Results 561-580 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (11 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 805. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a supervised residential unit (details supplied) in Letterkenny, County Donegal will be reopened; and if her attention has been drawn to the distress that this prolonged closure has caused. [17697/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Employment Initiative (11 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 811. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the evaluation of the youth employability initiative; when she expects to receive the report of the evaluation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18087/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 812. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the proposed review of the youth service grant scheme; the purpose and timetable for this review; if she will ensure consultation and engagement with the youth work sector throughout the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18088/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Expenditure Reviews (11 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 813. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions of her Department with regard to the comprehensive spending review announced in October 2016, including engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; her plans to review specific budget lines as part of this review and if so which; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18089/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The news that broke on Tuesday was of extreme concern to the people of Cork. There was nobody available from the CAMHS teams to see anyone who presented in Cork city last Monday. If a child presented as self-harming or suicidal at the accident and emergency departments of either the Mercy Hospital or Cork University Hospital, there was no psychiatrist there to see them. That situation...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I recognise it is likely that every effort is being made to ensure that priorities are being well managed. However, the reality is that we are dealing with an inadequately resourced service. Consequently, as much as the HSE can try to manage priorities, the position is that staff are being stretched too thin. I am particularly concerned about the implications if this arises in an accident...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (2 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names of the new companies that have taken on contracts for direct provision centres in the past 24 months; and the names of the companies which they have taken over these contracts from. [19584/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (2 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of local training initiatives across the State. [19583/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (2 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1445. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has held interviews for the position of manager at the Cleary House supervised residential unit in Letterkenny, County Donegal, that has been closed since May 2016. [20065/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (2 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1447. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of duty and intake workers under the employment of Tusla in County Donegal for each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [20118/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (3 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing ten new Garda youth diversion projects; and the estimated full year cost of running these projects. [20995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (3 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost per child of introducing a baby box scheme similar to that operating in Scotland. [20998/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Cyber Security Policy (3 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 296. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of establishing a digital safety officer inclusive of a required staff team; and the estimated full year cost of running such an office. [20994/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (3 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of establishing ten new family resource centres; and the estimated full year cost of running these centres. [20996/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (3 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the full year cost of employing an aftercare worker. [20997/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the committees for the work they are doing. They provide an important link between the Department and Government generally as well as a diverse range of services, large and small, urban and rural. One element of the commentary at the start of the announcement of the affordable child care scheme made the point that this was the form of child care that was the most suitable for many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: City and County Child Care Committees: Discussion (3 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I inquired about the childminding issue.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is a category of people who are caught out because their incomes are too high for local authority housing and too low to access mortgages. They attend our clinics every week and there are, unfortunately, very few options for them. Very little is being done for this category of people and it is deeply frustrating. Action is required. The cost rental model is one of the things that...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Does the Taoiseach want credit for that?

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Taoiseach should have some faith.