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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Can I ask a question? I know that the Chairman is not the author of the decision but his is the unfortunate name appended to the letter of advice which states: Dear Deputy Ó Caoláin, I regret to inform you that Amendments 6, 71 and 72, tabled by you for Committee Stage of the above Bill, must be ruled out of order as they involve a potential charge on the Exchequer.Let me examine...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have raised the matter so it opens the door. I appeal on the Minister to reflect on the words presented or words akin to what I have placed in amendment No. 6. If I, as an Opposition voice, cannot bring forward an amendment that mirrors the same position, perhaps the Minister might do so at Report Stage.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I wish to record my welcome for the Minister's amendment. I have examined it to try and sense if there was any diminution or dilution of the existing provision but did not find any. Therefore, I accept her amendment in good faith and it ensures greater clarity. That is the best answer that I can give. I support the amendment.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 10: In page 13, subsection (5), lines 5 and 6, to delete “and accountability” and substitute “, accountability and consistency”.It currently reads: (5) The Agency shall, in the performance of its functions, demonstrate high standards of performance, transparency and accountability.We week to delete to words "and accountability" and add...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Nowhere else in the section on the functions of the agency is there a reference to educational welfare. The only other point with regard to subsection (4)(d) concerns the education of persons with special educational needs. Including a reference to educational welfare vis-à-vis the functions of the agency would in no way suggest it was its sole responsibility. Nobody for one moment...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 4: In page 12, subsection (1)(c), line 12, to delete "families" and substitute the following:"all families and the role of parents or guardians therein as integral to the achievement of paragraph (b) above".What is sought is a change to section 8(1)(c) which reads that a function of the agency will be to "support and encourage the effective functioning of families". We...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We have gone through the Bill thoroughly and put much work into it. We do not have to be referred to any other section to give voice or support to any position the Minister wants to take. This specifically concerns the functions of the agency. As appropriate, we should make reaffirmations if this is what we believe is required. In this instance, I believe a reference to all families is...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I support the amendment. While I note the Minister has addressed some of the issues we have raised, I hope she will not copy the disposition of the Minister for Health who blanket-refuses any of the amendments presented by the Opposition which have been thought through carefully. I appeal to the Minister to consider favourably several Opposition amendments that are meritorious. I hope we...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No.2: In page 12, subsection (1)(b), line 9, after “the” to insert “educational welfare,”.Section 8(10)(b) states the functions of the agency shall be to support and promote the development, welfare and protection of children. This amendment proposes to include educational welfare as a function too. The Minister may argue the use of the term...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The Minister’s response is pretty well as I anticipated, unfortunately. I believe even with the NEWB being an integral part of the agency that there is a need for the affirmation of the importance of educational welfare. It is one of the most important cornerstones in the preparation of any young person. Accordingly, it should be enshrined in the legislation as a critical element of...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This is absolutely about the Bill; make no mistake about it because this is the head-designate of the Child and Family Agency. I am very anxious about the intent behind the establishment of the agency. At the end of the day, the structures will only be as good as the standards we expect and insist upon. The directive relating to the high support units promotes the use a model of care based...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We did not, unfortuntely, have this discussion during the Second Stage debate because the issue had not been exposed. I will conclude. I intend to address the Bill in a very serious way, as it deserves. However, the remarks of Mr. Jeyes are not reasonable. If the issue concerned the inappropriateness of the placements, it should have been dealt with in a very different manner. Nobody-----

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The remarks are already in the public domain.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I want to ensure the best standards and practices apply in the protection of children. That is the only concern I have had from day one in terms of my role in this portfolio. I am saying without fear of challenge that a decision to lock the doors of this unit was made by individuals who had no authority, legal or otherwise, to so direct. It is a very serious matter and one that cannot be...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Make no mistake about it, this relates to the Bill.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, I am not. The Child and Family Agency is a transitional-----

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: No, I am not, with respect. We will go astray if we are not prepared to face these difficult issues. Facing them is the only way we can solve the problems and ensure they will not continue into the future.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I join the Chairman in welcoming the Minister and her departmental colleagues. I reconfirm my support for the passage of the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013. I welcome its publication and the opportunity to bring it through Committee, Report and Final Stages. I acknowledge that this is an important step forward, one that I absolutely support. Let me use my opening words to reflect...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 85. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding an advertisement on 4 June seeking board members for the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Chester Beatty Library, the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, the Arts Council, the Irish Architectural Archive and Archbishop Marsh's Library; the process by which he intends to appoint persons to these positions; the measures...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (22 Oct 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 98. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain atá sé i gceist ag an Aire ceannteidil Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus na haighneachtaí a fuair a Roinn i dtaobh an Bhille sin a fhoilsiú. [44225/13]