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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available to agricultural contractors who are SMEs and not farmers and do not have a herd number who wish to purchase slurry spreading machinery which has low emissions and is environmentally friendly in line with climate action policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is operating its own helpline regarding retrospective abuse allegations against the organisation; and her views on whether this is appropriate. [8791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she has taken to ensure that the staff operating a helpline (details supplied) are appropriately trained; if she has set out minimum operating guidelines for the helpline; and if she is satisfied that it is providing an adequate service to potential abuse victims. [8792/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a co-operation mechanism between a helpline (details supplied) and the Tusla helpline with regard to historic cases of abuse; if the helpline is mandated to share information with Tusla or another unit within her Department; and if arrangements have been put in place to that effect. [8793/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation (details supplied) is using State funding in order to provide counselling supports to victims of alleged abuse within the organisation; and if the organisation is independently funding this service. [8795/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 183. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an organisation (details supplied) is using State funding in order to provide hardship to victims of alleged abuse within the organisation; and if the organisation is independently funding the service. [8796/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 184. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if counselling services are being offered to victims of historic abuse at an organisation (details supplied); and if other supports are being offered to these persons. [8797/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department is ensuring a minimum standard in terms of the quality and appropriateness of the counselling services being offered by an organisation (details supplied) to victims of historic abuse at the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8798/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who wishes to avail of a loan under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme and wishes to self-build can use the site as a deposit or part of in view of the fact that all other financial institutions on self-builds allows same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8928/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (21 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning permission is sufficient for initial approval of a loan when a person applies for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan on a self-build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8934/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Michael Moynihan for sharing his time. I also welcome the opportunity to speak tonight and acknowledge this is a technical Bill. I also acknowledge the hard work that the backroom team has done to prepare it to bring it to the floor this evening. I will speak to the Bill in a different vein and light because I will speak from the point of view of children. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Tusla: Chairperson Designate (27 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Mr. Rabbitte for coming before us this morning. I will continue on the same theme. Like Deputy Sherlock, I have a unique connection with Mr. Rabbitte. In our case, we share the same surname. It is a very unusual one. I hope to keep the tradition of having a Rabbitte in Leinster House for another while. As I have said, I would like to pick up on Deputy Sherlock's theme. I am a...

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Dooley for sharing time with me. I wish to echo what my colleagues said earlier. I hope this is not a motion that has no teeth but that it will lend itself to the broadcasting Bill. These stations cannot continue to exist without any funding. There is a serious obligation on us as legislators to ensure that we support the people who support our communities because they give...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 294. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (5 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding provided to the youth advocate programme Ireland from 2011 to 2018, by county in tabular from; the locations in which services will no longer continue to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10421/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (5 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis, under Statutory Instrument No. 84 of 2011, of the decision not to grant HAP in a case (details supplied); the elements within the statutory instrument that apply to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10444/19]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her presentation. I pick up on something Deputy Sherlock said. It has to do with legal fees. How much of Tusla's budget is paid out in legal fees? What percentage does it represent annually? While her officials are looking for the information, I will ask another question. Deputy Mitchell asked about family resource centres. I come from a very good space...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Is it being done on a region by region basis?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: That is fine. The last time the committee considered the Vote, we discussed historical and retrospective cases with a focus on the setting up of the unit within Tusla. At what stage are we within the unit that is dealing with retrospective cases? Has it been established and is it fully staffed? At what stage of development is it? Has a budget been set aside for it?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Service 2019
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (6 Mar 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Wow. How many firms benefited or does the Minister know?