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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 14:In page 17, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:"(7) The Minister shall provide by way of regulation for the circumstances under which this will apply.".". I wish to get a response from the Minister. It seems quite open-ended in respect of the provision, which states:The Authority, having regard to the particular circumstances of the case may accept an...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 17:In page 20, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: "Insertion of new section 58A into Principal Act 26.The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new section:"58A.A Child who has been adopted under the provisions of the Adoption Acts shall continue to be entitled to have access to his previous parents or guardians, or relevant...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I wish to tease this out a little further. I recognise that the birth parents no longer have any parental rights or duties but I am focusing on the rights of the child. The child has a past that cannot just be set aside. The fact that there appears to be no statutory right for the child is an issue. I am not necessarily thinking of the birth parents but other relatives with whom the child...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I accept what was said. I look forward to seeing the adoption (information and tracing) Bill. Generally, what we have been discussing arises where both people involved in any arrangement are adults. This is substantially about circumstances involving a child. In circumstances in which an adoptive parent, or, legally speaking, a parent, prevents a child who wants to visit a grandparent or...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am satisfied to withdraw the amendment in those circumstances. The primary point is on the recourse the child has in the aforementioned circumstances.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I think I am required to make a quick comment if I am to table further amendments on Report Stage. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The sudden cut-off of the foster care allowance is difficult and problematic. The Minister should consider some form of transition payment once people have formally adopted. The two items which may be the subject of further amendments are the regulation of adoption agencies and permanent guardianship. I will refer to these matters in more detail at a later stage.

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le Fianna Fáil as ucht deis a thabhairt dúinn labhairt ar an gceist seo. Is léir go bhfuil an-chuid dul chun cinn fós le déanamh ó thaobh na físe atá ag an Rialtas i leith na meabhairshláinte. The implementation of A Vision for Change is a considerable distance from happening. We have seen a reduction...

Irish Sign Language Report: Motion (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before I begin, I wish to make a suggestion. I am keeping an eye on the monitor and I am conscious that, unlike the people in the Visitors Gallery, those watching the stream of this debate will not benefit from being able to see the interpreter. I am not sure whether any of the Oireachtas staff can do anything about it. It might be worth focusing a camera on the interpreter in the press...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am Sinn Féin spokesperson on children and youth affairs. In preparing for the budget and our alternative, the issue of child care, which has been discussed substantially since then, was a big focus. A substantial amount of children's interests and welfare issues come under the responsibility of the Department of Social Protection as well. The investment in subsidising child care in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: After-School Support Services (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the commitment in the programme for Government that additional capitation funding will be provided to schools which make buildings available for afterschool care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34184/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 339. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the development of a new school completion strategy as promised in the programme for Government; the details on the consultation process leading to such a strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34183/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 342. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when youth organisations in receipt of funding from her Department will be informed of their 2017 funding allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34178/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Employment Initiative (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 343. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the youth employability initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34179/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for implementation of the legislative commitment in the programme for Government to increase the mandatory school leaving age to 17 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34180/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Schemes (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 345. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the funding in each of the years from 2011 to date in 2016 for schemes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34181/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Youth Strategy (10 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeframe for the development of the LGBT youth strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34182/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans she has in place to deal with the potential loss of substantial funding to the youth work sector as a result of withdrawal of EU PEACE funding post Brexit. [33539/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Baineann an cheist seo leis an ról atá ag an Aontas Eorpach i maoiniú cláracha ar nós PEACE. The programme and the EU have taken an active role in recent years in promoting peace and reconciliation. Much of the funding went to youth projects, particularly in Border counties, North and South. What steps does the Minister intend to take to ensure that provision is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister for her reply, but the answer largely reads as if there has been no change in the situation since the referendum. Of course, that is not the case. When the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, was asked whether PEACE funding would continue after Brexit, he stated that it would not. He stated that, until the treaties ceased to apply to a member...