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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (2 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum age for a person to commence fostering children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Data (2 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19171/18]

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I would like to share time with Deputy Breathnach.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I commend Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan on the introduction of this Bill, which seeks to empower our courts to make orders restricting the travel of sex offenders where it is deemed that such travel could pose a risk to vulnerable people in jurisdictions that do not have adequate child protection and child welfare legislation and services. It is undoubtedly true that people who have been...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: There are 113,790 women in my county, Kildare, and I know that every one of them stands with me as I speak here in solidarity with the brave, tenacious and courageous Vicky Phelan, who has done the State and the women of the State some service in uncovering this horrific scandal. We cannot begin to imagine how Vicky and her family feel, with the fact that her lifetime is potentially being...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister says there should be no differentiation between the children who come to our shores under the direct provision model and our own children. I could not agree with her more but unfortunately it would seem there is a differentiation. The Minister also said that Ireland is regarded very highly for the way it supports these children yet in September 2006, in its review of Ireland's...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: Many social workers have raised concerns about the lack of inter-agency co-operation between the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. This has a negative impact on their ability to serve children seeking asylum. It is in direct contravention to the Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children 2001, which asks...

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

Fiona O'Loughlin: I refer to the 1,200 children who are currently living in direct provision, some of whom are in my constituency in the Eyre Powell in Newbridge. Deputy Rabbitte met a group from Mosney at the recent Foróige awards and was most impressed with them. Does the Minister believe that children seeking asylum in Ireland are treated equally and fairly by Ireland's child welfare and protection...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 103. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [18690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Temple Street Children's University Hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18692/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 238. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Tallaght hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to support a person buying a second home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18581/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (25 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if a consultation process has commenced relating to the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise as previously indicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18139/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 384. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17635/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 385. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [17637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (24 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason funding has not been received by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17636/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It has never happened.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Apr 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 50. To ask the Minister for Health if new hospitals built in Dublin under the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will be located in areas of easy access for persons from the wider Leinster area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17103/18]