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Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: The final issue-----

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: That is fine. The final issue is that one of the most basic rights of a child in terms of child protection is a roof over their head. Page 44 of the report deals with homelessness. It is utterly inadequate. It states that homeless liaison was established in October 2015 to ensure Tusla meets its statutory obligations and organisational objectives in the area of homelessness. How many...

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is there just one person acting as a liaison?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Presumably, it is during office hours and not at night when issues-----

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: I take Mr. McBride's point completely that not every child who does not have a permanent home is not in a loving family. I accept all that. However, he will understand that I consider children and homelessness to be the lightest part of what is an otherwise good report.

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: While that is a policy issue, I have come to the same conclusion as Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: There are Tusla workers and community employment workers in some of the resource centres around the country.

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Does that include the Youthreach programme run by Education and Training Boards, ETBs?

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: That is run by ETBs.

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Tusla is not involved in funding Youthreach, which is an Education and Training Board project. It is separate from what Tusla does.

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: For youth services and Youthreach but that is not related to Tusla.

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Programme.

Public Accounts Committee: Tusla - Financial Statements 2016 (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: Does the committee agree to dispose of the 2016 financial statement for Tusla? Agreed. On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts I again apologise for the late start and thank all the witnesses from Tusla and the Department along with the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for participating in the meeting and for the materials supplied today.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 173. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Services (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the accident and emergency departments in hospitals throughout the country in respect of which reports or plans have been drafted regarding changing the services available in these departments; the status of such plans and reports in draft or in final form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44555/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44649/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 436. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the circumstances and the criteria of the persons issued with a 1916 centenary commemorative medal during the centenary commemorations; if medals were issued to retired members of the Defence Forces (details supplied); his plans to issue 1916 medals to those persons notwithstanding certificates issued on Veterans Day in the Curragh to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Expenditure (25 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs incurred by An Garda Síochána and his Department in 2016 and to date in 2017 in respect of the examination and the proposal to re-open Stepaside garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (25 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the national criteria and the process and procedures involved in respect of examination of emergency departments in hospitals throughout the country in which services are being reviewed; the number of emergency departments being considered as part of this review; the criteria for selecting particular emergency departments for review; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (25 Oct 2017)

Seán Fleming: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will re-examine the decision by the committee for physical and sensory disability to reduce the hours of a personal assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45241/17]