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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the representatives. I very much thank them for their presentations, for all the work they have done in this field over a very long period and for bringing us to the position in which we now find ourselves. We all welcome that the heads of the Bill have been published. The legislation has been a long time in coming and we are all pleased this day has come. Whether people agree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I will leave it at come back in if there are a few other issues. The presentations have been very important to us all with regard to this Bill. They have brought home some issues that overlap and some very sensitive issues that need to be addressed in the Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Like everybody else, I thank the witnesses for their comprehensive presentations. These presentations not only highlight a number of issues raised in the sessions over three weeks but also raise a number of issues which we had not heard previously and which will be important in the final drafting of the Bill. I am sure all the issues will be considered legally or by the Minister. Some of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (10 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason the family of a deceased person (details supplied) are not entitled to six weeks payment from the person's disability allowance; the reason they are not entitled to arrears that were owed to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39352/15]

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: What about those who do not even have a trolley?

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: It is happening every day.

Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: It is not improving.

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Ten years.

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Hear, hear.

Children First Bill 2015: From the Seanad (11 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the passing of the Bill and commend the Minister on his work on it. It is a good day when the Bill is eventually reaching a conclusion. I welcome the important amendments to remove the defence of reasonable chastisement from the Statute Book and I commend Senator van Turnhout on tabling the amendments and the Minister on accepting them. I thank the Children's Rights Alliance and...

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The Deputy cannot do so.

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The Deputy cannot do so.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding that has been provided to the Heritage Council in 2015; the increase in this funding that is being provided under budget 2016. [39529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Funding (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 15. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views regarding the request received from the Heritage Council, for an additional €1.9 million in funding in 2016, to finance a range of community-based heritage initiatives that would generate multiplier employment in the tourism and wider heritage sectors. [39532/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (12 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has consulted the director of the National Library in an attempt to address the relevant issues it faces at present; if she will be willing to make finances available to address these issues; and if these issues are presently a priority of her Department. [39533/15]

Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I reiterate what has already been said by my colleagues in extending my sympathies to those victims in Paris on Friday night. We are with the people of France at this very difficult time. The French republic will prevail and come through the adversity it faces at the present time. The incidents we witnessed were nothing more than sheer terrorism - cold and callous acts of hate intended to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (18 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) in County Limerick was not entitled to a back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40795/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the Minister and her officials, and thank her for her presentation. It covers a vast range of services across the sector so I will concentrate on a few points. The Minister mentioned enabling our disabled citizens to live as independently as possible with appropriate social housing. We have raised this matter on a couple of occasions in the committee. Many people with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Disability Issues Update: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I was trying to make that point.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill which is very welcome and is certainly a step in the right direction. My party will support it. The history of the State in dealing with our most vulnerable children has been questionable to say the least, and the Bill will go some way towards ensuring our children’s best interests are at heart and that they are valued citizens. The...