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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 73. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the dismantling of targeted schemes that are being replaced by the new national childcare scheme will have a negative impact for thousands of children from disadvantaged and marginalised families and that many children will consequently receive fewer supports than they received under the CCS-P; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (17 Dec 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 328. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to safeguard rural pharmacies against planned fee changes due to come into affect in January 2020; and if the planned fee changes will be postponed until negotiations with the pharmacy sector are concluded in view of the commitment given to the negotiations. [52553/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Dec 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide soluble paracetamol to medical card patients. [52554/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: We appreciate the Minister coming before us. I welcome the programme support payment, which is a good thing. I really hope it is €1,500 and that some places will not end up getting less that the €1,500. It sounds like-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes, but that is what I am concerned about. Will it just be €500 for some people and not be of much benefit to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I do welcome it, however, because I feel the meeting is supposed to be solution focused. There are lots of things we could say but we must stay focused on the solutions. Deputy Sherlock asked many of the questions I was going to ask had regarding the programme support payment. People will get this payment automatically by the 28 December. They will not have to go and fill in forms or make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Insurance Cover for Crèches: Discussion (18 Dec 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: As I have often said at these meetings, the members of this committee are the voices of the people we represent in the early years and childcare sector on this issue, and not just our own constituents. There is total panic this week. It always seems to land on the shoulders of the workers and providers in the early years and childcare areas. They always seem to get the wrong end of...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I raise the issue of children with additional needs who might rely on special needs assistants, SNAs, or even resource hours. I refer to children with autism. What supports are currently in place for them as it is a very difficult time for them and their families? Routine is very important, particularly around autism, but these children's lives have been turned upside down. What supports...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (Resumed) (23 Apr 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I just wanted to put that on the record.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I am taking seven minutes and Deputy Martin Browne and Deputy Carthy will take four minutes each. We will do our questions and answers within each of our time slots. Among the matters I wish to raise are the logistical issues with the wage subsidy scheme. Some of them have been mentioned already. Sole traders, for example, seem to be outside this category. It is ironic for them...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Could we have individual replies?

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I am conscious that I am eating into my colleague's time.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I will hand over to Deputy Martin Browne.

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be granted the July provision in 2020; and if not, the reason for not being granted the provision which will assist them greatly. [4188/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (13 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been rejected by the hardship scheme without explanation or notice; and if he will request a review of their case and application for the hardship scheme. [4189/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 575. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4493/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (13 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 1113. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of child sexual abuse allegations that were deemed founded or unfounded in 2018. [4847/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (13 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 1119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a childcare centre (details supplied) received an email from her Department regarding extending its contracts until August 2020 in view of the fact all services usually sign its agreements in the summer as the centre did in July 2019; if the case of the childcare centre will be reviewed to ensure it does not miss out on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 1120. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there was budgetary underspending by her Department specifically on early years in the four years prior to 2016; and if so, the amount in each year. [5009/20]