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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Mr. McKeon for summarising the last part of his presentation, which everybody should have. I now invite Ms Nuala Whelan to make her opening remarks on behalf of Ballymun Job Centre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Ms Whelan. I will now turn to the National Youth Council of Ireland, then Tipperary Regional Youth Service and finally to the Union of Students in Ireland and ICTU. I invite Mr. James Doorley to make his opening remarks on behalf of the National Youth Council of Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I wish to draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that, by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (5 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 983. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a numerical figure for the number of children cared for by child minders; the percentage of these child minders that are subject to inspections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45711/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (5 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 984. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she could provide, in tabular form, the yearly breakdown of the number of childminders who have taken the quality awareness programmes since it was launched in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45712/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (5 Nov 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1149. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, the numbers of doctors employed in each hospital nationally; and if he well provide this figure broken down by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46403/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am not a member of the Roma community, but if I was, I would not trust anyone at the moment - the Garda, the HSE, any politician and certainly not a journalist, particularly as I would have been portrayed in recent months as some sort of subspecies, demanding of Irish society that the worst be thought of me. This is why it is so crucial that we get this investigation right. If we want the...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise the topic with my colleagues and I thank the Minister for Justice and Equality for being here in person. I think the Minister will agree with all of us that this is an unbelievably appalling scenario that has played out in front of our eyes in the past number of days. In the short amount of time allotted to me, I wish to...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Protection Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I understand that my time is short and my colleagues want to come in. My two points relate to the independent nature of the investigation but also the responsibility of journalistic and political representatives to whom I may refer afterwards who are at the heart of this racism that is at the heart of this problem.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Services Provision (24 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 218. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if public health nursing and the child and adolescent mental health services will be included in the functions of the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45440/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Discussion (23 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for the presentation, and much of what I was going to say has already been ably put forward by colleagues on the committee. It is great to see such a uniformity of views around the issues at hand. I welcome the general scheme of the Bill and there is much to recommend it. Much of it is broadly welcome but it comes around to the same issues, and I may reiterate what...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (22 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason patients of sleep apnea cannot claim relief on electricity, in a similar way to patients on dialysis, for the use of their respirator which is a nightly requirement for those suffering from said illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44193/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency Establishment (15 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current budget for the establishment of the child and family support agency 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43552/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (10 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts that will be filled by the recent competition for administrative officers in the Civil Service. [42806/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: My question is for the Chairman. Are we going to seek more submissions from the public and from different groups and what dates are the meetings on those submissions? What period of time is being allowed for the acceptance of submissions from interested groups?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, which I found interesting. My interest in compiling a report on this partly arose because the question of special needs assistants, SNAs, arises at budget time and is then forgotten about. We need to have a discussion about the role of SNAs beyond budgetary corrections. I hope in a few years time we will not be speaking about budgetary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: SOLAS: Discussion with Chairman Designate (9 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I welcome Mr. Delaney to the meeting. SOLAS is charged under the recently enacted legislation with the responsibility of rolling out a national literacy strategy. I mention this because the committee has had a discussion about the dynamics of adult learning and adult literacy in Ireland. That was reinforced by the results published yesterday by the Programme for International Assessment of...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: You do not have one.