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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Children's Rights (17 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on comments in the ninth report of the Special Rapporteur for Children that the State is failing to deliver on the right of children to adequate housing and protection against forced evictions and that consequently it is in breach of its international obligations due to the numbers of children in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (17 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has agreed a contract with a company (details supplied) for debt collection and or meter reads, meter checks and predisconnection visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41520/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (17 Jan 2017)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has agreed a contract with any companies regarding debt collection and or meter reads, meter checks, and predisconnection visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41521/16]

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am sure that having listened to the list of speakers, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, is looking forward to the next couple of hours. I assure Deputy Coppinger that I will not speak for an hour or anything like it.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I want to make a few brief points. This rent control proposal reminds me of the final days of the most recent Fianna Fáil Government when a Minister tried to defend that Government's performance by saying that the rate of growth in unemployment was beginning to slow. The Government has said that it intends to slow rent increases, but they have already reached unacceptably high levels....

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Fianna Fáil has misjudged its strength, influence and perhaps its resolve.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The truth is something that Fianna Fail should get used to.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Before the Minister leaves the Chamber, I would like to make a couple of points that would be of interest to him on a local basis. I will not detain him for long. I would like to draw his attention to one of the largest rent increases I have come across in recent weeks. One of my constituents contacted me to express concern about a proposed rent increase from €750 to €1,100....

Other Questions: Child Protection (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Both the Minister and Deputy Jan O'Sullivan referred to the Barnardos campaign, What's the Harm? It was a very powerful campaign. The following are quotes from the document, "I know it’s my fault when Mammy and Daddy fight. I can be naughty sometimes.", "No one told me it was a secret but I knew I was not supposed to tell." and "Daddy bit Mummy’s face. I was scared. I told...

Other Questions: Child Protection (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This issue was covered.

Other Questions: Child Protection (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It has been covered. I was not expecting us to reach this point.

Other Questions: Child Protection (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 40. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered a review of legal protections in place for children who are victims of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39932/16]

Other Questions: Child Protection (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My question is quite closely related to Deputy O'Sullivan's question. Has the Minister considered a review of legal protections in place for children who are victims of domestic abuse?

Other Questions: Child Detention Centres (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I recognise that the priority must be the children, the interests of the child are at the heart of everything the staff and management do and that is their primary concern, but I do not believe staff would take the decision to take industrial action lightly. What progress has been made on the works, for which the Office of Public Works is responsible, which are central to many of the concerns...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Baineann sé seo leis an scéim inacmhainne amháin um chúram leanaí nua. The childminding advisory service, which existed for a number of years, has been decimated in recent years. In that context, what services and supports will be available to provide childminders with the assistance and support they need to register for this new scheme?

Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Much of what the Minister has said is welcome. Is it envisaged that those childminders who are exempt from Tusla inspection would be entitled to be part of the single affordable childcare scheme? To some extent, the question related to support and advocacy offered by the childminding advisory service and the link between the county child care committees and childminders. Many childminders...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Provision (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I confused myself with the Standing Orders and did not think I would get in again. That latter point is vitally important because it is essential that this be a very central part of the single affordable childcare scheme and child care more generally because for many parents who do shift work, childminders will be essential. It offers these parents the flexibility they require. Is it...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current Tusla policy on dealing with children with disabilities in accessing child protection services; her views on the recent reports which suggested that children with disabilities were treated less favourably; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39930/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This question follows on from a number of reports on RTE's "This Week" programme largely relating to a document released under freedom of information identifying clear cases of inequity when dealing with child protection cases involving children with disabilities. It highlights issues of resources with Tusla in this regard.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2016)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: First, I am conscious that parents of children with disabilities and those with disabilities ultimately find themselves fighting for every right and entitlement that they should be due. There are a number of elements of the Minister's response that require further development, the first of which is that this protocol has recently been agreed. Obviously, up until now, the existing...