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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Dr. Duvvury. If nobody else wishes to come in on Deputy Sherlock's points I will move on.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Do Ms Baxter or Ms Duffy want to come in on the questions?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: The Deputy asked a number of questions. We will start with Dr. Duvvury, who will be followed by Ms La Combre and anyone else who wants to come in.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Do Ms Baxter or Ms Duffy wish to make any closing comments?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I should say again, as I did at the start, that IBEC had a scheduling issue today and, to be fair to them, it is possible that representatives were not able to make it due to diary commitments. It is proposed to publish the opening statements on the Oireachtas website. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the members and witnesses for attending the meeting.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I was very much taken by Dr. Duvvury's contributions. I could listen to her all day. We do not hear very much about the point she made in her statement about the tendency among people who have experienced domestic violence to minimise it. They tend to feel that it was not that bad, that they had a lucky escape or that it was worse for a previous person. We do not talk about that part of...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance that her Department can provide a person (details supplied). [52812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding increases, if any, have been made to the Early Childhood Care and Education scheme since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53921/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of profitability for sessional services funded via the Early Childhood Care and Education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53923/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the circumstance of the closure of a school (details supplied) in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are available to services, either private or community, to support them with financial sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53925/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Early Learning and Care services that have engaged with County Childcare Committees in relation to financial sustainability in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53922/22]

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: The Minister was left with an awful lot of the legacy issues. The cynical part of me thinks that other Ministers did not mind leaving stacks of files on their desk for somebody else to deal with. I acknowledge that the Minister has dealt with many of the outstanding issues relating to the mother and baby institutions. We have not always agreed and, in fact, we have disagreed on many of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the Road Safety Authority to issue an appointment for a person (details supplied). [54545/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving tests currently booked in County Carlow with the Road Safety Authority; the number that have been delayed for a period of one, two and six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54546/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the reinstatement of the Bus Éireann service for Callan, County Kilkenny, given the significant impact that the withdrawal of the X7 Bus Éireann service is having in this rural constituency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55138/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Prices (8 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by butchery businesses that rely heavily on refrigeration to operate their companies, in order to comply with the highest standards of food safety and hygiene, food production, processing, manufacturing and packaging, which all require a large amount of electricity; the steps that his Department has taken...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (8 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 762. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Adoption Authority is currently in a position to respond to applications for information under the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022 within 30 days; and if not, the reason for same. [54739/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (8 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 763. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla is currently in a position to respond to applications for information under the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022 within 30 days; and if not, the reason for same. [54740/22]