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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. I do not want to go over everything that others have raised but I would like to touch on the point Deputies Ó Caoláin and Kelleher mentioned about public representatives encountering difficulties in making representations on behalf of constituents. It is often perceived that we are interfering rather than being there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Independent Advocacy Services for Health Service Users: Discussion (26 Nov 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the delegation for the presentation. We have had some really good presentations this morning, outlining many problems and offering a number of solutions. We had a very lengthy discussion that ran on past noon. I will mention a few issues that arose. Deputy Kelleher mentioned how we, as public representatives, try to act on behalf of vulnerable people. Relatives might contact us...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: As a mother, I understand the pressures and anxieties of finding oneself in a position of having nowhere to live and being homeless. I can sympathise with the feeling of one's child being at risk. Many mothers and fathers in this State are experiencing this to a grave extent. They worry where they can scrape the few extra cent from every month to pay their rent and keep a roof over the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (1 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when 24-hour social work services will come into effect; how the service will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42706/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (1 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide capital funding to enable early childhood education and care settings to expand, in keeping with the announcements made in budget 2016; when and how child care providers will be able to access this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42707/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV Incidence in Ireland: Discussion (1 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. When we first heard about HIV in the early 1980s, it was a death sentence and everybody was afraid of it. We have moved on a little. People realise that, with effective treatments, HIV does not become AIDS but can be treated effectively. On lighter note, what do the witnesses think of the soap opera storylines that touch on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIV Incidence in Ireland: Discussion (1 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: That was during the summer break.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (2 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 2. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs how he will ensure that preschool places are made available for children who have turned three years of age and whose parents are seeking to enrol them in the early childhood care and education scheme in January or April 2017, given the likelihood that many early years education and care settings will be full with the cohort enrolled in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (2 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: How will the Minister ensure preschool places are made available for children who have turned three years of age and whose parents are seeking to enrol them in the early childhood care and education scheme in January or April 2017, given the likelihood that many early years education and care settings will be full?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (2 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for his reply. The extension of the free preschool year is most welcome. As part of my outreach work as rapporteur on quality and affordable child care, I met many staff across the sector. The one issue they raise, although they very much welcome the second free preschool year, concerns the capacity to cope. Have studies been carried out to identify the gaps where...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care Education (2 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for his reply and I am delighted to hear a mapping exercise has commenced. As I am sure the Minister is aware, professionalisation and ensuring a certain standard of care in the child care sector are issues. We have some of the most fantastic child care workers in Europe and they should be treated as such. What are the Minister's views on professionalisation within the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (2 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans in place to provide care and protection to incoming refugee children from war torn areas, as agreed under the European Union recommendations, where the children's welfare and safety are identified as a concern. [42690/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education Standards (2 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts he is making to ensure the professionalisation of child care workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42689/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (2 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 114. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on including the multiple sclerosis drug Frampidine in the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43048/15]

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 8, to delete lines 24 to 26. The proposed amendment is aimed at removing what I believe to be a get-out clause on the part of the Department and the Child and Family Agency. Although I have stated that the Bill is welcome and that Sinn Féin will not be opposing it as it is a step in the right direction, it is not without its flaws. Why would one put...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I fully agree with the Minister that it is a huge step forward. I also believe that if the agency does develop an aftercare plan, it should have the resources to implement it.

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: What about Government Members?

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: When?

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The Government is running out of time.