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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Have the parents in these crèches been notified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Of the 41, is any report being published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Mr. Lee can see that from the parents' point of view they are being kept in the dark.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I am not saying that Tusla is keeping them in the dark but from the parents' point of view, the narrative here is that they are continuously being kept in the dark. Parents who are not working this morning and are tuned into this meeting can hear the conversation about how to check the registration and so forth, but providers will not go out of their way to tell them that, particularly the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Under the regulation of 2016, it is supposed to be 21 days. We also understand that due to the legal framework around it the 21 days is not worth the paper it is written on because it does not exist. That is a comment more than anything else. It is my understanding that Tusla's risk rating of high is broken down into the categories of H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6 and H7. How does Tusla break...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I will pick up on the point Mr. Lee mentioned regarding continuous oversight and scrutiny. Is that a desktop scrutiny? How is it carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Aside from the H1, H2 and so forth, does Tusla have its own internal risk rating? Of the 595, we ended up with 41 rated high. Tusla must have an internal risk rating. What is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Are the crèche owners, providers and managers aware of this? How does Tusla communicate to the childcare provider that Tusla has its risk rating? We have regulation. As was said at the last committee meeting, regulation is one thing, the regulator is another and enforcement of the regulations is something else. When Tusla does its inspection, how does the childcare provider know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Bear with me for a moment, Chairman. Clearly, it is low, medium and high. Do the services that are in the medium bracket know exactly what the tipping point is, bar fire safety and so forth, between medium and high? I would like to know for a parent.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Process (12 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 80. To ask the Taoiseach the number of recommendations for money messages signed by him supporting the expenditure of public funds proposed by a Private Members' Bill in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of recommendations that were refused; and the category under which they were refused (details supplied). [45894/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (12 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will be carried out of a SUSI grant application by a person (details supplied). [46040/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of home help hours has been curtailed in some counties due to an embargo on the use of external agencies; if so, when the embargo came into place; when it will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46222/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (13 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the 41 crèches deemed critical by a person (details supplied) during the engagement by Tusla with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs on 6 November 2019, by categories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46778/19]

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Independents 4 Change for bringing forward the motion and our spokesperson for sharing time. I will discuss the practicalities of this issue. The Minister of State's office and mine have communicated very well for the past number of weeks and months about this issue. There is an issue in my local community healthcare organisation, CHO 2, at present and I know of six patients...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Bodies Reports (19 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 581. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the latest progress report from an organisation (details supplied) which was due on 30 October 2019 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47480/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Inspections (19 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 584. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that three of the four crèches (details supplied) are at the highest level and final stages of enforcement which includes proposals to remove and prosecute; the plans in place to facilitate families discommoded if the crèches are closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees (19 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 585. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans being developed by her for cases in which a crèche has had its registration removed and parents have no other childcare options; the way in which she plans to facilitate the discommoded families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47854/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (19 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 586. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the powers Tusla has sought to strengthen the early years inspectorate; when such powers will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Sector (19 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 587. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering the introduction of a compulsory requirement to compel early years providers to display their certificate of registration; if such a requirement can be introduced by way of a Ministerial order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47856/19]