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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (15 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 693. To ask the Minister for Health when staff redeployed due to Covid-19 will return to normal duties. [23493/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (15 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 694. To ask the Minister for Health the impact on the assessments of needs process of the redeployment of HSE staff. [23494/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: The Minister expects the report to be done by the end of September then. That would be very welcome. I remember when it was first spoken about by the previous Minister. I would have welcomed the fact that we would have an independent report into the cost of providing childcare because it is very difficult. We know for a fact the workers are not paid enough. We know for a fact that many...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: That has been the difficulty for so many years. There has not really been a strategy. I always refer to the additional child benefit payment that used to be paid. At one point that was seen as the solution. Then it was decided to build purpose-built facilities. While they all had a role to play, there was no proper overall strategy, and at the end of all that paying the price were the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget for the new sustainability fund of his Department; the breakdown of funds spent to date from same; the funds that have been allocated, by county; the number of facilities that have applied, by county; and the marketing undertaken by his Department to promote the new fund to providers. [22322/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: It seems to be just myself and the Minister for the most part. I feel like much of this question was addressed in the discussion on the previous question because it is about the sustainability fund but I am interested in the breakdown detailed in the question. Is it possible to get it in written format? I would be happy to leave it at that rather than repeating the information.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome the fact it has been extended to the community, which is something I have been seeking for a long time. Is the €2 million on top of what already existed in the sustainability fund or is it a separate ring-fenced amount because of Covid?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: It is for all sustainability matters.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Crowe Report will be published. [22325/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: This question is very straight forward. I am asking about the Crowe report. When does the Minister believe it might be published?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports afforded to childcare facilities to enable them to remain open and viable in view of the fact that in the first six months of 2020 Tusla was notified of 123 closures of childcare settings (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to improve issues regarding sustainability and capacity in the sector. [22323/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: This question concerns the supports afforded to childcare facilities to enable them to reopen and to remain viable. In view of the fact that in the first six months of this year, Tusla was notified of 123 closures of childcare settings, what steps are being taken to ensure sustainability and capacity in the sector?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: Yes, I believe one of the other questions I have tabled concerns sustainability. The Minister will not be surprised at this stage by my saying that the sector probably has been undervalued and underfunded for years. Hopefully the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, will be the Minister to change this and to ensure the sector is funded correctly. There will always be a certain amount of closures as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: I am not sure if this is part of a further question but I will take the opportunity to ask it now. I refer to after-school services. I have come across a number of after-school services which are running their normal day service but cannot seem to run the after-school part or the collection part. The transport may be an issue or there is some issue around the after-schools. In the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: As the Minister will be aware and, in fairness, has acknowledged, a number of dates were given for publication. As late as 3 June last, it was confirmed that it would go ahead on the expected date of 26 June. At that stage, everybody thought that would be the date. However, on 12 June, there was a delay, which was said to be due to Covid-19. The experience of people who have been treated...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: While I understand the Minister's point, if the 30 October deadline is adhered to, it will be the first time a timeline will have been met in this whole scenario. The report should have been published before the Covid pandemic started. Covid should not come into this. I never know what we can say about mother and baby homes, institutional abuse and all the horrible things that happened....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the final report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation will be published in view of the fact the crucial report for survivors has been delayed several times. [22557/20]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: My question is in a similar vein. I wish to know when the final report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation will be published in view of the fact that the crucial report for survivors has been delayed several times.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Years Sector (8 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if clarity will be provided on the overage exemption for the ECCE programme; and the reason there is such a high level of refusals for this exemption which causes a lot of anxiety for families. [22704/20]