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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: We are now back in public session. We will have a presentation this afternoon from representatives of Tusla. I welcome CEO, Mr. Fred McBride, chief operations officer, Mr. Jim Gibson, director of transformation and policy, Mr. Cormac Quinlan, service director, Dr. Aisling Gillen and service director for Dublin and the mid-Leinster area, Ms Patricia Finlay. I thank them for coming here this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: As we have a substantial amount of time, I propose to allocate ten minutes to each member for questions and responses. There will be another round if the opportunity presents itself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Yes. I have one question to ask and I can then open the discussion to members. The line which jumped off the page from the presentation provided by Mr. McBride, in the context of the HIQA report, was, "the report does not indicate that delays or inconsistencies affected the immediate safety of any child" which begs the question as to how he can be sure of that, given the gravity and context...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: I have to let Deputy Lisa Chambers in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: I remind the witnesses that if they are providing information, they should do so through the clerk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: That would be helpful. I propose to extend the meeting to 4.15 p.m., which will give us an additional 20 minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: There were a number of questions directed to Dr. Gillen and Ms Finlay that require an answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: On that question, the Deputy read out something from the Irish Examinernewspaper. I ask him to provide the figures again on the numbers being investigated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: It closed 164 cases. The Deputy is asking an excellent question which deserves a direct answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Deputy Sherlock has time for one last question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Deputy Sherlock is on my clock.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: I am sure Deputy Sherlock will be happy to do that. I ask the witnesses to deal with the first part of his question and to provide the quarter 4 figure. That will bookend Deputy Sherlock's slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Could Dr. Gillen answer that question? I believe Mr. McBride had a response in regard to Q4. It was covered in the Deputy's absence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. McBride. We are scheduled to conclude in three minutes so I propose to focus on just one area, namely, certain findings in the report that I am not sure have been covered extensively. The report refers to children not being assessed after allegations. Mr. McBride's organisation has identified that they are at risk. The report refers to assessment in a timely and effective...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: It does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Respectfully, I do not believe HIQA is in the business of not recognising that, considering that it uses a phrase such as "timely and effective manner".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: What level of interaction is required with the Garda to be satisfied the service required to be provided to the child will be delivered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: Is Tusla confident the Garda is doing what it is supposed to do in regard to the 1,200 children?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Report: Engagement with Tusla (20 Jun 2018)
Alan Farrell: That concludes our business. I thank the delegates for their participation in this session of the joint Oireachtas committee.