or other blood relative, who has played a formative, active and beneficial role in the life of that child, as may be determined by the Authority;". I ask the Chairman to bear with me while I try to find my notes.