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Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care Provision (26 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I do not know if the Minister of State saw "Prime Time" on Tuesday night-----

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care Provision (26 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I am sure he is aware of the programme. For anyone with any kind of heart or soul, the footage was harrowing to watch. The Taoiseach put it well when he said that there are many levels of crime, but that a crime inflicted on children is possibly the worst form of crime possible. I want to compliment "RTÉ Investigates" on the work done to highlight this story. The story broke in...

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care Provision (26 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: It is right to say we have some very good foster care families in this country. We need every one of them and we need more because they do Trojan work. It is unfortunate we are bringing a spotlight onto a particular case but it is incumbent on us to highlight it so we can do the right thing for children. The Minister of State acknowledged that foster carers undergo a rigorous assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (26 Apr 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to...

Priority Questions: Child Protection (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent child sex abuse case at a foster home in County Galway; her further views on whether this case warrants systemic change in child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19097/18]

Priority Questions: Child Protection (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Last week, when the Minister was away, I raised a Topical Issue matter. Normally I am not very successful in getting one selected for discussion, but on that occasion I managed to do so. I am asking the same question again today. It is to ask the Minister to provide her views on the recent child sex abuse case at a foster care home in County Galway; whether she believe the case warrants...

Priority Questions: Child Protection (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her response. I do not know if she got to see the programme that aired on RTÉ. To be honest, it was hard to watch. As spokesperson on children, I found it incredibly difficult to watch. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs has done much work on children in foster care and care leavers. We have had it as a central part of our topics...

Priority Questions: Child Protection (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister.

Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; if she is satisfied with its progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19098/18]

Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Will the Minister outline the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes? Is she satisfied with its progress? Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: We as a party were very supportive when the Minister set up the independent commission of investigation and when she sought the various time extensions for it to report. As she said, one of its findings was the site in Tuam and the number of remains found there. It is a very complex issue. It is important also that the Minister acknowledged that the persons who were part of the mother and...

Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for her answer. She has outlined the complexity of what is involved and the various groupings with which she has to liaise. I and the people involved are very interested in the human rights aspect of this and the scope of the work that the special rapporteur on child protection has done on that. They would also be very interested to hear exactly how the engagement with...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether children seeking asylum here are treated equally and fairly by welfare and protection services, particularly with regard to the allocation of social workers and aftercare provision; and if she is satisfied with existing arrangements. [19114/18]

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that Tusla is adequately resourced to deal with its workload in view of the recent introduction of mandatory reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18803/18]

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: Is the Minister satisfied that Tusla is adequately resourced to deal with its workload in view of the recent introduction of mandatory reporting and will she make a statement on the matter?

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I appreciate the Minister's answer but I am going back to last September when the chief executive officer, Mr. Fred McBride, suspected that €40.6 million would be insufficient to introduce mandatory reporting and a host of other services. When he appeared before the Oireachtas committee he said that mandatory reporting was going to increase Tusla's workload by 150%. Month on month we...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: We supported and welcomed the introduction of mandatory reporting when it was brought in. We believe it is a step in the right direction. It may or may not have been a throwaway comment, but the sky is falling in for the 898 children who have not been allocated a social care worker. Last year the One in Four charity raised its concerns about Tusla. It explained that Tusla was not...

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: 31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the confusion and anomalies caused by the age limits that her Department has imposed as eligibility criteria for the ECCE programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18799/18]

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: My question is to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the confusion and anomalies caused by the age limits that her Department has imposed as eligibility criteria for the ECCE programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes (1 May 2018)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister and acknowledge that the ECCE scheme has been extended to the two years. I also acknowledge that she has brought it back to one entry point. There had been much confusion about that. Going back to the entry point, children that are two years and eight months old on 1 September cannot enter into the two year ECCE scheme. That is where the problem is. Can the...