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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Business of Select Committee (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I ask members to sit only in the permitted seats and in front of available microphones to ensure they are heard. This is important as not doing so causes serious problems for broadcasting, editorial and sound staff. I remind them to maintain social distance at all times during and following the meeting. Apologies have been received from Deputies Phelan and Sherlock.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Before we begin, I wish to inform members of the committee that the Minister has another engagement this afternoon and therefore needs to leave this meeting not later than 3.20 p.m., but I think we will have plenty of time. I welcome the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, and his officials, Dr. Fergal Lynch, Ms Carol Baxter and Mr. Dermot...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: In fairness, it is the Estimate. We must stick to the Estimate.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Is he happy about Brexit? We could be here for the day.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I would also welcome any developments in the area of work-life balance, as I am sure other Deputies would.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I will raise one or two points. The Minister's opening statement refers to the temporary redeployment of €40 million from early years provision to Tusla. Will he provide us further information on that? On the new money announced in the budget for Tusla, will a breakdown be provided on where exactly in Tusla that money will go?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: We have lost the sound.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Message to Dáil (12 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2020: Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. It is proposed to publish the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I will limit my remarks to the impact of Brexit on businesses, particularly in the south-east region. The biggest issue facing many businesses is the monumental bureaucratic process the English government requires businesses to undertake to bring their products to the English market. This has been a massively challenging and quite daunting process of change and adjustment for many...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the Minister of State. As a point of clarification, and if the Minister of State does not have the information to hand perhaps she will forward it to me, if there are 18 temporary driver testers and a further 18 will be hired, does this mean there will be 36 in total? Will they all be kept on in a full-time capacity? I was going to mention the theory test. There is an issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Driver Test (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I raise the waiting times for driving test. While it is an issue nationally, the number is particularly bad in my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny. Of the two counties, County Carlow is unfortunately faring worse with 1,119 currently waiting on a driving test. In a county like Carlow, where access to public transport is extremely limited where it is available at all, there is a huge amount...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions his Department took to assist a person (details supplied). [35647/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the funding allocation for his Department for 2021, by project. [35642/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Data (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the various units within his Department; and the number of staff working in each unit in tabular form. [35643/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions his Department has taken since he took office to engage with the collaborative forum. [35644/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 171. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the groups his Department has contacted regarding the mother and baby homes legislation; and the dates when his Department made contact. [35646/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 170. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of personnel employed within his Department who are working solely within the remit of mother and baby homes. [35645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (11 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a dental appointment in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [35648/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Nov 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a person seeking the services of the national counselling service by HSE area, in tabular form. [35019/20]