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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I return to my point about constitutionality. Let us say someone took a case on the basis that a judge exercised his or her discretion not to appoint a guardian ad litem. Five or six years later, because he or she was not offered the services of a guardian ad litem, the person might return to court and claim that his or her rights under Article 42A were not vindicated. What defence could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of Childcare (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes. That question has been raised by speakers previously. Is it open to constitutional challenge and what would be the defence to a constitutional challenge on that basis?

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister's policy is wrong because it is crippling Cork, other regional cities and rural Ireland and it is putting workers in an impossible position by asking them to accept outrageous pay cuts. It is monumentally short-sighted because at a time when our cities are becoming more and more clogged up with cars, we need more investment in public transport. Such investment is the right...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (4 Apr 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is a bit of a dichotomy in the media between rural and urban Ireland that misses the fact that this dispute has brought Ireland's second largest city of Cork and many other of our major cities to a standstill. The Cork Business Association estimates that footfall in that city has fallen between 30% and 50%. That would not be allowed to happen in Dublin. The Minister's response and...

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Given that there are ten minutes until the Order of Business, is there any possibility that the Minister of State could respond?

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is fine.

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...