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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: What is the witnesses' opinion of the study? It indicates that voluntary arrangements have fewer safeguards and protections for the rights of children and parents. What is the opinion of the witnesses on voluntary care arrangements? Do parents get legal advice? There were parts of the report that were pretty damning of Tusla, indicating a "soft coercion" of parents that if they did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I also hope it would not. Is there a reliance on voluntary care orders within Tusla? It emerged from the report that serious consideration should be given to a time limit on voluntary care arrangements but that does not seem to be the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: How long are we talking about? What is the ideal scenario in voluntary care if we are to see reunification of a child and the parents?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Mr. Gloster says he has seen it for a long term. I am very concerned if parents are not being given legal advice. That would be a serious issue. That would ring alarm bells for me. Parents might have been suffering from substance abuse who are now on the right track or there could be mental health issues. As an agency, Tusla should give all the supports so that the parents know what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Are the views of a child in a voluntary arrangement taken into account?

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I could have copied and pasted the speech I gave last year on this issue because the only change since then is that the number affected has increased. There are now almost 4,000 homeless children in this State. That is the Ireland the Government has created, where the better off prosper while those who must do without suffer. The figures do not account for the homeless families who...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: As the Taoiseach is aware, an ongoing drugs feud in the Coolock area has cost five lives. Last June, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Finian McGrath, and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, all visited Coolock and announced that 30 new gardaí would...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Coolock is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: Discussion with Minister of State (28 Nov 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome the Minister of State and I hope that he will be able to do something that he has failed to do so far. I would like him to assure me, members of the public and, most important, the men and women of the Defence Forces that he has an understanding of what is happening, is listening and accepts that the situation in the Defence Forces has reached crisis stage. I have a list of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (3 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the community relations unit by rank in the Dublin metropolitan region north to date in 2019. [49846/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (3 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí based at stations (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49842/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (3 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the drugs unit in the R district of the Dublin metropolitan region north division in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [49843/19]

Environmental Impact of Quarries and Incinerators: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: I will speak in favour of the Sinn Féin motion. Illegal dumping is a scourge in many communities. In my own constituency, illegal dumping has spiralled out of control. Local residents are at their wits' end as they see rubbish appearing daily on their greens, in alleyways and beside public bins. No one is held accountable. Illegal operators act with near impunity and it is the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: A lot of matters have already been covered but I want to talk to the witnesses about the helpline. They are telling us the helpline remains open. To date, how many calls have been received?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: That is just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: There is no indication of numbers to the Tusla helpline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Was there an increase in the number of calls after the airing of the "Prime Time" programme? Can Mr. Begley provide that data-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: The most recent one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Can Mr. Begley tell me how many calls were-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)

Denise Mitchell: Yes.