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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: I understand the spirit of the amendment concerning public transport. Several public transport projects have been proposed and we want them to be pursued. We have to perform a balancing act here. Project Ireland 2040 is projected to deliver a 30% reduction in emissions, as was outlined. We also have to look at this economically and socially. We have to consider it in light of the status...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: I wish to comment on the speed limit. Again, it goes back to practicality especially when we are talking about distance and time. What matters is whether we are half an hour or an hour from a given destination as opposed to thinking in kilometres. I share the view expressed by Senator Devine about the facts and figures around this. We have different types of cars and fuel consumption as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have some brief questions on recruitment. I am a member of a mental health committee and recruitment issues have arisen in that area because much of the recruitment takes place on a national platform as opposed to locally. Second, people are on panels, which are quite restrictive. They need to be more flexible. Is there a correlation between both? ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: If I can interject, does Ms McGuirk know how many steps it takes from the start of the recruitment process to the end?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: The Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care was given a breakdown of the steps a psychiatric nurse goes through to get hired. I think there were 26 or 27. Ms McGuirk may not have that information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: My question, and Ms McGuirk may not be able to answer it, is about the back end, the decision making on vetting candidates. How many stakeholders does that CV have to go to before Tusla decides who it is going to interview? After the interview process who decides whether a person will be hired? How many internal steps are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: Internally in Tusla how many steps does a candidate have to take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: That has an effect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: That is why I was asking about the internal process because that is probably stretching it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: Mr. McCarthy may not have these figures but would some of the panels and expressions of interest around the country be oversubscribed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: Is it HR that makes all the decisions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: I worked in recruitment in the private sector and in the companies I worked with there would be HR and a line manager. It was not one or the other. That kept it local.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: This was done in a national format through a central database but the interview would take place with the hiring manager and the HR manager and both would decide on who to hire. Mr. McCarthy is telling me that one central function will make a decision on the hiring and that the line manager does not have a say in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: There is no conversion contract.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: They are on contract.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Recruitment and Retention of Social Workers: Discussion (27 Mar 2019)

Tom Neville: What often happens in the private sector is that if a person is on a contract with an agency and does six or 12 months there is a clause to the effect that the company can buy the contractor from the contracting company and make the person permanent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: On mental health, I welcome the announcement of Jigsaw services in counties Tipperary and Wicklow. What is the latest update on referral pathways and the 24-7 access that is to occur this year in respect of mental health services?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (2 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for an ASD assessment with west Limerick children services; the number of children assessed to date in 2019 (details supplied); the expenditure in this area for 2019; his plans to bring improvements in the assessment process to reduce the time children have to wait to be assessed; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (2 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 477. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the case of a child (details supplied) will be addressed. [15156/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (2 Apr 2019)

Tom Neville: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that it is June 2017 since an application was lodged. [15179/19]