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Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Order, please.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Amendment No. 2 is related to amendments Nos. 9, 10 and 13 to 15, inclusive and the amendments may be discussed together.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: We must adjourn at this stage. I might outline at this stage who has indicated to speak. I suggest when we recommence after Private Members' business that the Deputies get the opportunity to speak in the same order. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan was next, followed by Deputies Ó Snodaigh, Wallace, Higgins and Stanley, and Deputy Mathews.

Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I will leave it to Deputy Higgins to invite them.

Message from Select Committee (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: The Select Sub-Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011 and has made amendments thereto.

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an all girls' school will get four hours per week learning support, for each mainstream post compared to five hours per week for mixed schools and all boys' schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40074/11]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the post of administrative principal in DEIS 2 schools will be retained following changes announced as part of budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40076/11]

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS 2 schools will be subject to mainstream staffing schedules as a result of changes announced in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40077/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify if it is the base school which needs the 15 hours to retain the full time special education needs resource post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40078/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (14 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full time learning support posts a school is entitled to if they have 28 allocation hours as a result of budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40079/11]

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will establish a State commission to inquire into child protection practices in church dioceses in order to give a voice to the victims of child abuse that the church and State failed over the years in order to deal with the issue comprehensively and provide closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40762/11]

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister for her response on this matter. The six reports published by the National Board for Safeguarding Children two weeks ago outlined once again the abuse that many children had to suffer in this country in recent years. In regard to the six dioceses, that abuse was within the Catholic Church. The national board's report and work is commendable and welcome in the sense...

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: For those victims who were failed and let down by both the church and the State, whenever the abuse took place, it is critical that their voices are heard and that they can be given closure by an assessment of how they were let down at the time, so that this can be properly examined. The Minister's response to the publication of the six reports, of which the Raphoe report particularly stood...

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I urge the Minister to consider setting up a commission which will, from the State's point of view, look into what happened and how the State failed those children, as they were at the time, and allow their voice to be heard, so we are not failing them once again.

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: We will deal with the HSE in a further question coming down the line. In fact, we have been waiting for that for six years. However, I disagree entirely with the Minister that we should be waiting any longer and that those victims, who were abused and who were outlined in the reports we received in the past few weeks, should have to wait. The public, members of the church and, in...

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: In particular, the report on Raphoe shows how victims were failed in the past. Those people should not have to wait for other reports on which we have been waiting already for years. It demands immediate action.

Commissions of Inquiry (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: I ask that the Minister set up a commission which can deal with and take on board the HSE audit when it comes out and also further reports from the national board.

Children in Care (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for providing special care services for vulnerable children within the State in view of recent Health Information Quality Authority reports into the Gleann Álainn Special Care Unit and previous HIQA reports into Coovagh House and Ballydowd Special Care units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40763/11]

Children in Care (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Unfortunately, the events in the report by HIQA into Gleann Álainn are not isolated. The report is consistent with other HIQA reports into the State's other two special care units. Just last week, HIQA published the report on Gleann Álainn finding it in a state of crisis. HIQA declared Ballydowd special care unit unfit for purpose in 2009. The HSE committed to closing it down, yet it...

Child Protection (15 Dec 2011)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update in relation to the Health Service Executive audit of child protection practices in church dioceses; the date on which the report will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40299/11]