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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Funding (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 690. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the timeline for the completion of the sponsorship agreement in advance of the roll out of the national childcare service; the status of the training for frontline staff that will be involved in the administration of the sponsorship service; if detailed qualifying criteria have been agreed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 691. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) regarding the roll out of the national childcare service; if her Department has assessed the potential impact of this on the uptake of the scheme with service providers; the discussions that have taken place with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 722. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the 14 motions tabled by councils nationally on behalf of an organisation (details supplied) requesting that her Department acknowledge adoptee identity rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30051/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 723. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of allegations of child sex abuse investigated by Tusla involving an organisation (details supplied); the number of such cases referred to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Early Childhood Care and Education Staff (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 783. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of early years sector staff that signed on to the live register for the summer months each year for the past five years; the cost of such claims for each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29456/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 856. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number, location and status of social housing projects in County Galway as part of the Rebuilding Ireland programme; the number of social homes delivered in the county since the beginning of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29901/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: 857. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be allocated to Galway County Council in respect of the housing adaptation grant for persons with a disability, housing for older persons scheme and mobility aids grant schemes respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29903/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Tusla stated, “While the agency does not have a direct role in the provision of housing accommodation for homeless families, we provide a range of services". The Department of Children and Youth Affairs stated: “As members of the committee are aware, responsibility for addressing homelessness rests with the Department of Housing,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Who sits on that group? When was the last time the group met? How many times this year has the group met?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: That is okay. What Departments sit at that meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: What about the Department of Children and Youth Affairs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: It is important to know that is up and running. Who is responsible for gathering the data? Does Tusla gather the data on children? Is there mandatory reporting where there are welfare issues? Do calls come into the Tusla offices? How does Tusla gather the data? Do county council officials pick up the telephone? Do school staff pick up the telephone? Does Tusla get calls to the various...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I will go back to my question again. I now know that Tusla has one designated person with supports in various hubs. Where are the data being collected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Yes, those referred as homeless or schools or GPs referring families too. Where are the data being gathered? What families are being flagged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: With the height of respect, is welfare not part of child protection issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Are the welfare of the child, where the child sleeps, having a roof over his or her head and having proper sustainable meals welfare issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: That is exactly what I am looking for. What does Tusla do with that information when the calls come in? Tusla gathers the data. What about the person who has made that telephone call? Is there interagency collaboration with the local authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: That is exactly what I am looking for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Impact of Homelessness on Children: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Anne Rabbitte: I thoroughly agree on everything Mr. Gibson is saying and that is as is. There is no issue there. I will go back to my issue again. How does Tusla engage with the local authorities? They have the statutory responsibility for delivery.