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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Deputy Sherlock has one minute and ten seconds remaining.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Dr. Morgan can come back in at the end to respond to those points. I call Deputy Whitmore. Could she please confirm her location?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: We need to move on. There may be time for members to come in briefly on one or two issues at the end. I call Senator Seery Kearney and ask her to confirm her location.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I call Deputy Costello. Can he confirm his location? He cannot hear us so we will move on. I want to give Dr. Morgan the opportunity to respond to a number of issues raised that he did not get to address. Deputy Murnane O'Connor raised a staffing issue and Deputies Dillon and Sherlock raised various points as well. Dr. Morgan can come back in on some of those issues now. The Deputies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: That is okay. I will group everybody together and ask members to be co-operative because we normally do not get a second round. Could they keep their questions to one minute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Do Deputy Whitmore and Senator Seery Kearney wish to add anything before I go back to the officials?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Does Senator Seery Kearny wish to add anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Dr. Morgan. I will make one or two brief points, which are observations rather than questions. This is our third meeting on this topic, and all our witnesses have been very passionate about the issue. I am not sure if the witnesses had the opportunity to view the meeting with parents and representatives from advocacy groups. What people said was very powerful. As public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Dr. Morgan and his colleagues, Ms Angela O'Neill, Ms Breda Crehan-Roche, and Professor Malcolm MacLachlan, and I also thank the members. It is always more difficult chairing these meetings during Covid restrictions so I always welcome people's co-operation. We look forward to ongoing engagement. I propose that we publish the opening statements on the Oireachtas website. Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Sorry, is Deputy Crowe trying to make a point? I do not believe he was at the meeting earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Unmet Needs: Engagement with Health Service Executive (2 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Okay, but I must ask the Deputy to be very brief because the meeting has concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate applied must be offered to a student in circumstances in which it is deemed more suitable for the student. [11735/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 582. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early leaning and care and school age childcare services that have and have not, respectively signed up to the enhanced payment under the 1 February to 5 March 2021 funding measures by service type. [11079/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 583. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding distributed by his Department to early learning and care and school age childcare services on a monthly basis from March 2020 to January 2021, by funding scheme type. [11080/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way Tusla handled data protection applications from January 2014 to May 2018, including but not limited to applications from adopted persons, from persons who had been boarded out or from any person whose files and personal information were now in the possession of the agency. [11919/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that Tusla handled subject access requests from 25 May 2018 to date including but not limited to applications from adopted persons, from persons who had been boarded out or from any person whose files and personal information were now in the possession of the agency since GDPR regulations came into...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 607. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way Tusla handled subject access requests from persons including but not limited to applications from adopted persons, from persons who had been boarded out or from any person whose files and personal information were now in the possession of the agency since GDPR regulations came into force from 23 October...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way Tusla has amended its policies, procedures and staff training regarding SARs from persons including but not limited to applications from adopted persons, from persons who had been boarded out or from any person whose files and personal information were now in the possession of the agency since GDPR...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the difference between the estimated cost and actual cost of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters; the breakdown of the estimated spend versus actual spend disaggregated by staff, overheads and other costs in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Impact of Covid-19 on Women for International Women’s Day: Statements (4 Mar 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and given that we are on the subject of women, I start by acknowledging the Leas-Cheann Comhairle herself, as our first ever female holder of that position. It is an important role, is not an easy task and is not one that I envy. I was thinking about this point as we were speaking earlier. Women, in general, play a crucial role not only in their...