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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Amendment No. 8 relates to staff being independent but also properly qualified. When dealing with any sort of officialdom, a person's experience is often based on the person he or she meets or engages with. He or she remembers often remembers that person, sometimes for good reasons and other times for negative reasons. It is very important that anyone who is engaged in this is trained in...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 9: In page 9, line 35, after “campaign,” to insert “in Ireland and abroad,”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 17: In page 14, to delete lines 19 to 22. This amendment relates to the six-month residency requirement. I am half surprised that it was not ruled out of order on the basis of costs, given that it addresses the same issue that we have been discussing. We do not support the inclusion of any provision that restricts applications from relevant persons who were...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I will re-examine the amendment. Maybe we have misunderstood it. I may reintroduce the amendment on Report Stage, but I will withdraw it for now.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: In relation to amendment No. 18, the wording "as soon as practicable" gives too much discretion to the chief deciding officer. There is no reason a decision cannot be reached within the time limit of 28 days, as specified in section 16(1)(a), and an additional 28 days, as specified in our amendment. Amendment No. 19 states "shall, when the applicant has reached the age of 75 years or...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: The Minister mentioned the Chief Medical Officer. Will it be standard for every applicant that it automatically goes to the Chief Medical Officer or does somebody have to appeal where they feel they should be prioritised? Can we get more detail on how that will be rolled out? It is a good point that is not just about age but could also be on medical grounds.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Okay. Thanks.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 19: In page 15, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(c) shall, when the applicant has reached the age of 75 years or older, prioritise the applicant and process within 15 days.”. I withdraw the amendment with a view potentially to bringing it back on Report Stage on the basis of that medical information.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 20: In page 16, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(c) specify the length of time said information will be stored, confirmation if at the end of this period said information will be destroyed and by what means,”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 23: In page 25, line 23, to delete “as soon as is practicable” and substitute “within 28 days”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No 24: In page 31, to delete line 16 and substitute the following: “(a) as soon as possible after the second anniversary of the establishment day, but not exceeding six months, and”. I will withdraw amendment No. 24 but intend to resubmit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 25: In page 31, to delete line 17 and substitute the following: “(b) as soon as possible after the cessation date, not exceeding six months.”. I will similarly withdraw amendment No. 25 and potentially resubmit it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 26: In page 31, to delete lines 36 and 37, and in page 32, to delete lines 1 to 3, and substitute the following: “43.(1) The Chief Deciding Officer, in consultation with the Minister may, by regulation, provide for the insertion in Schedule 1of any institution which was established for the purpose of providing maternity and infant care services and the...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Has amendment No. 26 not been ruled out of order?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: I am sorry; we discussed this one already. I will press the amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (17 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on processing delays experienced by applicants under the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56887/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm that he will meet with ECCE services in order to find a pathway forward and to avoid further service closures. [56888/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Priorities (17 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will initiate a thorough investigation in the form of a non-statutory State inquiry into illegal adoptions to determine the scale of illegal adoptions, given that the actions taken to date have fallen far short in terms of remedying this egregious violation of persons’ human and identity rights; if...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (17 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: 326. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current funding allocated to Tullow Road community centre; and when the centre can expect to receive Carlow County Council's matched funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57113/22]

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you. As I have not been speaking in the House since the Ceann Comhairle returned, I welcome him back. It is great to see him back in the Chair. I welcome the increases. At the time of the budget, I said that I welcome the changes in the means test for the fuel allowance because many people fell outside the fuel allowance by a small margin, so that is very good. The reason I want...