Results 821-840 of 1,061 for speaker:Séamus McGrath
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I am just caught for time. Sorry, I do not mean to be rude. If they were not closed because of Covid-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: -----why are we focusing on the Covid period?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: So other potential flags that could not be raised.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I refer to a report in The Irish Times in relation to blacklisted care providers and internal discussions within Tusla to go back to using some of these blacklisted providers. In one case fake Garda vetting documents were supplied and so on. How many blacklisted suppliers are we talking about in terms of the discussions that were undertaken within Ms Duggan's organisation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Again, I am just caught for time, but is Ms Duggan at this point in time confirming that as regards all the providers Tusla is using in relation to, say, concerns previously highlighted, it is satisfied that-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I have one final question, Chair, if I may.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: In relation to children and the welfare issues, are there currently open cases where children had previously come into contact with Ms Duggan's organisation where it is currently unable to trace those children?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: There would not be any outside the category of international protection - children-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank the witnesses.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: It is a significant increase, yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: That is primarily the age group. Are some younger than 16?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Tusla - the Child and Family Agency (2 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: So four, and I presume we are talking about teenage years.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I very much welcome the establishment of the housing activation office. This idea came from the work of the Housing Commission. The Minister took it on board and brought forward his own proposals in relation to it, and that is very welcome. As he says, working under the one roof and having the various forms of expertise from the local authority sector, the utilities sector, the Department...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank the Minister for his update on the work of the office. I want to get a sense of the work plan over the coming months of the office and the level of activity that will be undertaken in trying to unblock some of these barriers. I ask the Minister to clarify when he feels that the head person of that office will be in place to lead it and the very important work it undertakes.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Business of Joint Committee (9 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for raising this on the tenth anniversary. It was an absolute tragedy and an unspeakable tragedy with the loss of life and the impact on families. That impact continues, obviously. In many ways it is a byword for lack of progress on Traveller issues around accommodation and supports. As others have said, we have to continually remember what happened and use...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I thank everyone from Tusla for being here. I apologise as I am also on the public accounts committee so I am in and out a little bit. I thank the officials for all the work they do. From the opening statement, it is obvious there is a lot of good work being done and also an acknowledgment of the marginalisation issue within the Traveller community. It is welcome to see that level of...
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Is this a relatively new initiative? It is.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Okay. Tusla is trying to improve the model, the operation and the effectiveness.
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Picking up on Deputy McCormack's point, the agency intends for some of these community link workers to come from the Travelling communities. Is that correct?
- Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)
Séamus McGrath: That is very good. It reinforces the point about the power of education. The key point is Tusla is empowering and enabling the Travelling community. It is not about handing out supports but about enabling members of the community to improve their own position in society. You cannot beat the power of enabling people to be able to do that themselves. I commend the agency on that work. It...