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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I invite Mr. Smyth to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Mr. Smyth. I invite Mr. Noble to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the witnesses for their statements. I will just briefly explain the format for questioning. Time is very limited, as we must vacate this room at 6 p.m. due to Covid regulations. I ask Deputies and Senators to address their questions to a person or persons. Five minutes are allotted for each questioner, which includes the answers, so I ask both members and witnesses to be conscious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: It is an important topic so I have tried not to be over strict on time. Before Deputy Costello commences, I ask members to indicate their wish to speak now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Is that everything Deputy Naughten?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: For people's information, the Minister of State will be before the committee next week. I am sure the committee members will be posing that question to her. Senator Flynn is the next speaker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I will ask Ms Comerford and Ms Murphy to respond and then I will pass over to Mr. Noble and Mr. Smyth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Do Mr. Noble or Mr. Smyth want to come in on this matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you, Mr. Noble. Does Mr. Smyth want to add anything to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Mr. Smyth does not work for the HSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Does Mr. Smyth or Mr. Noble want to come in on any of those points?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Does Mr. Noble want to do add anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: At this stage, I think all the questions have been asked. Like many other Deputies and Senators, I deal with this topic regularly in my constituency. The committee feels passionate about the issue and wanted to examine it as one of our first topics but we do not want to be part of a report that sits on a shelf gathering dust. I do not want to be the Chair of a committee that oversees...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (9 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: This issue relates to adult day services in the disability sector and, in particular, transport to regions in the south-east. Cumas is a service in New Ross, Wexford, and SOS is a service in Kilkenny. A situation in SOS has come to my attention. There was transport for a particular individual prior to the arrival of Covid-19. Now that the service has reopened, the person concerned is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (9 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome that response. She has been honest and sincere and I am glad she is willing to meet with the parents in the area. They will be delighted with that and it is an excellent suggestion to meet with CHO 5. I could not agree with that more. It brings them into it and, in terms of accountability for them, that might be no harm. In light of the Covid...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in the next tender bundle for its building project; if the required documentation is being prepared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42273/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes' report is 3,000 or 4,000 pages in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42247/20]

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, for introducing this legislation and for all the work he does in the area of housing and homelessness. We are approaching Christmas and it is a time for family and a special time for children in particular. The Peter McVerry Trust predicts that approximately 2,642 children will experience Christmas without a home. That means there will be nowhere...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Residential Institutions (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 401. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional supports that will be available to survivors of mother and baby homes (details supplied); the services over and above the national counselling service that will be available to survivors of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43206/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (15 Dec 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 402. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all childcare service providers must adhere to health and safety and fire safety regulations to be able to re-register in 2019 for the coming year; if he will consider allowing providers to use these funds towards other important capital improvements to their facilities in this round; and...