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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: How many of the files have gone to An Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: They are all open files.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Mr. Begley, as the new safeguarding manager in Scouting Ireland, cannot tell me how many files that are open on his desk are with the State authorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: How many have gone to An Garda Síochána and to Tusla?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Perhaps Mr. Tennant can give me the figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Of course, it is because behind every file is a child.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: However, behind every child is also a parent who wants to know if the matter has been dealt with by the right authority. I asked the question to allow Mr. Tennant to give me comfort and confidence that he knows how many files have gone where, but he clearly cannot give me those figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I ask Mr. Tennant to give me the number.

Scouting Ireland: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I am sharing time with Deputy O'Loughlin. I thank the Minister for her most welcome statement. There were undoubtedly failures in previous decades as highlighted in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme entitled, Scouts Dishonour. However, the programme also outlined details of a case involving an alleged abuser who was reported to the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland in the 1980s and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The question was about children.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The Taoiseach should use the word "children". He should make it real. They are called children.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: He knows that is twisting it. Withdraw the consultation.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering putting in place support measures for parents in cases in which a crèche has been deregistered; and the measures being taken to increase supply in childcare. [51843/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs considering putting in place support measures for parents in cases where a crèche has been deregistered and what measures have been taken to increase the supply of childcare? I have put forward this question because I met with parents last week from Hyde and Seek in Glasnevin with Councillor Mary Fitzpatrick.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I suppose really my question was about what the Minister is considering and what the Department is considering. The Minister talks about locality and fast-tracking. I am aware of the issues because I met two of the providers in the area. They do not have the capacity. Capacity is at a premium, to be honest. I am looking for a commitment from the Minister today on how Tusla, the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The bottom line is that the current childcare sector is in crisis. We have a capacity crisis. I appreciate the good work and what went online in the past week. It is welcome to identify where there is availability in these areas. That is a welcome move. However, it does not address the position that these parents find themselves in. We are three weeks out from 1 January and in the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 51. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the public consultation process on the draft childminding action plan will be extended in order to facilitate childminders who have attended focus groups in relation to the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51844/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the public consultation process on the draft childminding action plan will be extended in order to facilitate childminders who have attended focus groups in respect of the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Although approximately 19,000 childminders currently operate in Ireland, only 81 of them are registered. One child in ten aged between zero and 12 years of age is cared for by a childminder. When one looks at the preschool children where non-parental care is used, almost one third of these children are cared for by childminders. If we want childcare to be affordable and accessible,...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (10 Dec 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The reason that question was tabled is that childminders who approached me stated that the consultation had finished when the draft plan was released. They felt that they had not enough time to engage on it. The childminders do not want academia to write the report. They want it to be childminding-child led. Childminding, as opposed to a centre-based setting, is a completely different...