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Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis caint ar an ábhar seo - soláthar díreach. Ba chóir go mbeadh níos mó plé ar an ábhar agus ba chóir go mbeadh an t-ábhar seo ag barr ár smaointe agus sinn ag plé mí-úsáid agus leatroim stairiúla agus sárú cearta daonna mar atáimid le roinnt seachtainí anuas. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My questions are relatively straightforward. The Minister states discussions, whatever form they take, cannot take place during an industrial relations dispute or when a strike is being threatened. Why on earth not? It is only within the gift of the Minister to change the conditions on many of the issues surrounding the subsidy, pay and all the rest. The capacity of Bus Éireann to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On the same matter, the programme for Government speaks to the need for investment in our public transport to uphold the principles of smarter travel and policies. How will that be possible if the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport is satisfied to allow one of the most important pieces of strategic public transport to be undermined by a management determined to cut routes as well as...

Other Questions: Child Care Services (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is fine.

Other Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has carried out or is carrying out a review of aftercare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15214/17]

Other Questions: Aftercare Services Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Go raibh maith agat. The Minister has answered some of the points. Obviously, sections 2 to 9, which are the flesh of the Child Care (Amendment) Act, are still to be brought into force. I accept that the Minister referred to the legislation being commenced. In some ways, we had reservations in respect of the Act, not because it was bad legislation but as a result of the fact that it...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister. I support the Deputy asking the question and want to place on record again that it is an issue of concern, particularly in that it interacts with the change in regulations, which we have discussed already. The community services particularly affected are those providing services to children aged up to three years because of the much-reduced ratio they are dealing with...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister for her answer. This matter was the subject of the Private Members' motion we discussed last week, the fate of which is as yet unclear. It will be voted on on Thursday but may well be defeated. If it is defeated, will the Minister consider some of the valuable proposals in the motion? One proposal sought to put in place an injunction or possibly other means to ensure...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I suggest that it would very likely be in the State's interest to intervene in situations in which there is a potential development in this regard, such as may be the case in a number of locations. It is my understanding that the second interim report was before Cabinet this morning. On 27 July last year, the Minister issued a press release that stated that the commission was to report...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered pursuing an injunction on sites in which mother and baby homes and county homes are located; the action she will take to ensure potential sites of interest remain untampered with; the status of the site at Tuam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15276/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Baineann an cheist seo leis na tithe máithreacha agus leanaí. As the Minister knows, there has been a great deal of discussion regarding recent revelations in Tuam. However, a great deal of the discussion subsequently has related not only to Tuam but to many other locations and the possibility that there may be unmarked graves. My question relates to the steps the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Traveller Community (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the initiatives she has taken in order to ensure Traveller children are provided with the supports they require in view of the recent statement by An Taoiseach recognising Traveller ethnicity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15215/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (28 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered increasing supports to foster carers; her views on whether the sector is in need of reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15216/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: While the issue I raise was addressed previously, I have a specific question on the programme for Government commitment to tackling the current challenges in health. Cystic fibrosis is one such challenge. With 1,200 people in Ireland suffering from the condition, we have one of the highest rates of cystic fibrosis in the developed world. Will the Taoiseach update the House on the current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Scouting Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for their presentation and also for the extraordinary work that scouting does in communities throughout the island. The ratio of 35 staff to 12,000 volunteers and 50,000 members is incredible. I thank the witnesses personally because, as a youth member of the 37th Togher and an adult member of the 5th Cork, the Lough Scouts, I have benefited from the unique experience,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Scouting Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is also the extent to which the resources of Scouting Ireland are adequate and whether there is a need for additional State support.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Scouting Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Could I get an answer to my questions on contact with the Department about unaccompanied minors and the possible influx and capital spending on the two projects at Larch Hill and Killaloe?

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank all Deputies for their expressions of sympathy with regard to our colleague, Mr. Martin McGuinness, for which we are very grateful. I put on record my own sadness at his passing. He made an enormous contribution to Ireland as a whole and the peace process specifically. I express my condolences to Bernie and his family. I thank the various Deputies for their contributions to the...

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Tá mé ag roinnt leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh agus an Teachta Funchion.

Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move:That Dáil Éireann: - acknowledges that the discovery of bodies at the Tuam Mother and Baby Home has shocked the people of Ireland and brought considerable sadness and anger to Dáil Éireann; - agrees that there are serious questions in relation to other mother and baby homes, particularly in the treatment, records and testimonies of survivors; - recognises that...