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Other Questions: Budget 2014 (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for her Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013; the areas in which cuts are to be effected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47827/13]

Other Questions: Budget 2014 (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek detail from the Minister on the impact of reductions in her Department's funding for 2014 across the various areas of its responsibilities. I am particularly interested in the youth programmes, the school completion programme, the national longitudinal study, the national children's strategy, the early intervention programme and the child and family support agency and why it has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The implication of the Minister's statement is that in some way the staff at Rath na nÓg were responsible or implicated or had fallen down in their responsibilities. That is not the case. Given it is acknowledged by Mr. Jeyes that the direction relating to the lock-down which created the fire hazard in the first place came from his office, does that not concern the Minister? Will this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Has the Minister taken appropriate steps to establish why the national office would have instructed staff at Rath na nÓg to apply a lock-up situation there each night during the hours from 9 p.m. until 7.30 a.m. the next day? This is the core of the objections HIQA had, yet the staff were working not on their own volition but in response to a directive they had received. That directive...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: It was never going to succeed once that situation applied. I would like to know what the Minister has established in regard to the facts of that directive.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the Health Information and Quality Authority report into Rath na nÓg high support unit; her future plans for the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48046/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Child Care Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I seek from the Minister her personal response as Minister to the Health Information and Quality Authority's report into the Rath na nÓg high support unit, Castleblayney, County Monaghan. I also seek her views on that report being employed to effect its closure and the closure on same campus site of the educational facility associated with that unit. While I have noted that there are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children in Care (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: What happened in these cases is a far cry from what we expect from our State child care and support services. Everybody is clearly of this view. Under the Child Care Act 1991 the Garda Síochána must, as referred to by the Minister, have reasonable grounds to believe there is an immediate and serious risk. I am disappointed to hear that the Minister has not yet received a copy of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children in Care (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: That is not the case. The Minister for Justice and Equality has indicated to the media that the confidential Garda report into the seizure of two Roma children from their parents shows they acted in good faith. The preparation of the report continues, but the issue is in the media and it is not good enough, because of the horrors involved in this instance, to say that we will do absolutely...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children in Care (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her response to the taking into care, and subsequent early return to their families, of children from Roma families in Dublin and Athlone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48045/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Children in Care (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to ask the Minister for an update on the recent disturbing cases where children from Roma families in Dublin and Athlone were taken into care. Has the Minister received the HSE report or the report of the Garda Commissioner? Is she in a position to confirm that the Ombudsman for Children has received both reports? Is Ms Logan's inquiry under way? Is she directly involved in this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the planned governance and administration of family resource centres and the role of the Child and Family Agency in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the implementation of all strands of the preschool quality agenda; the timeline for completion; the additional resources needed for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47825/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 37. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the transition from St. Patrick's Institution to the Oberstown campus, including management and governance structures, staffing, training and rostering arrangements at Oberstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47826/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures taken to assist those prospective adopters who have been in the process of finalising arrangements to adopt a child from Russia and who had pre-2010 declarations but found themselves in the distressful situation of not being able to conclude the process due to a decision of the Russian authorities that came into effect on 3...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in County Meath in mortgage arrears; the extent, in months, to which this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48359/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the special needs assistant supports provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on whether the supports provided to date are adequate; the date on which additional supports will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47822/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Social Welfare Appeals Office will issue a decision relating to the appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Westmeath in receipt of rent supplement; and the number in each rate category and their place of residence. [48355/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (12 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role he has in the appointment of members to the board of EirGrid, including the appointment of the chairperson and directors of the board; the appointments he has made to the board of EirGrid since he assumed office; the criteria employed to select members of the board; if his attention has been drawn to any...