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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I ask the witnesses to make any concluding remarks they want to make.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Sincere thanks for coming in, for the presentations and for the issues raised with and the questions posed to us because they are issues we will consider. Brexit is one of the main issues for us as a committee. There are other issues as well with regard to the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, but particularly between now and March, we will focus Brexit, and we will continue to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: We are now moving into the second session which is a discussion with representatives of the Children's Rights Alliance. We are joined by Ms Tanya Ward, chief executive officer of the Children's Rights Alliance, and Ms Saoirse Brady, the legal and policy adviser. I thank them both for being so patient and I also thank them for being with us today. I invite them to give their opening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes, we will come back to it. Was Deputy Breathnach indicating?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Does Ms Ward want to make any concluding remarks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: On the child protection and child abduction proposal, with the agreement of the committee we will write to the Minister in support of the proposal. We will also look for a copy of that report and follow it up from there. I thank the witnesses for attending and for their presentation. The issue is very important and it is often overlooked or forgotten. The children are our next generation....

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I am glad to have an opportunity to raise this issue because it is very important to the people of Carlow and Kilkenny. The management of St Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny, which services counties Carlow and Kilkenny, has proposed to cut the number of maternity and gynaecology beds by up to 15%, which is the equivalent of four beds. I ask the Minister of State for clarification on the...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I agree with some of what the Minister said on the excellent service in the maternity unit. I have been a patient there on two occasions so I know exactly how good the staff are and that is why the current system should not change. If one knew the layout of the hospital one would know that it is not possible to use four beds in isolation. The corridor, the maternity ward and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (17 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1674. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures in place for the potential fallout from the implementation of new guidelines for crèches that will cause huge difficulties for the staffing of services and that will commence as of 1 January 2017, when the new guidelines are proposed to come into effect; if her attention has been drawn to the crisis in the early years...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Garda Vetting Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the length of time it takes early years services to get Garda clearance for hiring new staff; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it often has little to do with the actual process and is in fact more to do with a backlog; and if her Department is researching any new options that will relieve this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 1721. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the small Army contingent currently serving in Mali, Africa are not afforded any kind of stipend towards phonecall credit to be used to contact families at home while away on duty (details supplied); and his views on whether it is unacceptable that those serving in Mali who are living in isolated locations without access to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (25 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 291. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay from her Department regarding the issuing of transitional funding to support the impact to community child care services regarding the exclusion of community employment trainees, without level 5 qualification, from adult-child ratios; if her attention has been drawn to the impact this has on the sustainability of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: 293. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of and terms of reference for the cross-Border early childhood care and education consortia; and the way in which a person can apply for access to them. [3458/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Weight of Schoolbags: Discussion (25 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Many of the questions I intended to ask have already been raised. Has any research been done on the weight of the schoolbags relative to the level of homework that is given? Children get far too much homework and I wonder about the benefits of it. The homework might be limited to a certain period of time and schools might take up that practice. I am regularly told by my children's school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (26 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: Apologies have been received from Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan; Ms Margaret Ritchie, MP; Mr. Francie Molloy, MP; Mr. Mickey Brady, MP; and Mr. Pat Doherty, MP. We will be continuing our examination of the implications of Brexit for the Good Friday Agreement and its institutions. We are to hear from Mr. Dáithí O'Ceallaigh and Mr. Tom Arnold from the Institute for International and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: We will continue our consideration of the implications of Brexit for the Good Friday Agreement and its institutions. I am pleased to welcome our witnesses, Mr. Dáithí O'Ceallaigh and Mr. Tom Arnold, from the Institute for International and European Affairs, IIEA. The IIEA has been doing a lot of interesting work on Brexit. We look forward to hearing the views and insights of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Mr. O'Ceallaigh. I call Mr. Tom Arnold, and then we will take questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I will now take questions. I will take two contributors at a time, beginning with Deputy Fergus O'Dowd who will be followed by Senator Mark Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I will take the questions of Senator Daly and then we will return to the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Kathleen Funchion: I now call Dr. McDonnell followed by Deputy Brendan Smith.