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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 4. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the arrangements she is making to ensure that all child care workers participate in child protection training under the children first national guidelines; and if funding will be provided for in-service training similar to the arrangements for primary school teachers. [9200/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: We all agree this is a well qualified workforce with a minimum qualification of a Level 5 Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, award. We also accept ongoing education and training is vital, especially in the area of child protection. There are difficulties in retaining staff within the sector. Many providers have spoken about this. Early Childhood Ireland, ECI, showed 86% of its...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I put it to the Minister that there will be significant downstream impacts if services are unable to provide training for their staff or if the staff become so browned off with being treated as second class educators whose training is not funded that they leave the service. There is a proper requirement on all those working with children to have completed child protection training. It is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Protection (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: That is a matter for Government and should be addressed at Cabinet.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tenancies in which a 100% interest relief deduction was claimed under section 97(2K) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as inserted by section 15 of the Finance Act 2015 in each of the years since the inception of this provision; and the cost to the Exchequer in each of these years. [9211/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to ensure that companies that are awarded public works contracts do not employ persons on bogus self-employment contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9215/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will request the Office of Government Procurement to update its awarding criteria for public works contracts to require tendering companies to guarantee that persons will not be employed on bogus self-employment, zero hours or if-and-when contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9216/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the vetting process undertaken by the Office of Government Procurement as part of the public contract tendering processes to ensure that persons are not employed on bogus self-employment, zero hours or if-and-when contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9217/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person that takes parental leave in the form of one day per week is entitled to retain that pattern of work and leave (details supplied); and his plans to provide for such an entitlement. [9212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 18 January 2018, the reason for the delay in the issuing of the response; when the requested information will be supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the request from GSOC for 12 additional staff forwarded to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; the number of posts which were sought in this request; and if it accurately reflected the number of posts sought by GSOC. [9228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that companies that are awarded HSE contracts do not employ persons on zero hours or if-and-when contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the vetting process the HSE undertakes to ensure that contracted agency staff are not employed on bogus self-employment, zero hours or if-and-when contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9214/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason homes in an area (details supplied) directly under the flight path of runway 16/34 at Dublin Airport were not considered for noise insulation in view of the sustained use of this runway at night and as an alternative to the main runway in adverse weather conditions. [9132/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Homelessness Strategy (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 525 of 27 June 2017, the steps she has taken to ascertain the levels of youth homelessness amongst the LGBTI+ community; the further steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9201/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding will be provided to a service (details supplied) to cover the cost of 1% pay increases under the unwinding of FEMPI in order to ensure that the additional staffing costs do not impact service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9229/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 199. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of providing additional youth service funding to cover the cost of the pay increases resulting from the unwinding of FEMPI; the steps she is taking to ensure this does not impact service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9230/18]

Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (27 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister for coming in. The programme for Government states "We need a dynamic and innovative education system that reflects the diversity of Twenty First Century Ireland." It also speaks of a "roadmap" for a phased transfer of Catholic schools to new patrons. The problem, of course, is that the Minister has not delivered and is not delivering on that commitment. In spite of...

Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (27 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is admitting divestment has not worked. He needs to take a different approach. For example, there are ten Catholic schools in Tuam, 11 Catholic schools Castlebar, five Catholic schools in Tramore, six Catholic schools and one Church of Ireland school in Trim and eight Catholic schools in New Ross. The Minister is not prepared to support a full stream Educate Together school...

Topical Issue Debate: School Patronage (27 Feb 2018)

Róisín Shortall: -----their views. The Minister has a duty to uphold those rights.