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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: We have to acknowledge that the Minister is giving the House some signal here that if the report makes an adjudication or finding in respect of Bessborough, there will be an action there and she will consult her Cabinet colleagues. I would be grateful if the Minister would reiterate on the record of the House, given her bona fides in respect of Tuam, that the same set of principles will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: To Bessborough?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I could go around the houses in north Cork - and in east Cork for that matter- but I will not do so. Does the Minister anticipate that the €9 million allocation will actually be used up? Will those funds be fully taken up?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Funding (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister has not visited Cork since she was appointed.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if burial sites allied to former institutions are being examined for the purposes of further investigations and possible excavations. [7071/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Will the Minister outline whether burial sites allied to former institutions are being examined for the purpose of possible further investigations? This is in the context of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes and in the light of the speech that the Minister made to the Seanad on 6 February, when she indicated that the commission plans to deliver a substantial report...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister's reply and acknowledge that the commission has captured the personal experiences of more than 500 people, as the Minister noted in her speech in the Seanad. I ask her to be a little more specific about other institutions, if possible. Can I deduce from the Minister's reply that other former institutions are being examined, and that there will be a report to that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: In that case, we can assume unambiguously that no geophysical testing of Bessborough has thus far taken place but that if the need arises, such testing will take place. Can a decision on that be expected when the report is published, or is the Minister, in consultation with her Cabinet colleagues, taking steps in the interim to have geophysical testing done at the site?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the affordable childcare scheme will be operational. [7070/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the report on Oberstown Children's Detention Campus. [7069/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 49. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has not been published. [7073/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the ongoing engagement she has with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of governance and child protection matters; and if she is in receipt of reports from the organisation. [7068/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 146. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an assessment of need following a complaint raised with the HSE. [7313/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Websites (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on a system (details supplied) relating to the website of her Department. [7314/19]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: As we have a quorum, we are in public session.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The first petition for consideration is Petition No. P00047/18. It seeks the organisation of an all-Ireland citizens' assembly to negotiate and agree the basic structure of an independent 32-county Ireland, and to negotiate an all-Ireland referendum on Irish unity. The decision of the committee is to propose to forward a copy of the response from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Tóbín.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Mitchell.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Cork.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Feb 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Cassells. I invite Senator Buttimer to contribute.