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Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: At the outset I indicated that nine children had died from accidents or complications arising from existing medical conditions. They included a child with heart problems associated with Down's syndrome, a child with cancer, a child who had a brain seizure, leukemia, a child with a brain tumour, a child who died of an asthma attack while asleep, a child who died of natural causes during a...

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: I wish to deal with the questions as quickly as I can in the limited time available. I am not entirely sure why the DF and TF cases were treated as one because they are not related to each other.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: There are very few similarities but they were to be published at the same time. The TF case report has been published. I have been informed that the family of DF is not entirely comfortable with the publication of the report in full. In reply to Deputy Burton's question, the report is 65 pages long. It is reasonable to expect we will do a review of the older cases where no action was...

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: That is the fact of the case. I accept there have been failings in the past. I do not hesitate to say that. I accept the genuinely motivated points that were made by Deputies opposite. I am not being party political in saying that it is not appropriate to publish reports such as this on the Internet without proper consideration of the consequences for family members. We have to protect...

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: It would be an unfortunate precedent if that were to continue. We do not pay lip service to child protection. We have tried to set out a very ambitious timeline on the implementation of the Ryan report recommendations and we have backed it up with a financial commitment. Far from being a lengthy timeframe, it is very ambitious.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: I intend to come to that but I would first like to finish the point I am making.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: I will try to do so.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: The Health Service Executive established a review group in May 2009 to review reports issued pursuant to the deaths of children in the care of the State since 2000. Its terms of reference were to identify key themes and issues common to the reports. Its recommendations included that a review template be developed to ensure reviews follow a standardised format and that a case review panel be...

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: We will also develop a panel, both internal and external, with appropriately skilled professionals to undertake investigations. In all cases of serious incidents or deaths of children in care or in detention, HIQA will review the initial circumstances of the case and how the HSE set about its investigation. That is the correct response to any such tragic cases in the future.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: No, HIQA is informed.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: I have answered the Deputy.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: That is correct.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: This is not a party political issue. The Deputy has said so herself, yet she is descending into that type of play. Let us be constructive about this.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: I am prepared to take on board constructive recommendations from the Opposition, but there is no point in being party political.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: Deputies opposite are being overly party political.

Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: With respect to Members, I am trying to answer the question put to me by Deputy Ó Caoláin on whether there has been involvement by the Garda Síochána and the Ombudsman for Children. The latter is involved in only one case, where a complaint was made in regard to an individual by a family member of the person who died. In regard to the Garda Síochána, the Children First guidelines,...

Services for People with Disabilities. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: I will be taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children. I thank Deputies Terence Flanagan and Reilly for raising this matter and am pleased to take this opportunity to outline the position in respect of St. Joseph's Intellectual Disability Services, which are located on the campus of St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane, County Dublin. As the...

Local Authority Housing. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: I thank Deputy Wall for raising this important matter. First, it is important to put on record once more that the Government is extremely conscious of the high value Irish people place on home ownership. The Government has brought forward a range of measures to support and protect families having difficulties with their home mortgage payments. The single most important advice for any...

Local Authority Housing. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: Similarly, despite worsening economic conditions generally, repossession remains extremely rare for local authority borrowers, with only three repossessions carried out by local authorities last year. Local authority borrowers have received considerable protection from the worst effects of the downturn in terms of their borrowing costs. The effective rate for borrowers has come down by 3%...

Planning Issues. (4 Mar 2010)

Barry Andrews: I thank Deputy Noel Ahern for raising the matter of regularisation certificates and reassure him that there is no dispute between the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and local authorities in this regard. In terms of the construction of new buildings, including apartment blocks and dwellings, and extensions to, material alterations of and certain changes of use of...