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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I cannot allow you to ask a question. Apologies for that. Is Deputy Costello on the Leinster House complex?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: You are facing the right way but we cannot really hear you.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: There is about two and a half minutes left in this section.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: The time is up but here will be time at the end.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I will let the Minister back in at the end. There will be a good amount of time available then.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: There will be time for further contributions. I ask Deputy Ward to confirm his location.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I will allow some members to contribute now for a second time.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: No, I do not think it is. It is just provided to the Government, as far as I am aware.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Does Deputy Cairns want to add something very briefly?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister. If the Minister would like to make any additional points, there is time. I rushed him through some of the answers. If he wanted to make a few additional points before we finish, there is time for that.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister and his officials and all the members. It is great to see some people back in the committee rooms. It is great that we are getting back to that. Obviously, as we say with all of these meetings, we are in the process of going through this. We have had some meetings already and we still have more to come. I remind people of that as well. Although it is a different...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: That is better. We can hear you now.

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: notes that: - childcare fees for parents in this State remain amongst the highest in the world; - one of the largest financial expenses for parents is childcare fees, forcing many families into debt and financial crisis or out of their current employment; 1699 - a recent United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund survey found...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. I have spoken many times about those working in the sector and I acknowledge that again this evening. It is such a difficult job and I genuinely do not know how people who work in the early years sector do it. The commitment and dedication they show are incredible. For the most part, it is degree led at this stage. People spend years in college studying and...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank everybody for their contributions, including the Minister and Minister of State. They will be aware it is an issue I have been talking about for a long time. I welcome some aspects because we seem to be largely in agreement but it would not be the first time we have been in a debate where people are saying they are in agreement, yet their actions perhaps do not always match that. I...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will take on board the recommendation in the review by an organisation (details supplied) of the youth work sector response to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 630. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the proposed review of the dental treatment services scheme contract will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47795/21]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has prioritised the reduction of parents' childcare fees as part of his Department’s budget 2022 proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48267/21]