Results 781-800 of 2,723 for speaker:Barry Andrews
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: Deputy Shatter named them yesterday himself.
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: Deputy Shatter should be ashamed of himself.
- Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: The Deputy should be ashamed of himself.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: There are four reports.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: To answer Deputy Shatter's question on the numbers, DF and TF were counted as one case; I consider them to be two cases. I am aware of two additional cases which were not in the original 20 cases mentioned by Mr. Garland this morning and which are due to be published. They were the 5th and 6th ongoing cases to which I referred today. One of these was a death in 2007 from an overdose on...
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: I will finish answering these questions as some of the points are worth going through. To answer Deputy O'Dowd, I do not have figures for minors who have absconded from foster care and nor do I have figures for children of minor parents where the parents are in care. I will investigate that matter and undertake to come back to the Deputy without delay.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: Does Deputy O'Dowd want to know about cases both where someone is known to a social worker or in care?
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: If the person was homeless she should have been in the care of the State if she was a minor.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: I will undertake to provide that-----
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: If Deputy O'Dowd provides me with the facts of the case I will undertake-----
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: I will try to get the information for the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: The Minister for Transport did refer to ten cases of death by natural causes. I examined the details of those cases and one of them was a suicide from 2000. I am not comfortable with describing that as natural causes although it was furnished to me in that fashion. It dates back to 2000 so it would not be appropriate. There is a lack of therapeutic interventions. I did not set child...
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: At the outset I indicated that nine children had died from accidents or complications arising from existing medical conditions. They included a child with heart problems associated with Down's syndrome, a child with cancer, a child who had a brain seizure, leukemia, a child with a brain tumour, a child who died of an asthma attack while asleep, a child who died of natural causes during a...
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: I wish to deal with the questions as quickly as I can in the limited time available. I am not entirely sure why the DF and TF cases were treated as one because they are not related to each other.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: There are very few similarities but they were to be published at the same time. The TF case report has been published. I have been informed that the family of DF is not entirely comfortable with the publication of the report in full. In reply to Deputy Burton's question, the report is 65 pages long. It is reasonable to expect we will do a review of the older cases where no action was...
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: That is the fact of the case. I accept there have been failings in the past. I do not hesitate to say that. I accept the genuinely motivated points that were made by Deputies opposite. I am not being party political in saying that it is not appropriate to publish reports such as this on the Internet without proper consideration of the consequences for family members. We have to protect...
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: It would be an unfortunate precedent if that were to continue. We do not pay lip service to child protection. We have tried to set out a very ambitious timeline on the implementation of the Ryan report recommendations and we have backed it up with a financial commitment. Far from being a lengthy timeframe, it is very ambitious.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: I intend to come to that but I would first like to finish the point I am making.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: I will try to do so.
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (4 Mar 2010)
Barry Andrews: The Health Service Executive established a review group in May 2009 to review reports issued pursuant to the deaths of children in the care of the State since 2000. Its terms of reference were to identify key themes and issues common to the reports. Its recommendations included that a review template be developed to ensure reviews follow a standardised format and that a case review panel be...