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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That was by the Italian police.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I do not reject it, because I have not seen it. My question was whether it concerned the Minister of State that a credible player like the Irish Refugee Council has withdrawn from the working group on the basis already alluded to by Senator Ó Clochartaigh. To my mind, that raises serious questions about what is going on in the working group. I have no doubt that there are other decent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I also asked about another matter. Ultimately, these decisions come back to the Minister of State. I take the point about bringing like-minded people together, which is fair enough. We need to do that urgently because we are 15 years too late, but then it comes back to the Minister of State. Some details are up for discussion about how exactly we do the right thing and that there may be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I applaud the Minister of State's faith. However, faith is one thing but there should be a determination to achieve certain results which I do not think are open for discussion. That is the point I am making. Some things are open for discussion, but others are not. I do not see how we can justify the system the Minister of State has inherited. In fact, he has clearly said we cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I, too, welcome the fact that we are having this discussion. I give credit to the Minister of State for at least enunciating the need to radically change the situation but I give most credit to the people in the asylum process who fought on the issue and demanded justice. However, before we throw bouquets at ourselves for the fact that we are discussing it, we must deliver. I hope we all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am only asking whether it is being discussed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is a pretty big one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given that the transcript has been passed on to it, I hope the group will seriously consider an amnesty as a minimum remedy for the wrong done to people. The other issue on which we have touched that is unacceptable is the veil of secrecy and lack of transparency and oversight in terms of what has been going on in direct provision centres, which have been excluded from the normal inspection...

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the recent report by the Health Information and Quality Authority into services provided by Tusla - Child and Family Agency - in County Cork, which saw 234 high risk children still waiting to be allocated a social worker; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14401/15]

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In the aftermath of the Ryan report and the appalling history of this State in terms of the history of child abuse and the failure to protect children, Tusla was set up with a great stated commitment to child protection. The HIQA report on just one administrative area details a chronic failure to adequately protect children in need of support and particularly 234 high priority cases who have...

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I heard the answer.

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The somewhat rosy picture painted by the Minister of an improving situation does not reflect the language in the report, which stated that the service was not sufficiently resourced to deliver a child centred, safe and effective service that met the needs of children and families. It further stated that there were long waiting lists at point of receipt of referral and following the...

Other Questions: Child Protection (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I simply point out to the Minister that in the category of the HIQA report where significant risk is identified, it is precisely in the area of children who are particularly vulnerable and who have been subjected to organisational and-or institutional abuse. That is what the report says. That is pretty worrying. If those figures are replicated in the other 16 administrative areas of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 428. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide details of staffing levels in Tusla-Child and Family Agency, including the number of vacancies in each area, both geographical and professional; his plans to fill these vacancies; and the time frame he has set for same. [14337/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the staffing levels in each Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services team, with details of all vacancies; and his plans for filling these vacancies. [14338/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the staffing levels at primary care level, with whole-time equivalent numbers in each area, both geographical and professional; and if he will provide a comparison to international best standards. [14339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if he will compare the current number of inpatient beds available for children with mental health difficulties here with international best standards and agreed national targets. [14340/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 547. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if he is satisfied with the progress. [14341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (15 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 548. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent inquiries by the public accounts committee into good governance in the Health Service Executive. [14342/15]

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: One would not oppose this Bill in so far as it proposes to extend free GP care to those over 70, as this is something that will benefit that age cohort. The Bill is welcome in that regard. However, this small step serves to highlight the spectacular failure of the Government to honour the promises and commitments it gave to the people in the run-in to the last general election. The Bill...