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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (22 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 75. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the recently investigated crèches (details supplied); the steps being taken to address issues raised by parents of children attending this service provider which continues to be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43272/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 78. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures included in the new national childcare scheme to address the poor pay and working conditions of those working in the childcare and early years sector. [43275/19]

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I pay tribute to my colleagues, Deputies Brady and Quinlivan, for tabling this motion. For as long as I have known Deputy Quinlivan, he has been passionate about this issue. I commend both Deputies. It is hypocritical of the Government to tell us that we are in a recovery and that everything is going to be okay because there is almost full employment, while then speaking about the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (15 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for community care homes in County Kilkenny facing a deficit in 2019. [41641/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (15 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 330. To ask the Minister for Health if community care homes are part of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41642/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (15 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 331. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to set up a national fund to help community care homes with the cost of improvements and upgrades as a result of HIQA visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41643/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 351. To ask the Minister for Health when an audiologist will be appointed to a clinic (details supplied); the length of time the clinic has been operating without an audiologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41716/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: As the party spokesperson on children and youth affairs, I will focus on that area of the budget initially and then will raise some other points. While some of the parts of the children and youth affairs budget are welcome, unfortunately it was lacking in many other areas, especially in the detail on the early years and childcare sector. We need a radical new approach for the early years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I have a number of questions and wish to make some points. I am not sure what experience the delegates have of CAMHS, but I have experience of filling in a referral form and it was like doing a thesis in college. I am torn when it comes to discussions about CAMHS because we need far more resources and bodies on the ground, but there is also a need for complete reform of how CAMHS deals with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: There needs to be far more consistency in that regard. As Dr. Dodd must be aware, the south east has severe difficulty with CAMHS and staff resigning due to not being able to cope with being unable to help the people waiting, and I would be shocked if what Dr. Dodd outlined happens there. Even getting on the waiting list can be very difficult and a cohort of people will slip through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I have some observations on prevention. People have a range of difficulties, some which are severe. So much could be done in respect of prevention, not least at school level. A major issue I always raise is that the school system is far too academic and pressurised. When kids join junior and senior infants, they tend to love school, but by the time they have finished, they cannot wait to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in authorising the treatment abroad scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39294/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 and 228 of 19 September 2019, the number of registrations of children the total amount of overclaimed funding represents which was identified by Pobal as €3.2 million in CCS and €2.5 million in CCSP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39419/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Care (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions in place for community care homes in County Kilkenny facing a deficit in 2019. [39422/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Care (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if community care homes are part of Sláinte care. [39423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Community Care (1 Oct 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to set up a national fund to help community care homes with the cost of improvements and upgrades as a result of HIQA visits. [39424/19]

Report on Relationships and Sexuality Education: Motion (26 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this report. I also pay tribute to the Chair the committee, Deputy O'Loughlin. It is always difficult to chair any committee but particularly so for this topic with all the witnesses who came in and out. It is important to put that on the record. It is really good to be here for a debate that is positive and in which people are welcoming something....

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: It is a little like Groundhog Day here as we discuss the issue again of the two-tier system that currently exists in our education system for children who have additional needs. I have two boys and if I decided not to send them to school, the educational welfare officer would contact me after 20 days to ask me why I had not sent my kids to school. If, however, a child with an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (24 Sep 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors, paralegal and administrative staff participating on the free Legal Aid Board by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/19]