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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome everyone to the meeting. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the place that Parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, to participate in public meetings, so I cannot permit a member to participate where they are not adhering to that constitutional requirement. Any member who attempts to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: That is a good note to finish on because I think we all agree that we do not want to see any money unspent. I should have said at the start that we had apologies from Deputies Sherlock and Cairns, and that Deputy Tully is substituting for Deputy Ward. I call Deputy Costello.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We will return for the response after the vote in the Dáil Chamber.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: There is a lot in that. Does the Minister of State wish to touch on some of that?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: You can decide among yourselves as to whatever you think is best.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: The Deputy has to conclude.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: A vote has been called.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We have two minutes if the Minister or Minister of State wishes to respond. We will revert to the matter afterwards.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We will suspend until after the vote.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We are resuming in public session. Hopefully, we will get through it this time. We were on the answers to Deputy Murnane O'Connor. I ask the Minister of State to please continue.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I thought the Deputy was going to say that is it.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I call Deputy Michael Moynihan.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: That concludes all our questions, the vast majority of which were outside of the remit of the Revised Estimates. I am aware of that in case anyone thought otherwise. I felt it was appropriate given that this was our first opportunity to discuss disability, which has been something the committee has sought for so long. The Minister has always been really good when we have brought up issues...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Message to Dáil (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2022: Vote 40 - Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: The Deputy can ask the question and we can get the reply when we return from the vote.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: We will resume with the Minister of State's response to Deputy Costello's question.

Final Report of the Joint Committee on International Surrogacy: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: I am absolutely delighted to get the chance to speak on this. I welcome all of the advocates and remind them that today is one of their days and that we are here because of them and because of the work they do. There should be no mistake about that. We are here because of the pressure they, as parents, put on in standing up for their children and because of the help of Senator Seery...