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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am entitled to ask a supplementary question.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It was recently reported that Edel House, a shelter in Cork that deals with women and children, had to turn away 281 children last year. This reflects how serious the problem is in Cork. A number of families have told me that they are worried about registering as homeless, particularly those that are in contact with Tusla, be it for whatever reason. Good families, doing the best for their...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister will be aware that the Association of Childcare Professionals has indicated that it intends to hold a day of action and protest on 17 November. I commend it on that because I believe that workers and professionals in this sector have been taken for granted by previous Governments and by this Government. We are asking them to deal with an increase in capacity, and as a result a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the required capacity currently exists to meet the need of the implementation of the single affordable child care payment; the plans she has in place to expand the capacity of the public child care sector over the coming years; the progress likely to be made on such capacity planning by the time the scheme is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Baineann an cheist seo le cumas na Roinne agus na hearnála dul i ngleic leis an scéim nua atá curtha ar bun ag an Roinn. The question asks what the Department is doing in terms of capacity planning for the new scheme and whether it believes current capacity will be sufficient. If not, will sufficient capacity be in place when the new scheme starts in September next year?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have significant doubts about how this will work in September next year. I have doubts about capacity and what this will mean for prices. The Minister and the Department have said that they do not expect there to be any issues but are keeping it under review. The Department states that it expects the scheme to improve labour market activation and participation but a degree of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Guardians Ad Litem (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on her Department's paper, Preparing a Policy Approach to the reform of Guardian Ad Litem Arrangements, with particular reference to the legal representation of guardians ad litem in court proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions her Department is putting in place to deal with unaccompanied refugee minors coming here; the preparations her Department is making for additional unaccompanied minors; and the services available to these children who are coming here with significant levels of trauma. [33536/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to assist childminders registering with Tusla; the supports available to childminders who have registered; and if her Department is reviewing the current criteria for those registering as childminders. [33540/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 54. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether Tusla has both the capacity and the resources to ensure aftercare plans for all children who are leaving care; and her further views on whether the resources are available to deliver on all aftercare plans in time for the commencement of the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2015. [33537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Assessments (8 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will arrange an assessment for a person (details supplied) and assign a social worker to support the family as soon as possible. [33587/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 217. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised that an area under current excavation (details supplied) does not include underground cesspits which may also contain remains; if the commission is aware of such concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33111/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 218. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the second interim report of the commission of investigation on mother and baby homes will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33112/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 219. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider requesting an audit of adoption records to ascertain the scale of illegal and forced adoption that occurred within the state, particularly those associated with mother and baby homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33113/16]

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The discussion around migrants generally has sometimes - I suppose I particularly look at some neighbouring countries - arrived at a negative, spiteful and even hateful conclusion. It occasionally arrives at the statement that, "we should look after our own first", as if these refugees were cattle, were something other than human, something other than human flesh and blood, something...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lansdowne Road Agreement Implementation (2 Nov 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if or when the two extra hours to be worked each week for persons who would normally have worked 35 hours a week, agreed under the public service stability agreement, are due to expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32647/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (25 Oct 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 98. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure all direct provision centres throughout the State are meeting child protection standards; the frequency with which inspections are carried out on average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31574/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Oct 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 305. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings made to the State by providing the pro rata rate increase in jobseeker's allowance for persons under 26 years of age as opposed to the standard increase of €5 given to persons of 26 years of age and older; his reasoning in deciding to apply a pro rata increase as opposed to a standard increase; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (25 Oct 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for welfare payments disallowed on the basis of the habitual residence condition each year since its introduction, broken down into Irish citizens, EU-EEA citizens and third country nationals, in tabular form. [31905/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Oct 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans Transport Infrastructure Ireland has to prevent sound pollution and related nuisance along the route of the M28 upgrade, particularly in the Rochestown and Maryborough neighbourhoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31762/16]