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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for his reply. While I welcome the increase in Tusla's budget, one must recognise it had been underfunded, and when one dishes out that money across all the various Departments, it does not account for an awful lot. Family resource centres are an integral hub of communities and are engaging with increasing numbers of people each month. Family resource centres provide...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Family Resource Centres (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: As I pointed out, the family resource centres have had their core funding cut by 17%. I have been informed morale is at an all-time low because 60% of the agency's funding comes through fund-raising. That time spent on fund-raising would be far better spent on providing an excellent service to vulnerable children. Does the Minister agree prevention and early intervention are far better than...

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Sure everyone is talking.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Support Services (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions being made to ensure refugee children who enter Ireland in the coming months will be provided with the care they need upon arrival. [35506/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts that are being made to fulfil the envisioned outcomes of the Better Outcomes, Brighter Future document produced by his Department in early 2014, following a meeting with the National Youth Council of Ireland last week. [35508/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for an update on the implementation of the national early years access initiative and the area-based childhood ABC programme. [35510/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures being put in place to reduce children-to-social worker ratios. [35507/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Easter Rising Commemorations (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 76. To ask the Minister for Defence when the viewing stand tickets will be issued to the family members of those being remembered next year in the 1916 commemorations. [36675/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 88. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to direct Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to address the salary inequalities in the family resource centres where staff doing the similar work, at the same grade but in different centres, are paid at different levels due to legacy issues in the development of the structures. [36674/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann operates any wheelchair accessible buses from Letterkenny in County Donegal to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36673/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome Dr. Shannon and thank him for his presentation. His opening statement brings home the fact that this is a quite complex and sensitive matter. This is legislation for which people have waited for a long time. Every person is entitled to know his identity and health status or health footprint. While respecting the rights of the birth parents, the State has an overriding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome Mr. McBride and thank him for his presentation. This is legislation for which most people have waited a long time. We agree that every child or adopted person is entitled to their identity. I also believe they are entitled to their health and medical records. A few things occurred to me in the presentation, one of which was compelling reasons, something with which everybody has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister and his officials for the presentation. I welcome the fact that this legislation will finally be brought before the House. Many people have waited a long time for it. We all acknowledge that everybody is entitled to know their identity and their health footprint. Even in non-contact situations everybody should be entitled to their medical records. A number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to disregard maintenance as means for rent allowance for lone parents, given that the purpose of maintenance is to make provision towards the essential needs of the child, and not to pay towards rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38383/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if an immediate stream of funding is available for a social club for the elderly (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38106/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 1036. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow local authorities to take estates in charge that were originally holiday home schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (3 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 1120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned that the Phillips 66 company has commenced a process to sell Whitegate Oil Refinery in Cork; the steps he is taking to ensure that we maintain a refining capacity on the island of Ireland, due to its strategic importance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38295/15]

Travellers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome representatives and members of the Traveller community in the Public Gallery this evening. Discrimination against Travellers is an all too regular occurrence and generally accepted within society. Comments such as "sure aren't they just Irish" and "why don't they just live in houses" are commonplace and are probably some of the more mature comments one is likely to hear. Couple...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (5 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student will be assessed as financially independent from the student's parents with an affidavit from a solicitor swearing that the student is in fact financially independent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38923/15]