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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you very much Dr. O'Dwyer. We are going to move to questions from members. Senator Seery Kearney, you are first.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I call Dr. O'Dwyer.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: My apologies. I call Mr. Chance.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you, Senator. Dr. O'Dwyer, did you indicate you would like to speak?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you very much. We are moving on to Deputy Ivana Bacik.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you. Mr. Chance, will you be addressing those questions first?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: We have to move on to the next speaker, Deputy Costello.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Would Dr. O'Dwyer like to comment?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the witnesses and Senator McGreehan. The next speaker is Deputy Ward.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: That concludes our questions. I want to make a few points, not really questions. It was extremely interesting, particularly the issues witnesses raised around play in urban versus rural areas. Is that as a result of the passage of time and different generations? It is that there is a nervousness in a rural area about letting children out to play? In urban areas there might more green...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you very much. Does Dr. O'Dwyer have anything to add?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Strengthening Prevention and Early Intervention Supports to Children and Families Post Pandemic: Prevention & Early Intervention Network (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you very much to you both. It was a really interesting discussion and I am glad we had the opportunity to engage with Dr. O'Dwyer and Mr. Chance. We will definitely engage with them again in the future. That concludes session one.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: In our second session, we will engage with representatives from Focus Ireland and Barnardos. I welcome Mr. Pat Dennigan, CEO , Mr. Mike Allen, director of advocacy, research and communications, and Ms Kelly-Anne Byrne, ambassador, from Focus Ireland. We are also joined by Ms Suzanne Connolly, chief executive, and Mr. Stephen Moffat, national policy manager, with Barnardos. The purpose of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you very much. I now invite Ms Connolly to deliver the opening statement on behalf of Barnardos.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I want to bring in Senator McGreehan first as she has a speaking commitment and then I will bring in the Deputy.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Can the witnesses to indicate who would like to respond to that question? I note Mr. Dennigan will respond.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms Byrne for that contribution. It is invaluable for us as a committee to hear first-hand experience and we really appreciate it. I note Ms Connolly is indicating.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms Connolly. I call Deputy Dillon.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I have a few points to make. First, in regard to Barnardos, I acknowledge the excellent work that is done. The witnesses might want to comment on the situation coming out of Covid and the need for recovery for children in particular. I am conscious of how they have been affected from a whole range of viewpoints, not just from a school point of view but due to absolutely everything, in...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (9 Nov 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I agree, particularly with the point on the fuel allowance. A large number of people narrowly fall outside qualifying for it but are still struggling. Sometimes, I do not think there is any joined-up thinking on how to tackle the root of the problem. I agree that a large number of children are struggling in school. They have lost a year and a half of school. In certain ways, it feels...