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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Workers Recruitment (6 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 1730. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on the most recent Tusla social worker recruitment drive; the length of time the recruitment drive ran for; and the number of social workers employed as a result. [36944/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (6 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 1731. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on car travel mileage by Tusla crèche inspectors in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [36945/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (6 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 1771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in one year to roll out the hot meals programme to all children of State run primary schools which have cooking and kitchen facilities. [36946/19]

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: The Child Care Act 1991 is currently the primary legislation governing the welfare of children who are in need of care and protection. That Act recognises the principle that it is generally in the best interests of a child to be brought up in his or her own family. We welcome the progress made with the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019 and the Minister's acknowledgement that the current...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (19 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding withdrawn from childcare subvention programme, CCSP, services via Pobal compliance visits during the full contract year from 2018 until the end of August 2019; and the number of services nationwide that have had funding cut during that timeframe accordingly. [38018/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (19 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have had their childcare subvention programme, CCSP, funding cut either partially or fully via Pobal compliance visits in the past full contract year 2018 up until the end of August 2019. [38019/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Maternity Leave (19 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40 and €50 per week, respectively, while extending maternity benefit by two, three, four, five and six weeks, respectively, based on most recent maternity leave uptake numbers in tabular form. [38017/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (24 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors, paralegal and administrative staff participating on the free Legal Aid Board by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/19]

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: It is a little like Groundhog Day here as we discuss the issue again of the two-tier system that currently exists in our education system for children who have additional needs. I have two boys and if I decided not to send them to school, the educational welfare officer would contact me after 20 days to ask me why I had not sent my kids to school. If, however, a child with an additional...

Report on Relationships and Sexuality Education: Motion (26 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this report. I also pay tribute to the Chair the committee, Deputy O'Loughlin. It is always difficult to chair any committee but particularly so for this topic with all the witnesses who came in and out. It is important to put that on the record. It is really good to be here for a debate that is positive and in which people are welcoming something....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in authorising the treatment abroad scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39294/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 and 228 of 19 September 2019, the number of registrations of children the total amount of overclaimed funding represents which was identified by Pobal as €3.2 million in CCS and €2.5 million in CCSP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39419/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Care (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions in place for community care homes in County Kilkenny facing a deficit in 2019. [39422/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Care (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if community care homes are part of Sláinte care. [39423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Care (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to set up a national fund to help community care homes with the cost of improvements and upgrades as a result of HIQA visits. [39424/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I have a number of questions and wish to make some points. I am not sure what experience the delegates have of CAMHS, but I have experience of filling in a referral form and it was like doing a thesis in college. I am torn when it comes to discussions about CAMHS because we need far more resources and bodies on the ground, but there is also a need for complete reform of how CAMHS deals with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: There needs to be far more consistency in that regard. As Dr. Dodd must be aware, the south east has severe difficulty with CAMHS and staff resigning due to not being able to cope with being unable to help the people waiting, and I would be shocked if what Dr. Dodd outlined happens there. Even getting on the waiting list can be very difficult and a cohort of people will slip through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I have some observations on prevention. People have a range of difficulties, some which are severe. So much could be done in respect of prevention, not least at school level. A major issue I always raise is that the school system is far too academic and pressurised. When kids join junior and senior infants, they tend to love school, but by the time they have finished, they cannot wait to...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: As the party spokesperson on children and youth affairs, I will focus on that area of the budget initially and then will raise some other points. While some of the parts of the children and youth affairs budget are welcome, unfortunately it was lacking in many other areas, especially in the detail on the early years and childcare sector. We need a radical new approach for the early years...