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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: What is Mr. Neary's budget?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: I do not have an issue with that. I would have thought the sectoral Minister of State with responsibility for food promotion would probably be the first port of call, and we could go from there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tackling Childhood Obesity: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for dealing with members' questions in such a comprehensive manner.

Report on the Provision of Foster Care Services in Ireland: Motion (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: Go raibh maith agat. I will proceed in English because my Irish-----

Report on the Provision of Foster Care Services in Ireland: Motion (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: -----is terrible. I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs entitled "Report on the Provision of Foster Care Services in Ireland", copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 9th November, 2017. I thank the Ceann Comhairle and Business Committee for the opportunity to present the report on foster care,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thought Deputy Connolly was next.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: Like Deputy Cullinane, who highlighted this at the outset, I am acutely aware of the sensitivities of this matter in what is primarily a crisis of confidence in the entirety of this scheme and the implications that this has. In our role as members of the Committee of Public Accounts, sometimes we have to look at the bare figures as opposed to the overarching issues, which fall within the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: No, it was not my dear constituency colleague; it was the Labour Deputy from Limerick. Her name escapes me.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Chairman. Deputy O'Sullivan made some remarks in 2008 during the debate on this matter. I went back to the transcript to see what others had said and it was interesting that one Member, who was not known to me, said this was a decision that was penny wise and pound foolish and shortsighted. I suppose we are now seeing the appropriateness of that remark - during a Second Stage...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: It might have been a case that my mind was moving faster than my lips. By suggesting the taxpayer, I was inferring that if the fault is not with the State and the majority fault is primarily with the laboratory, the redress scheme would have to be funded via a settlement via the State taking a case against the laboratory. I should have made myself clearer. I must point out that I would not...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: For the information of the Chairman, I have just learned that the State Claims Agency will be before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach next Tuesday.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adult Mental Health Services Staff (9 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: 171. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the action he is taking to ensure there is adequate staffing in CAMHS teams nationwide; his plans to provide additional resources for CAMHS services to ensure each person who requires support from CAHMS services receives support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20273/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (9 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: We are now in public session. Apologies have been received from the Vice Chairman, Senator Joan Freeman, and Senator Catherine Noone, who is currently abroad on committee business. I propose that the committee goes into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: I welcome members and viewers watching on Oireachtas TV to the public session of the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs. The purpose of today's meeting is to engage with Scouting Ireland in regard to governance, how child protection policies in Scouting Ireland are implemented and related matters. The committee may also wish to explore matters such as the recent events that have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Burbridge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: Before I open the floor to my two colleagues who have indicated - if others wish to contribute, please let me know - I wish to ask a number of pertinent questions to elicit further information on what I hope will be matters that are not before the investigation. I thank Mr. Elliot for coming before the committee. I appreciate his independence of this process. There appears to have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance and Child Protection Policy: Scouting Ireland (9 May 2018)

Alan Farrell: Is this the historic case of the person who had-----