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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: That is the fluffy bit finished so I will now address the heavier stuff. I will ask direct questions and I would appreciate direct answers. How many crèches known to Tusla currently operate without a registration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: None is operating without a registration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Are they among the six referred to earlier?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Perfect. How many of the 595 crèches registered with conditions have a high risk rating?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: No, stick with the high rating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: The response to a parliamentary question I received from Tusla on 4 November referred to a figure of 595. It is important to read the breakdown of that into the record. Dublin south had 88 crèches with conditions attached, Dublin north had 113, Dublin and north east had 120, mid-Leinster had 67, mid-west had 32, north west had 35, south east had 57 and south west had 83. They are all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: It is 41 in the high risk status.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Have the parents in these crèches been notified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Of the 41, is any report being published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Mr. Lee can see that from the parents' point of view they are being kept in the dark.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I am not saying that Tusla is keeping them in the dark but from the parents' point of view, the narrative here is that they are continuously being kept in the dark. Parents who are not working this morning and are tuned into this meeting can hear the conversation about how to check the registration and so forth, but providers will not go out of their way to tell them that, particularly the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Under the regulation of 2016, it is supposed to be 21 days. We also understand that due to the legal framework around it the 21 days is not worth the paper it is written on because it does not exist. That is a comment more than anything else. It is my understanding that Tusla's risk rating of high is broken down into the categories of H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6 and H7. How does Tusla break...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I will pick up on the point Mr. Lee mentioned regarding continuous oversight and scrutiny. Is that a desktop scrutiny? How is it carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Aside from the H1, H2 and so forth, does Tusla have its own internal risk rating? Of the 595, we ended up with 41 rated high. Tusla must have an internal risk rating. What is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Are the crèche owners, providers and managers aware of this? How does Tusla communicate to the childcare provider that Tusla has its risk rating? We have regulation. As was said at the last committee meeting, regulation is one thing, the regulator is another and enforcement of the regulations is something else. When Tusla does its inspection, how does the childcare provider know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Discussion with CEO of Tusla on Future Developments and Update on Childcare Facilities (6 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Bear with me for a moment, Chairman. Clearly, it is low, medium and high. Do the services that are in the medium bracket know exactly what the tipping point is, bar fire safety and so forth, between medium and high? I would like to know for a parent.

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank my colleague, Deputy Curran, for bringing forward this Private Members' motion and affording me the opportunity to speak on it. I listened with great interest to the Minister of State's speech and I will read the rest of it later on. The Minister of State is well intentioned but, unfortunately, her party has abandoned her on this. In abandoning the Minister of State, they have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (5 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the delay in processing applications for foreign birth registration certificates for persons (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the processing of the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (5 Nov 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the introduction of a €175 retail export scheme threshold in view of the warning from Fáilte Ireland that at least 10,000 tourism sector jobs are at risk in a no-deal Brexit scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44670/19]