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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I move amendment No. 23: In page 10, line 22, after “subsection (1)” to insert the following: “, which reasons must relate to the Data Protection Regulation and/or the Data Protection Act 2018 and/or legal professional privilege.”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I wish to make a few concluding remarks on this matter. I was genuinely disappointed that amendment No. 2, which went to the heart of the Bill, was ruled out of order. It spoke to the reason the guardian ad litemsystem exists in the first instance. I understand and accept the point the Minister has made about a child who might not want to have a guardian ad litemor about straightforward...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (5 Nov 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; the reason for the delay for the person not receiving Spinraza; if the person's parent will be liaised with regarding the issue in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44785/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Nov 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if transport will be provided for a child (details supplied) transitioning to adult services at a centre in County Carlow. [44786/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Budgets (5 Nov 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 997. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of funding announced in budget 2020 (details supplied); the amount allocated to each stream; the way in which funding for each stream is to be dispensed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44754/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (5 Nov 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be reviewed regarding a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [44751/19]

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

Kathleen Funchion: Before I address Mr. Gloster, I want to note that I had reason to contact Mr. Lee over the summer and I thank him for his assistance with the matter I raised with him. I have opened with that because I genuinely believe I am the type of person who acknowledges work when it is done.

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

Kathleen Funchion: Our guests may perceive some of my comments as negative, but I see them as constructive criticism. I do not have a huge amount of confidence in Tusla as it currently exists. I am just being 100% honest. It is a very toxic organisation. I am glad Mr. Gloster used the word "defensive" because that has been my experience and that of people who contact me. Part of our duty on this committee...

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

Kathleen Funchion: I will be careful with the second set of questions. If I am steering off course, the Chairman might put me back on track.

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

Kathleen Funchion: Is there any independent review or appeal process in place within Tusla if somebody is not happy with the outcome of a case? Take the example of a birth mother who has restricted supervised access to her child for maybe one hour a week. I will group the questions together if that is okay. Is there any independent process in place at the moment which would allow such a case to be reviewed...

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

Kathleen Funchion: Okay. That might be easier.

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

Kathleen Funchion: That is good.

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

Kathleen Funchion: That is fair enough.

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

Kathleen Funchion: I know that. I am just interested in Mr. Gloster's opinion on it really.

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

Kathleen Funchion: Will I go on to the next set-----

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

Kathleen Funchion: On the other issue, we had a discussion at the committee during the summer and there was a lot of talk about closing facilities and whether there was the power to do that. Is there ever a situation, and what might that situation be, whereby if a decision were taken to close a crèche, it would be the case that if somebody had a criminal conviction, he or she could then get to a situation...

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

Kathleen Funchion: Parents feel very disconnected from this. They have said they used the numbers provided the last time but felt that they were not really getting anywhere. That is the big issue and that is why I have raised the matter.

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

Kathleen Funchion: Perhaps there could be a way of following up on that part of it

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

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Mr. Lee.

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

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Mr. Gloster.