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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1703. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department or an agency operating under its aegis assigns a risk rating to early years services that have been inspected. [36374/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1704. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is mandatory or policy for early years inspectors who find non-Garda-vetted members of staff on site during an early years service inspection to report this breach of the law to An Garda Síochána. [36375/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1705. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a memorandum of understanding between Tusla and An Garda Síochána to allow early years inspectors who find non-Garda vetted members of staff on-site during an early years service inspection to report this breach of the law to An Garda Síochána. [36376/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1706. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process by which an early years inspector can report a fire safety concern to the relevant authorities; and the follow-up that is then expected from the fire service. [36377/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1707. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of fitness to practise letters issued to early years employees with qualifications from other countries by county and year of issuance since 2016, in tabular form. [36378/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1708. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average frequency of inspections of early years services by county, in tabular form. [36379/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1709. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of high priority cases of retrospective child abuse referred by Tusla to An Garda Síochána between 2016 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36632/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1710. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an audit will be carried out by Tusla of the historic case files relating to child abuse held in the headquarters of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36633/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1711. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years providers being investigated by the national panel of Tusla by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36634/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1712. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections initiated by the early years national panel of Tusla across all service types that is sessional, full-day and half-day by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of inspections initiated by the early years registration panel of Tusla across all service types, that is, sessional, full-day and half-day by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36636/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1714. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria Tusla follows when it defines an early years provider as critical on its risk register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36637/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Authority of Ireland Data (6 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 1719. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions her Department has had with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the access of Tusla to the client identity services of the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36768/19]

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputies McConalogue and Cahill for giving way to let me ask a few questions. What is wrong when a sector is full of part-time farmers who must subsidise their income with income from off-farm jobs and EU payments and who still lose money year after year and yet the larger companies profit endlessly? Why is Bord Bia adopting a policy of Origin Ireland that in the event of a hard...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (17 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Department that has primary responsibility for the education of children in the care of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37028/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (17 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 596. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the data collected to assess educational outcomes for children in the care of the State; the Departments that have responsibility for collecting such data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37029/19]

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to speak on this motion. Respect and trust has been lost among the farming community, particularly in the beef sector, over the past number of months and years. In the past number of weeks, that loss of respect and trust has been borne out by the protests that are taking place. Agreement was reached at the weekend and all the farm...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: We support the Bill in principle as it seeks to establish greater consistency in the appointment and management of the guardian ad litem, GAL, service. We have, however, some concerns about some shortcomings in the Bill and are unclear on whether it complies with the Children Act. We will be bringing forward amendments on Committee Stage. One of the core requirements under the children's...

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank my colleagues for giving me the opportunity to speak, and I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing this motion before the House. Anybody from a rural community will thoroughly understand that the past eight weeks have been very difficult, not just for the farmers on the picket lines but also for the staff inside the gates and for the farming families at home who let the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (25 Sep 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a recent survey by an association (details supplied) found that, of a sample of toys purchased from third party sellers on online marketplaces, 58% were non-compliant with UK toy safety regulations and 22% had significant safety issues; and the steps she is taking to address this....