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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for her reply. There is a role for residential care services but some of the voluntary services have raised concerns with me. They are alarmed at what they perceive to be the privatisation of the service, similar to what was done in England with disastrous consequences there. In England, there were zero-hour contracts for the staff and thus very low staff retention,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Children in Care (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. One of the voluntary services about which I am speaking is Streetline, which has been in operation for more than 30 years with really positive results. It is based in the community in the north inner city, where it has engagement with other community and youth groups, which is important for the children in its care. This service presents an alternate family situation....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Administration (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 63. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1665 of 6 September 2019, the way in which the national childcare scheme can address the further stigmatisation for persons requiring a referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43154/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Administration (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is a follow-on from an earlier question on the national childcare scheme and that it address further stigmatisation of particular women - the Minister knows to whom I am referring - when they seek a referral.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Online Safety (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 67. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she can ensure that children are protected while online; her views on whether self-regulation should not substitute the obligations of the national legislator to safeguard children; if she has consulted with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding child safety being paramount in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she can address the shortage of childcare facilities in the Dublin 7 area, the growing demographic of families that are having extreme difficulty in securing places for their children and the way in which some childcare facilities are charging perceived exorbitant up-front fees months in advance for places in the Dublin 7...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role of the board of City of Dublin Youth Service Board, CDYSB, in addressing the issues that arose in the report, Organisation Review of the City of Dublin Youth Service Board; and the implications for the delivery of youth work in the area covered by the board. [43151/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if recommendations from a working group convened by his Department to develop specific proposals for a package of health and well-being supports for former residents of mother and baby homes were included in budget 2020; if so, the supports in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she can address low pay, high staff turnover and perceived crippling administrative burdens in the early years sector through investment in line with the increased hours set out in the national childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43174/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (22 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there were provisions in budget 2020 for survivors of mother and baby homes; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Animal Experimentation (23 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken on the reports that UCC and Trinity College Dublin have been involved in experimentation on thousands of live animals each year; and his plans to deal with banning vivisection. [43664/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (23 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS has discretion to reissue driver licences to a person whose driver licence has lapsed for a time greater than the allowed period; his views on whether a holder of a full licence and competent driver who allowed their licence to lapse should not have to go through the designated number of driver lessons and the associated...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which he plans to progress the report, Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities, to ensure real community development. [43818/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: How does the Minister intend to progress the report, Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities, to ensure there will be real community development?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: We heard a presentation on community development in the AV room recently by Dr. Patricia Kelleher. She went back over the history of community development, looking at the early stages of the Land League, the Gaelic League and the co-operative movement and the forms of rural and urban community development in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. What we saw then was real community development....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Dr. Kelleher made the point that during the 1970s to the 1990s, there were really progressive civil servants who understood what community development was about. Dr. Pauline Conroy gave a critique of the five year strategy. She noted that there were 47 mentions of the word inclusion in the 52 page report. Her main point was that there has been an erosion of trust between the local...

Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The committee met this morning at 9 a.m. to consider the report, but by 10.02 a.m. the report was on Twitter and we had responses and tweets from journalists. It was 11.35 a.m., however, before Members of the Dáil received a hard copy of that report. There is an issue regarding the order in which people receive reports we are going to debate. We have all seen Deputies engaged in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry Data (24 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 15 October 2019, the number of runners, greyhounds injured, greyhounds that died or were put to sleep and the causes of the injuries and deaths in each greyhound track for the period 1 January 2019 to date in 2019, by month in tabular form. [43886/19]

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Decisions on Supervision Measures) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is an interesting Bill. I note that if it is enacted, it will allow the application of the principle of mutual recognition concerning decisions on supervision measures as an alternative to provisional detention. It will allow those accused of an offence in Ireland and released on bail to be monitored in their country of ordinary residence. The whole procedure is set out for this to be...

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It is very positive that we are having another discussion in Private Members' time on drugs. This debate follows on from a motion tabled by Deputy Joan Collins previously and one I tabled prior to that. I wish to acknowledge the work of Deputy Curran on this motion and his work on a strategy for drugs in a previous Government. This debate is opportune because of the CityWide event that...