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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I think it is relevant. My understanding is that they have been paid in full.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Why pay somebody for a report if Professor Kilkelly and the board are not happy with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: If a painter came into my house, painted my ceilings and did not do a good job, he is not going to be paid. These authors did a job which was acceptable; was right and with the recommendations. The board, however, is not publishing the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Is there a way around this? Is it final that the report is not going to be published? Will there be any further meetings? Is there any arbitration that can take place so that this report can be made public?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Oberstown Children Detention Campus Operational Review Report: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Will Professor Kilkelly look at that?

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (31 Jan 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very serious issue. Unfortunately, mental health services in this State are in a very bad way. We have problems with waiting lists, staffing levels and resources, to name but a few. This is having a very direct and noticeable impact on the people who need these services. I would like to take this opportunity to tell the Minister of State...

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. JobPath is nothing more than an attempt to privatise and outsource our social welfare system, and it has been an utter disaster. These companies are only interested in making a profit and they get paid a registration fee for every jobseeker on their books. I spoke to a former employee of one of these companies and she told me staff were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (5 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the work being undertaken regarding the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs on tackling childhood obesity; if he is satisfied with the recommendations contained in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52296/18]

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I support the motion put forward by the Labour Party. It quite correctly calls for a fair start for every child in Ireland. All young people should be able to reach their potential regardless of family background and of how much money their parents have in their pockets. Unfortunately, many young people in this city and island grow up in poverty and homeless. One judges a society by how...

Fourth Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: We stood in this Chamber in March 2017 and I said the Government must to do all it could to ensure the commission had whatever resources it needed to complete its work in a timely fashion. Many Deputies, across this House, expressed their frustration with the delays but by and large, it was understood at the time. With this second delay, that frustration is now turning to anger. I am sure...

Report of Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Motion (7 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I commend the committee on its report on tackling childhood obesity, in respect of which it did a great deal of work. I also thank the various groups and organisations that came before the committee. The publication of the report is a major step forward in addressing an issue that is a ticking time bomb in terms of public health. Right now, one in four children is overweight or obese....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (12 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the establishment of a body to monitor the codes of practice on the marketing and advertising of food and non-alcoholic beverages in addition to the development of guidelines for same; the timeline for same in view of the fact that the codes will be one year old in February 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (12 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 349. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 12 December 2018, the detail of his engagement with industry representation on initiating a register of signatories to the codes of practice on the marketing and advertising of food and non-alcoholic beverages; the frequency with which he has met with representatives of the industry; when a register of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (12 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the consideration of the collated outcomes from Connect, Collaborate, Create; Co-Designing Healthier Communities, A Healthy Ireland Stakeholder Forum on the Built Environment by the relevant Departments, the national physical activity plan implementation group and the obesity policy implementation oversight group for the purposes of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan for a new emergency department and the reconfiguration of the existing department at Beaumont Hospital under Project Ireland 2040; if the overrun in spending in the national children’s hospital is expected to impact the commencement date of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6840/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (12 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan for a 20-bed purpose built cystic fibrosis inpatient facility at Beaumont Hospital under Project Ireland 2040; if the overrun in spending at the national children’s hospital is expected to impact the commencement date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6841/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (12 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Broadcast Authority of Ireland will undertake a full review of the rules dealing with food advertising to children; the process in this regard; when the revised code may take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6300/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (12 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 568. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the public consultation will commence to gather the views and suggestions of stakeholders on the way in which Ireland should approach the implementation of the provisions of the revised audiovisual media service directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6301/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Policy (13 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that robust systems are in place within Tusla to ensure child protection concerns are dealt with appropriately and suspected abuse is notified to An Garda Síochána in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6784/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child and Family Agency Policy (13 Feb 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Is the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs satisfied that robust systems are in place within Tusla to ensure child protection concerns are dealt with appropriately and that suspected abuse is notified to An Garda Síochána in a timely manner? Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?