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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 807. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that information sources holding records pertaining to illegal adoptions, particularly instances in which no adoption order exists, will be compelled under the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 to transfer their records to the Adoption Authority of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (28 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 808. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the issue of the more than 2,000 persons that were exported from Ireland to America for adoption from the 1940s to the 1970s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9659/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Authority of Ireland (28 Feb 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 809. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will reinstate the stakeholder adoption advisory groups established by her predecessor (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 268. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit more speech and language and occupational therapists for the community services, specifically to provide more sessions for children who are currently in receipt of services and those who are on waiting lists for such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10611/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Prevention (1 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce amending legislation to the Child Care Act 1991 to address the fact that there is no specific provision within the Act to provide for Tusla to conduct assessments of abuse perpetrated against children, which was raised at the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs recently; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (2 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses and apartments that will be built and turnkey ready in Limerick city in 2017 excluding void figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10811/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (2 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage of new social housing builds that will be suitable for and allocated to single persons in Limerick city in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10813/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (2 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the percentage of social housing allocations to homeless persons and families in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 179. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's future plans for the laundry department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10792/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (2 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 180. To ask the Minister for Health when construction work will commence on the redeveloped St. Mary's Hospital and Boyne View House expansion project in Drogheda, County Louth; the overall cost of the project; the timeframe for the completion of the work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation Provision (2 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 181. To ask the Minister for Health when construction work will commence on the development of a new residential care facility for older persons at St. Brigid's complex, Ardee, County Louth; the overall cost of the project; the timeframe for the completion of the work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (2 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 380. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons in receipt of aftercare support who are not engaged in training or education; the number in full-time or part-time employment; the actions her Department and Tusla are taking to encourage and support labour market activation for those young persons not currently in employment; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Childcare Subvention Programme (7 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: 831. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to the concerns raised by the community child care sector that the proposed new affordable childcare scheme will reduce the support for school going children of parents that are unemployed; if there is consideration of this in the drafting of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11931/17]

Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to Disability Service in the South East and Related Matters): Motion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Go raibh maith agat a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Mar a dúirt an Teachta Jim Daly, tá sé deacair dúinn go léir tuiscint cad a tharla do Grace agus do na páistí eile a bhí sa teach léi. I believe that we are all struggling to find the language but first we must ensure that the commission gets up and running and that its terms of reference are as they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Mr. Finlay started off by saying that Grace and the babies in Tuam have taught us a lesson. Sadly, we need to listen to this lesson. That is the first message. I first came into the Dáil in 1998, around the time the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was established. There was an apology from the Taoiseach of the time and so on. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Chairman is right to raise the money issue. It is one we need to examine and make sure that whatever is set up brings the maximum amount of benefit for vulnerable children out of whatever money is available. That goes without saying. There is a broader issue about the cost of legal systems in general, which is much broader than our committee's remit, but the enormous amounts of money...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I do not want to repeat anything that has been said. When I spoke in the Chamber I referred to social workers and called on everyone to support the provision of enough resources to ensure that children in care have a social worker. From what the Minister has said, it may not be so much a resource issue as a recruitment issue.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: I had intended to ask about the rate of turnover. I do not know how much data the Minister has on the length of time people stay in the service or whether they move on quickly. I shall comment on recruitment. I personally know people who studied social work in college and, at a later stage, undertook counselling courses or moved into another area because they found social work very...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes. I made a point about older workers. I presume the Minister will make an effort to attract older workers back to the service.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Revised) (8 Mar 2017)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are quite a number of qualified people who do not work in the system.