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Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: Like my colleague Deputy Mac Lochlainn, I welcome this Bill, which represents the most important reform of child and family law for a generation. It will have a real and positive impact for a large number of children on a daily basis. The legislation seeks to put children at the heart of family law. This is right and long overdue. It will provide legal clarity for various family types...

Other Questions: Early Child Care Education (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The free pre-school year is supposed to be a universal benefit for all children but, as we know, many children with disabilities are prevented of availing of it due to the absence of necessary supports. In a previous answer, the Minister stated the support is not available nationally. The availability of SNAs to enable a child's attendance depends on where they live and ranges from none at...

Other Questions: Early Child Care Education (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I ask the Minister to consider the proposal in Sinn Féin's budget 2015 document to address immediately the most significant inequity in existing public child care provisions, which is the exclusion of many children with disabilities from the free pre-school year. The sum of €12 million would provide 1,000 children with 15 hours of SNA support per week in order to attend the free...

Other Questions: Early Child Care Education (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to guarantee the commitment to universal accessibility of the preschool year for all children, including those with disabilities; and the assurances provided to parents whose children will come of age before September 2015. [7772/15]

Other Questions: Early Child Care Education (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I wish to ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps being taken to guarantee the commitment to the universal preschool year for all children, including those with disabilities, and the assurances provided to parents with children who will come of age before September 2015.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister. Will the Minister give an outline of what exactly the interdepartmental group on the preschool year is being asked to do? What are its short and medium-term ambitions to resolve the issue of inadequate provision for children with special needs before term commences in September? Will he assure parents that all children will be provided for and will receive the same...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 121. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take to ensure that all children will be eligible to participate in the free preschool year, in time for September 2015. [8000/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I wish to ask the Minister the steps he will take to ensure children will be eligible to participate in the free preschool year in September 2015, including those with disabilities.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Preschool Services (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: The Government has been dragging its heels over making the preschool year universally accessible. Supports for children with care needs while attending the free preschool year are still very much an issue. It is not acceptable that the Government has still failed after all this time to put in place something similar to the SNA provision system run by the National Council for Special...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision Data (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 138. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the infant mortality rate of children in direct provision, where, according to the Department of Justice and Equality figures, 61 persons living in direct provision have died since its establishment in 2002, of which 16 were young children, or infants, under five years of age, in other words, infants and very young children...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 144. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to combat the poor oversight in some State-run care homes, where the use of drugs, and daily anti-social behaviour, has become prevalent, and his action plan for dealing with the rise in numbers of 16 and 17 year olds entering State care. [7769/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide a detailed update on the review of the school completion programme, which has been in operation since 2002; and the plans in place for its development. [7770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 490. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pension-related deduction is not taken into account when assessing means for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8229/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the land where a proposed national school (details supplied) in County Cork was to be built but later abandoned for planning reasons, if her Department has sold this land; when and to whom the land was sold; the purchase and sale prices for the land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8128/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (24 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 636. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if invitations are being extended to relatives of those who fought in the 1916 Easter Rising for the Government's celebratory events; the way relatives can become involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7679/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (19 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Chair. I welcome the Minister and his staff to today's meeting. I will concentrate initially on the question of accessibility to preschool year education of all children, including those with disabilities. While I welcome the Minister's goodwill and the intentions expressed in his reply, unfortunately the main issue is that most crèches do not have enough proper...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: VHI: Chairman Designate (19 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome Mr. Downey and wish him well in his new role. Senator Burke has covered the question I was going to ask. Following on from that, Mr. Downey mentioned the VHI home care service and the treatment of 3,000 patients, saving 40,000 hospital day beds. Could he outline the nature of those services?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (19 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be sourced to establish an art therapy service for children in direct provision accommodation centres (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7416/15]

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: False.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Sandra McLellan: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the deficit issue concerning a service (details supplied) in County Cork will be dealt with in a way that results in the minimum impact on the service users. [6737/15]